Finally, four years after I bought the frame, my 'other' Rossin RL is on the road. Did a 17 mile break-in run this morning, and it's back on the stand for the inevitable little tweaks and natterings to get everything right. Built this one (almost - there's a couple of parts on it temporarily until I find the permanent bits) all Campagnolo Nuevo Record. Today's ride was the first time I've been on a bike so equipped since my Falcon back in the mid-70's, and it brought all the old memories of NR back. As in the memories of, "I paid how much for this stuff?".
Just for the hell of it, upon getting home I dug out the blue scale painted RL which is an identical frame and ergonomic setup, and took it down the road for a comparison. Now, the blue bike is Dura Ace 7400, and considering both of these groups were available at the same time (the Shimano in it's debut, the Campagnolo living on borrowed time - my reason for building these bikes this way), it stuns me that Campagnolo even thought they had something marketable at this point.
Yeah, you can read all the comments in articles and books and get an indication, but throwing your leg over two otherwise identical bikes really drives it home.
