Originally Posted by
smoore
Ride a LOOK 585 Carbon which I believe is probably the best (and lightest) bike I've ever been on. It's becoming a bit of a Carbon Cult bike.
Also a Serotta Ti Fierte. I bought both bikes used and while they don't really make me a better rider they do make me smile and appreciate my blessings. And wow, those are some real special bikes you have there. Lots of Italy for sure.
Re: Carbon frames - during the late 1990s I investigated for over a year, a purchase of a top CF frame&fork - I will voice the opinion that Look made some of the lightest and best CF bikes in the World at the time.
I could never justify the cost of their top models (when riding a nice steel '97 with 9spd triple for mountain roads) , but I rode 2 models at an InterOp for an hour or so each - and was hugely impressed. That escalated and soon became a buying search.
Trek OCLV felt heavy and without road feel. Aegis was not present on the West Coast (to my knowledge), but rode one near Boston for a day and it was like the Trek only heavier. Spesh was still putting carbon tubes in metal lugs, if memory serves. There were magazine articles and some info about very nice stuff from Germany but pricey. Craig Calfee was just a few miles away and won the biz because of customer service beyond great because they made me part of a family. And the product has been excellent.
edit: the currently acquired vintage fleet is Rev#3.
Racy oriented.
Euro-centric.
with a nod to Italian steel, given the racy theme.
Milano, Treviso, Turino, Veneto, a frame named for the Cadore region.
Components: Campi, Modolo, Cinelli, Carnielli, Nisi, others
What's not to love about nice old bikes that work? 