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Old 02-03-20 | 01:17 PM
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Bikes: '72 Motobecane Grand Record, '72 Gitane tandem, '72 Raleigh Super Course, '73 Raleigh Gran Sport, '73 Colnago Super, '76 Fiorelli Coppi, '78 Raleigh SBDU Team Pro, '78 Trek 930, '81 Holdsworth Special 650B, '86 Masi GC, ’94 Bridgestone RB-T

Originally Posted by 63rickert
The Cancellara motors are slick and expensive engineering. Early versions did only have 100W of assist.
If I were to go down the electric assist route, that's the kind of conversion I'd want - invisible motor down the seat tube, just to give an extra umph up hills. Not to cheat (I don't race), but to not mess with the aesthetics of a nice bike.
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