Joined: May 2008
Posts: 10,106
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From: Fredericksburg, Va
Bikes: ? Proteous, '65 Frejus TDF, '73 Bottecchia Giro d'Italia, '83 Colnago Superissimo, '84 Trek 610, '84 Trek 760, '88 Pinarello Veneto, '88 De Rosa Pro, '89 Pinarello Montello, 'Litespeed Catalyst'94 Burley Duet, 97 Specialized RockHopper, 2010 Langster
The Italian way, as described by Doug, is what makes the most sense to me. I guess it is my engineering background. I like to know the reference point and it should be reasonably stable! Hard to know what you are getting without the ctc or ctt or what ever reference, not to mention the inaccuracies as a result of people who don't know how to measure.
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