Originally Posted by
KDittmer
I was asking price but the main question was what year it was. I am trying to figure out if it meets L'Eroica requirements. Not sure if that matters.
The bike is obviously a magnificent example from the tail end of the era l'Eroica was meant to celebrate. Given that it's perhaps one of the earliest examples of an otherwise conventional racing bike being designed for aerodynamic efficiency, it arguably qualifies on the basis of being
sui generis.
---From a quick search: "
sui generis (Latin for "of its own kind") describes something unique, forming a special class not easily fitting existing legal categories.
Edit: according to the results of another quick search, Pettenella introduced oval tubing to cycling in 1976.
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Last edited by Trakhak; 01-10-26 at 06:58 AM.