Originally Posted by melville

In the 80s Bill Farrell (of Fit Kit fame) found a limitation of his cleat alignment devices was the alignment of the actual frame. He then set about making a shop quality (as opposed to frame shop quality) frame alignment system and in so doing, found that guys who said "my frame went soft after a year of racing" actually had frames out of alignment after a year of racing and its attendent crashes, transport mishaps, etc. For a few guys he realigned their frames and got reports back that the frame was "alive" again.

This did not sit well with the guys who wanted to tell their wives "I need a new frame every year, they go soft..." These were the days when you got a new frame and transferred your Campy stuff over to it, because the Campy never wore out or became obsolete.

Later

Mel