Originally Posted by dookie
take a deep breath there, big guy...
Why?
Originally Posted by dookie
...neither one is suited to the kind of riding i'd use it for...
What "kind of riding" does dookie do...and...a why would a sputnik do it better?
Originally Posted by dookie
pista...too steep (er, quick and agile)
Too "agile?"
I find the Pista remarkably stable and predictable, regardless of its quick handling.
Originally Posted by dookie
TT too short
Then get a larger frame or slide your saddle back or get a longer stem.
I have very short legs and a long torso and I have no issues with the Pista.
Originally Posted by dookie
no bottle bosses
So what?
How far away from water does dookie get?
Originally Posted by dookie
...generic steel...
What qualities in steel would dookie like the Pista to have?
A decal?
I suppose Bianchi tells its Chinese manufacturers to just use whatever generic steel they find laying around.
They probably get it out of the dumpster.
The steel in a Pista does everything the steel in a Steamroller, or the steel in a sputnik does.
It holds the components in correct relationship to each other.
Originally Posted by dookie
...mine is a sputnik...
I've never heard anyone brag about a sputnik before.
I don't have a car, but my wife drives a Chevy Aveo.
It gets great gas mileage, and we don't really brag about that, since we didn't design the car, but we express our happiness with the overall cheapness of our car.
So, what makes a sputnik so superior?
Oh, I remember.
Dookie rides a sputnik.
I can't type that with a straight face.
Well, please excuse me while I go research the non-generic steel of the sputnik, and explore the mysteries of its profound geometry.
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The Jamis sputnik has a Reynolds 631 frame and a carbon fork.
As for the effective top tube length, I don't see much difference between the sputnick and the Pista.
Otherwise, the sputnik has a slack road bike head tube angle and typical road bike fork rake.
Yawn.