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Old 05-26-08 | 07:06 PM
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From: Hardy, VA

Bikes: Mostly English - predominantly Raleighs

I don't remember the name of the frame, but I recall seeing one that was made of a top tube, a down tube and about 19 other pieces of tubing cobbled together with a section of tubing just long enough to hold the seat post - all for the purpose of allowing for a slightly shorter wheelbase. (This one was way more contrived than a Flying Scott or a Baines flying gate (both of which I also think of as being quite gimmickey).

I recall a number of people oohing and aahing over it, but it struck me as a bicycle with about 4 times the ordinary number of points where stress could take it's toll and joints could go bad.
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