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Old 08-26-08, 02:38 PM
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Originally Posted by dbakl
Nah, usually gaspipe built to an older design...
It's likely to be sound but flexy, and show the benefits of old-time geometry. The parts are nothing to write home about, but you can definitely do better than teh Campy Valentino on there. If you clean and overhaul everything and tune the Valentino perfectly you will have the riding experience that many of us 50 plussers vowed to grow out of while in high school. It won't be a bad ride, but it will not be the best of Italian steel and component artistry, either.

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