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Bikes: 1959 Bottecchia Milano-Sanremo (frame), 1966 Bottecchia Professional (frame), 1971 Bottecchia Professional (frame), 1973 Bottecchia Gran Turismo, 1974 Bottecchia Special, 1977 Bottecchia Special (frame), 1974 Peugeot UO-8
Originally Posted by
mkeller234
^Well my guess is that it may be an issue that the manufacturer is unable or unwilling to re-tool to make all of the parts properly classic. So they just use what they have and pop sprinkle on some of the styling queues.
It's like the new retro Mustangs and Camaros. They look fine but have an odd fakeness too them.
I don't know, I like the new Mustang, Camaro, and Challenger. If they could the guys who designed those to design these bikes they'd be a lot better. Realistically I don't expect the bikes (or cars) to look identical to the originals, rather I would prefer if they remain recognizable the way a Porsche always looks like a Porsche whether it's a '60's model or a 2010 model.
But I'm not sure that I agree with you in general - in Bianchi's case I think you are right, it kind of looks like they grabbed whatever was in the parts bin and through it together without investing any time or money to design a well though out quality product. And the Specialized Allez might be in that boat with the TIG welding as they might not have had the capability to do lugs. But the Fuji and the Electra seem to be designed that way on purpose. Like they just didn't know that only Rivendell-philes like that ugly frame or that only Colnagos should have straight forks. I mean if you look at Fuji's own website their Classic Series Cambridge bike has a more traditional curved fork. They could have just used that one instead of the straight fork.
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1959 Bottecchia Milano-Sanremo(frame), 1966 Bottecchia Professional (frame), 1971 Bottecchia Professional (frame),
1973 Bottecchia Gran Turismo, 1974 Bottecchia Special, 1977 Bottecchia Special (frame),
1974 Peugeot UO-8, 1988 Panasonic PT-3500, 2002 Bianchi Veloce, 2004 Bianchi Pista