Originally Posted by
PedallingATX
Well it's the fact that none of this is very original.
When you are talking about creating a retro bike, exactly how do you expect to be original? The whole point of retro is that you are not being original.
Originally Posted by
PedallingATX
When they came out w/ the Langster they just stuck track ends on a type of frame which they know how to make very well (aluminum w/ CF fork very similar to Allez) and then added some extremely UNcool decals in an attempt to make it look cool.
See? Now that I agree with. I own one of those ugly Langsters, now powedercoated white.
Originally Posted by
PedallingATX
Also, there is no way that bike is NJS certified w/ that geometry.
When you start racing Keirin, then worry about the stamp. I am clueless about that crud other than to assume that 99.9% of the people that talk about NJS are not actually racing Keirin .
Originally Posted by
PedallingATX
1991 Specialized Sirrus road bike (for free), and I have to admit that it's a good bike.
I had one of those. Glad you like it. I always thought it was flexy and slow-steering.