The grail cometh ...
04-05-11 | 06:22 AM
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Oh no, not the 'grail' word again!
I'm anxious to see it; you always turn up enviable stuff.
I'm anxious to see it; you always turn up enviable stuff.
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04-05-11 | 06:53 AM
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Sounds good, but beware! Once it arrives, the grail is no longer the Grail.
04-05-11 | 07:30 AM
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Talk about a teaser! I haven't been this excited since Snakes on a Plane.
If it's a grail for IAB, it's going to be good.
If it's a grail for IAB, it's going to be good.
04-05-11 | 08:05 AM
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I am sure it will be. I just can't believe he is teasing us like this
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04-05-11 | 08:37 AM
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Just for the heck of it, would anyone else like to define what Grail is to them, while we wait, with bated breath, in rampant expectation of what iab's idea of a Grail bike is?
I know exactly what you mean. However, until it does arrive, you cannot determine it to be a Grail, can you? That comment assumes ride quality counts, when examining grail qualities?
So, if it is no longer a Grail, once it arrives (I do understand and agree 100%) and, if you cannot determine it to be a Grail, before it arrives, then, when exactly, is it a Grail?
And, by the way, here is my Grail and I did not know it until I actually had it under me...
Sounds good, but beware! Once it arrives, the grail is no longer the Grail.
So, if it is no longer a Grail, once it arrives (I do understand and agree 100%) and, if you cannot determine it to be a Grail, before it arrives, then, when exactly, is it a Grail?
And, by the way, here is my Grail and I did not know it until I actually had it under me...
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04-05-11 | 08:57 AM
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This would do it for me....a model CM 753 Lejeune Champion du Monde Ultra Leger Reynolds 753
04-05-11 | 09:20 AM
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I guess my grail bike would be whatever Jesús Loroño rode to his 1957 victory at Vuelta a España. Not the same model, the exact bike.
04-05-11 | 09:24 AM
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This is a much more civilized than the other grail thread! IAB, can't wait to see what your's is.
Scott
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04-05-11 | 09:26 AM
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I guess my grail bike would be whatever Jesús Loroño rode to his 1957 victory at Vuelta a España. Not the same model, the exact bike.
On the other hand, I'm not really into old cups, so I'd settle for his bike too.
04-05-11 | 09:28 AM
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04-05-11 | 09:54 AM
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I tried to resist, but I just can't help myself:
04-05-11 | 10:19 AM
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04-05-11 | 11:17 AM
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i sure hope you know what year the builder was born and how old he was when he brazed his first tube. Otherwise you're a poseur.
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04-05-11 | 11:35 AM
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04-05-11 | 11:36 AM
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