fiamme red
02-04-2011, 12:53 PM
http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/product/514988/framebuilding-with-dario-pegoretti.html
CW: So aluminium is not finished as a material for top-end bikes?
DP: In my opinion, no. I build 20 per cent of my frames in aluminium. It's not popular at this moment but it's not a bad material. Bamboo is a bad material. That's only my opinion. But it really depends on the point of view from which you're looking at the bicycle. I am looking at it just for racing because I was born with racing. For a city bike bamboo is not too bad...
CW: Which framebuilders do you most respect at the moment?
DP: A lot of them. The young guys are building beautiful frames. For example Dan Polito, Engin Cycles, Vanilla Workshop, Crisp, but these are Americans not Italians. I think there are over 100 companies in the USA that are building good frames.
CW: So aluminium is not finished as a material for top-end bikes?
DP: In my opinion, no. I build 20 per cent of my frames in aluminium. It's not popular at this moment but it's not a bad material. Bamboo is a bad material. That's only my opinion. But it really depends on the point of view from which you're looking at the bicycle. I am looking at it just for racing because I was born with racing. For a city bike bamboo is not too bad...
CW: Which framebuilders do you most respect at the moment?
DP: A lot of them. The young guys are building beautiful frames. For example Dan Polito, Engin Cycles, Vanilla Workshop, Crisp, but these are Americans not Italians. I think there are over 100 companies in the USA that are building good frames.