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As others have said,
It was just a simple, well made, RELATIVELY versatile steel racing bike. I wondered what the fuss was all about until I bought one, an old yeller '92. For reasons that I could never figure looking at the geometry chart, it was a much more stable ride than most racing bikes I'd ridden to that point. Still very quick and responsive but also more confidence inspiriing than I expected.
The quality of construction didn't compare to anything Grant Peterson is making at Rivendell these days, but the geometry didn't either. It was a racing bike, pure and simple. Grant doesn't do those anymore. I suppose he might do a custom racing bike, but that's not where his muse has led him for the last several years. And there are plenty of other fine production racing bikes out there, so he's going after a much different, and less well served, part of the market.
-Ray
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