BigLegEmma, GGM, Marcelo: Pegoretti Rides

[Climb01742]

threads like this remind me what was lost when folks went their separate ways. sigh.

[rnhood]

Much of the information in these older threads age very gracefully.

[thwart]

Originally Posted by Climb01742

threads like this remind me what was lost when folks went their separate ways. sigh.

Couldn't agree more. But...

... this place still rocks pretty well. And the other folks are just across the hall.

[texbike]

Originally Posted by nelson

Before Dario went "Round", he experimented with many different shaped tubes. The earliest Duendes (as well as the Team Customs) had teardrop shaped tubes. These were the first frames to be marketed under the Pegoretti name. When he was building for Pinarello, he built the Radius, which actually had some square sections of tubing. Dario once told me that he went round because a round tube always had the best strength-to-weight ratio and that it was much easier to determine how a round tube will react under different conditions than a non-round tube.

Nelson Frazier
Gita Sporting Goods, Ltd.

Interesting! Thanks for the post. Yes, my Team Custom does have the teardrop shaped downtube and toptube. The rest of the tubing is round. It rides nice.

Texbike

[Climb01742]

Originally Posted by thwart

Couldn't agree more. But...

... this place still rocks pretty well. And the other folks are just across the hall.

100% agree. and no criticism meant, but it was kind of special when all the folks and opinions were in one place and they could bounce off each other and enlighten us all.

[wooly]

Originally Posted by Climb01742

100% agree. and no criticism meant, but it was kind of special when all the folks and opinions were in one place and they could bounce off each other and enlighten us all.

+10000000
I totally agree.

[jlwdm]

Originally Posted by thwart

Couldn't agree more. But...

... this place still rocks pretty well. And the other folks are just across the hall.

A lot of the original folks across the hall don't post much anymore. A lot different than the early years.

Jeff

[SoCalSteve]

Originally Posted by jlwdm

A lot of the original folks across the hall don't post much anymore. A lot different than the early years.

Jeff

Different isn't always a bad thing...

[thinpin]

Originally Posted by Louis

Dave, were you just kidding? I'd have to go downstairs to check to be 100% sure, but I believe my Duende DT is not a cylinder.

Louis

So Louis have you got an oval down tube? That would be special.

[Johnny P]

Originally Posted by kenyee

Doug,

How in the world do you manage to fit on a 58? I'm 5'9" and barely fit a 55 Serotta!

Great review, as always :-)

My thought too. I'm 5' 9 1/2" and can ride a 56 or 57 cm frame, but a 59? I don't think so.

[Louis]

Originally Posted by thinpin

So Louis have you got an oval down tube? That would be special.

I'm pretty sure it is, but didn't go check.

I will later when I'm home.

[Louis]

Just checked the Duende. Both the TT and DT are teardrop-shaped. The TT not dramatically so, but the DT very much so. The TT has the "fat" part on top, while the DT has it on the bottom / forward side. ST is round.

[thinpin]

I'd like to see that, photos I mean.

[wooly]

Btw - just finished reading this thread cover to cover. What an education. Makes my conversations with Richard make so much more sense. I'm gonna build my leg Respo next week. So stoked.

[wgp]

This is simply an amazing read and one I’m happy to bring to the top for those who haven’t read it yet.
I’m on vacation and reading through every Pegoretti thread here over the days so far, as we approach the one year anniversary of his death :-(