Monday, June 19, 2006

damn how similar?

WTF? Is this just not 100% Klein Mission Control? Where does the copy-catting stop?

aH WELL - Klein's been doing that for what... 25 years?



Cannondale’s fork tapers from 1.5 inches to 1.125 inches. Cannondale has done it’s design homework to seamlessly integrate the system’s fork, stem and headset.

2 comments:

gwadzilla said...

who had the AL over sized tubing first?

Klein or Cannondale?

gewilli said...

i've gone over it a bit before. Gary was doing oversize Al a few years before C-dale...

not to mention i don't know many people who actually hold those first C-Dale bikes in high regard. At least i don't.

The companies diverged quite a bit...

i touched on it a bit here:
web log entry

will see about direct head to head...

not that i'm so totally cool with the transition to Trek owned in '96 but it worked out almost as well as it did for Keith Bontrager.

but will