How close are the cospea and the Alpina. Hard to know. Sugino makes alot of different stuff under the same name. Some of it is available here and some isn't. Anyway the black cospea rings are pretty elegant.
Here's mine: http://gallery.me.com/mhechmer#100029&view=grid&bgcolor=black&sel=7 Michael On May 29, 1:47 pm, bfd <bfd...@yahoo.com> wrote: > On May 29, 8:29 am, MichaelH <mhech...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I just took a look at new prices for compact doubles. TAlpina $170; Cospea > > $280 or 330 depending on whether you choose Sugino or TA rings. > > The question I have is how close is the Alpina to the Cospea? VO's > Alpina (known as Cospea in Japan) has the newer block letter logo, but > supposedly uses Sugino's best ramped and pinned rings: > > http://www.velo-orange.com/sualcr.html > > In contrast, Jitensha sells the Cospea has the nice crown-logo, but > uses "black" sugino rings: > > http://www.jitensha.com/eng/cospeacrnk_e.html > > I presume that for what jitensha charges, the Cospea can be sourced > with silver rings. > > Can you really tell a difference? If not, get the cheaper one! Good > Luck! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
