1980’s Rigi Pista

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00:00:00.320 Hi this is Josh from Biciclette D'Epoca and
00:00:02.399 today we have a early
00:00:05.240 1980s RIGI Pista. Rigi known for their
00:00:11.200 short wheel base bikes invented this Twin
00:00:17.840 Tube style to allow for the rear wheel
00:00:22.359 to pass between the tubes in order to
00:00:26.240 shorten the wheelbase. Actually won the
00:00:29.519 Compasso D'Oro in
00:00:32.040 1979 probably one of the highest prizes
00:00:36.079 for design in all of Italy. Look how flat
00:00:41.000 and wide these stays are guess what it
00:00:45.280 is the same tubing, that's right the same
00:00:48.239 tubing for the two seat tubes that's
00:00:51.559 right. It is rounded at the top at the
00:00:54.559 point that it connects to the the actual
00:00:56.960 seat tube lug and then as it goes down it
00:01:01.320 flattens out. Now check out the tubing on
00:01:05.280 the drive side chain stay. You've got this
00:01:07.680 huge cutout, huge cutout here for the
00:01:12.560 crank set in order to put some beefy
00:01:15.960 chain rings on there. Look at this Fork
00:01:19.600 Crown it is tiny but look at this
00:01:23.960 chromed Fork blade now it starts round
00:01:28.040 and then you can see it flattens out