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I think crit bikes were sort of Ko's specialty. I got this 1979 gem a while ago, built with extra thick seatstays and super tight geo. Cornering feels extremely responsive. It's so much stiffer than my other 70s and 80s bikes, comparable almost to an MX leader. Maybe partly due to it being slightly smaller, but I have the feeling Ko built it specifically for crits.
Someone sprayed it like a Concorde, probably due to a sponsor obligation, which wasn't rare for Zielemans, as Ko didn't sponsor a single soul.
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