• Thron? Lugs not filed? Lovely frame though.

    I am going to approach this very seriously, because it is nice to eloborate on it a little.

    Dutch tend to be pragmatic people. With their relationship to bikes it is no different. Already the Batavians were not very concerned with decorating pottery, axes and weapons. Function matters, no sissy things. Stuff has to do the job surprisingly well (given their no nonsense profile) or is worthless. The bike frame is a tool and this Duell is already showing quite some extravaganza with the paintjob (see also the other frames under the pic link) and especially the engraved autographs. How different it all was with the Romans or for example the Japanese empire - think of the sword of a Samurai knight. While with Italian stuff it sometimes acts as facade to cover up everything unpleasent more Italian products were notorious for, fine Japanese frames are usually sincerally nice. Opinion, no fact.

    On the Thron tubing: Thron uses the same steel as SL or SLX, but benefits from new insights in tubing design. In the end, given the size and the purpose it was often used for (criteriums: 400 corners on small village roads), the package works really well. One should try it, to know it. A 320 gbp experiment, but it comes with a fine frame.

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