by Ferrous_Head » Fri Apr 24, 2020 6:26 pm
Race bikes by their very nature are always a "work in progress".
If you buy a race bike from the factory you often find it deviates from the published specs. Constant work to improve the bikes means these changes are often "running changes" "made on the fly".
What that means in practice is that two supposedly identical bikes can come out of the race department with differences.
In my case I build race bikes from scratch. My own frames made to my specifications. Changes can occur after every race. The bike I built 6 years ago looks nothing like the bike I race now.
And all race bikes (other than "Proddies") are like that.
So, you have to decide if you want a "replica" bike to look like it did as it left the factory or at some point in time during it's racing career.
And of course, every arm chair expert in the world will tell you "That's not how the bike looked. I I saw it in ......."
"I know only too well the evil that I propose, but my inclinations get the better of me."