Don't forget that many Italian builders also used Reynolds 531 which doesn't have riffled steerers. Hilary
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>From: "Mark Petry" <mpetry@bainbridgeisland.net>
>To: "Thomas Adams" <kctommy@email.MSN.COM>, <Cyncrest@cs.com>,
<classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
>Subject: RE: [Classicrendezvous] Windsor/Mexico
>Date: Fri, Sep 29, 2000, 5:35 pm
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> Ahh, I think Tom means the STEERER toob, and you can just stick your finger
> up the inside of the fork crown and feel the rifling, I just checked my '63
> Cinelli SC (yes) and my '68 Pogliaghi (NO!!??) and I'm wondering if anybody
> can confirm the frame material used by Pogliaghi. There was no tubing
> decal before repaint.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: classicrendezvous-admin@bikelist.org
> [mailto:classicrendezvous-admin@bikelist.org]On Behalf Of Thomas Adams
> Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2000 7:57 PM
> To: Cyncrest@cs.com; classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: Re: [Classicrendezvous] Windsor/Mexico
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> One way to confirm the presence of Columbus tubing is to pull the stem and
> look in the head tube. If the frame is Columbus and is "new" enough, you
> should see spiral reinforcements on the tubing. This was an exculsive
> Columbus trick for a stronger fork.
>
> Tom Adams, trying to avoid work in Kansas City
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cyncrest@cs.com <Cyncrest@cs.com>
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Date: Friday, September 29, 2000 10:48 AM
> Subject: [Classicrendezvous] Windsor/Mexico
>
>
>>Hey Classics,
>> ANybody have a Windsor?......Need a couple of questions answered.
>>
>> Thanks for all the help. How do I tell if it is Columbus tubing?
>>
>> Paul G
>> Riverside, CA