[Classicrendezvous] B15 vs. B17

(Example: Framebuilders:Cecil Behringer)

From: "Jeff Slotkin" <JeffSlotkin@home.com>
To: "classicrendezvous@bikelist." <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 05:29:11 -0400
Subject: [Classicrendezvous] B15 vs. B17

I know this was beat to death a couple of months ago, but:

When were B15's made? Right up to the (hopefully temporary) end or not?

I just got one which is nearly unused, but has a nicer trim (a little border all the way 'round) than a modern B17 Champion Standard, and has eyelets which round off the bag loops, something I had never seen before. It's also brown underneath, while all my other black ones are black under there, but they're all '90's and newer. Is there a key somewhere to determine a date from what's stamped on the bottom?

Jeff Slotkin
TheLocalSpoke@bigfoot.com
Swan Lake, SC