Obscure. I don't think you have to worry about this list passing up a chance for ostentatious pedantry. We're bike trivia mavens who can debate on obscure issues for hours, and darn proud of it!
Tom Adams, ignorant in Kansas City.
-----Original Message----- From: Tom Hayes <hayesbikes@nls.net> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Date: Tuesday, November 07, 2000 4:30 PM Subject: [Classicrendezvous] Azzurro and Tigra information
>One of the problems in being ignorant about certain aspects of bicycles
>(there are many; this being only one) is that when I ask a question, like
>yesterday's when I asked about azzurro components and I receive no
>response, I cannot determine whether my question is so obvious no one wants
>to bother answering or it is so obscure that no one can answer. In any
>case, no one responded about azzurro parts, except one knowledgeable person
>who would also like to read any information on Azzurro components. They
>appear on a Lazzaretti bike.
>
>On to another question: anyone know anything about Tigra bikes: swiss flag
>on the seattube, nervex pro lugs, NR components marked 73, all 531. I
>haven't taken the crank off to determine whether the threading is French or
>not; the current owner doesn't want me to take it off unless I'm sure I
>will buy it. Sort of picky person, but that's all right. He said he
>bought in Germany around 1975.
>
>Thanks for any information on either.
>
>Tom Still in the Dark in Chagrin Falls
>
>Tom Hayes
>18585 Munn Road
>Chagrin Falls, Ohio 44023
>hayesbikes@nls.net
>hayes@jcu.edu