Re: [Classicrendezvous] Colnago Bititan background

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From: <OROBOYZ@aol.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 18:19:04 EST
Subject: Re: [Classicrendezvous] Colnago Bititan background
To: FiRUSA@aol.com, alfa011@prtc.net, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


In a message dated 11/11/2000 4:00:59 PM Eastern Standard Time, FiRUSA@aol.com writes:

<< I have never seen a broken one, or know anyone that has personally, but everyone has heard stories about how they break..>>

Interesting, Mark.

I had heard that the Alan-made Carbiturbo (I was trying to remember that name!) was OK and held up very well, but we at cycles de ORO sold perhaps 5 BiTitans and every one of them broke!

The only other Colnago dealer I know of who is a close friend (Two Wheeler Dealer in Wilmington, NC) had maybe two break (I don't think he sold many more than that)

I have a lovely BiTitan head tube fragment as a decoration in our repair bay now. It is from a fellow who bought it for his wife a few years back. No help whatsoever from Colnago (Trailtir or Todsuns) but he did buy her a Masterlight as a replacement!

Go figure...

<<Vuelta Rominger had two Bititan's, one built as a silly light bike (with drilled components harking back to the days of Merckx) and the other as a more normal bike along with two Carbitubo's>>

I am a great fan of Rominger's and would love to see that drilled out trick BiTitan!

Dale Brown