Mark A. Perkins wrote:
>
> (snip)You see, there weren't very many
> alloy cages back then, and the ones that were available weren't very
> strong.
The ubiquitous TA alloy cage was readily available here in Southern California; maybe not in the rest of the United States?
Chuck Schmidt
South Pasadena, California
http://www.velo-retro.com (list of reprints, Timeline and T-shirts)