[CR]French threaded Columbus steering tubes, was Stella

(Example: Framebuilders:Alberto Masi)

Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2001 08:12:48 -0700
To: JulesDHR@aol.com, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: "Joseph Bender-Zanoni" <jfbender@umich.edu>
In-Reply-To: <cd.765b4af.284e22b2@aol.com>
Subject: [CR]French threaded Columbus steering tubes, was Stella

Relating to French threaded Columbus steering tubes I wrote:
><Aha! One of my problems is that any misunderstandings or urban myths I
><picked up during my bike shop days have hardened into facts. Is the steerer
><rifled or just stamped with the dove? I wonder if the steerers are rare or
><started at some date around 1980 when I got out of the business. Thanks for
><the info.

Jules replied:
>Stamped with the dove

So maybe Columbus did not make a rifled steerer in metric dimensions? Anyone know? Tough to pound in the broom handle if the tube is rifled ;)

Joe