Re: [CR]Classic Colnago's-130mm rear?

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From: "Mike Self" <self@fuse.net>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <3B769844.70CC5A78@erols.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Classic Colnago's-130mm rear?
Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2001 16:19:44 -0400


Alex Moulton used 130mm rear dropout spacing on their production derailleur bikes (AM7, etc) beginning in 1983.

Mike Self
Cincinnati


----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin O. Walsh"
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2001 10:52 AM
Subject: [CR]Classic Colnago's-130mm rear?



> Dear CR List, Following the Colnago Mexico thread 2 list members have
> said their respective early 1980's Colnago's have 130mm
> spacing....Classic content: was this done on any other makes and
> models,and if so why?I've always associated the 130mm spacing with the
> advent of 8 speed freewheels/cassettes,which I thought to be late 80's
> at the earliest...Yours truly,Martin Walsh in Vienna,VA