>>It wasn't until '81 when Colnago started to engrave their seatstay caps.<< I have Colnago catalogs from my first trip to Milan in 1979. The frames had engraved seatstay caps then. e-RICHIE mint + boxed
On Wed, 28 Nov 2001 11:11:16 -0800 Marc Boral <mbikealive@earthlink.net>
writes:
> Scott,
>
> It wasn't until '81 when Colnago started to engrave their seatstay
> caps. Does it actually have "Mexico" decals on each chainstay? If
> so,
> that's strange for a touring model. But I have never seen the
> touring
> model. A few mail order houses advertised Colnago touring frames in
> the
> early eighties. I'm looking at a Bike Nashbar ad from Bicycling
> magazine
> of 3/'82. It says the frame has "the quality of a Super, but
> designed for
> the fast sports riders". It comes with eyelets for racks and 2 sets
> of w/b
> braze-ons.
>
> Marc Boral
> Long Beach, CA
>
>
> At 11:58 PM 11/27/2001, Roadgiant@cs.com wrote:
> >Hi all,
> > Can anyone tell me about a Colnago mexico with eyeletted
> dropouts. Was
> >this bike intended for touring with fenders? Would it have had the
> 'mexico'
> >components of Colnago pantograped Campagnolo parts? What years was
> it built?
> >The frame in question seems to be a '78-'80 judging from the
> Colnago engraved
> >seat stay cap, yet both dropouts are Campagnolo.
> > Thanks for the help and thank you to all of those folks who
> helped with
> >my Bridgestone question.
> >
> >
> > Scott Smith
> > windy, cold LA. Just the way I like it