Re: [CR]Gold anodized vintage components

(Example: Framebuilding:Paint)

To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: <youngc@NetReach.Net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Gold anodized vintage components
Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 14:34:28 US/Eastern

Galli was probably the league leader in anodizing everything that held still long enough for them to throw it in the plating bath. I think it was their Criterium group that was available in gold and a number of other colors. I have a gold crankset and brakeset and may, someday, run across the matching derailleurs and shifters.

Charlie Young Honeybrook, PA
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> A while back I picked up a nice set of gold anodized modolo speedy brakes. Then I noticed my LBS has some nice gold sew-up rims kicking around. This got me thinking about a "theme" project bike, using a variety of gold anodized components (probably on a black frame). I've seen pics of a
> very cool gold Galli crankset (pretty rare I'm sure). What other vintage components came in gold when coloured anodizing was the in thing??
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> Ron Cooley
> Saskatoon Canada