[CR]history of playing card suits?

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From: "Grant McLean" <Grant.McLean@SportingLife.ca>
To: "Classic Rendezvous Mail List (E-mail)" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: [CR]history of playing card suits?
Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2002 14:04:05 -0500

Hi List,

Trivia time!

Does anyone know the origin of using the "playing card" suit on bicycles? Who went first? Did it just end up by chance that:

Confente - Spade De Rosa - Heart Colnago - Club Pogliaghi - Diamond

I have to admit that I had never seen the diamond detail in a Pogliaghi until earlier this week when list member Jack Bissell's beautiful Pog. was shown, and it now fills in the blank for me. I know Mr. E-Richie uses all the suits on this forks, do any list members know of other examples?

Interesting history at: http://www.pagat.com/ipcs/history.html http://www.pagat.com/ipcs/history.html

Grant McLean

Toronto, Canada