Re: [CR]fiamme logo (early 70's)

(Example: History)

To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: "Brad Orr" <showngo@telusplanet.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]fiamme logo (early 70's)
Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2002 05:58:45 -0700

I concur with Charles that the oval logo with helmet was available until around 1976. I had many red and yellow label rims myself between 1970-76, and the shop I worked in carried both of these. We never sold the green label rims during this period, but I do not know when the green label production ceased for sure.... The red label was the most popular Fiamme rim and I built more wheels with these than any other tubular rim during this period. The yellow label weighed two ounces less per rim, and was priced considerably higher. A lot of riders trained on red label wheels and raced on yellow labels.

Brad Orr Alberta, Canada

At 09:24 AM 12/14/02 -0800, you wrote:
>
>The oval logo with the knight's helmet persisted well into
>the 70s, at least based on my memory of those bikes I saw
>new in shops. The square logo didn't start to show up until
>the mid-70s at the earliest. I bought a set of Ergals in
>about 1976 that had the square logo. How much further back
>it goes, I don't know.

>

>Charles Andrews

>SoCal