Re: [CR]Splendor - what's the story?

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From: "bradford stockwell" <bstockwell@hotmail.com>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Splendor - what's the story?
Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2002 19:23:23 +0000

CR FOLK:

Anybody know about the cool-looking Splendor bikes that were raced by Criquillon (sp?) in the early 80's?

I always liked the yellow/blue paint, but I don't recall hearing of them as a consumer item. Was Splendor a maker of frames, or just a race sponsor, or what?

Brad Stockwell
     Also clueless about other tour-related brand-names
      like "Contrex" and "Irge"
         Palo Alto