Re: [CR] Columbus

(Example: Framebuilders:Alberto Masi)

From: <GPVB1@cs.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 23:34:00 EDT
Subject: Re: [CR] Columbus
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


David:

I have a Basso that's Tretubi. It has a white tubing decal with a blue border, but it doesn't say what type of Columbus tubing. I had assumed SL (maybe wrongly?). How can I tell which Columbus tubing it is? By the type of decal?

Greg Parker A2 MI USA

David B. wrote:


> Tretubi would mean that the three main tubes are Columbus. Usually it's
> Tretubi XXX, where XXX is the tubing type like Aelle for instance. I have a
> early '80s Raymond Cloarec that has a tubing decal that says just that:
> Tretubi Aelle.
>
> And yes you are correct this the cheaper tubing.
>
> David Bilenkey
> Ottawa, Ontario, Canada