In a message dated 7/13/02 7:13:50 PM Pacific Daylight Time, KCTOMMY@msn.com writes:
> did Columbus ever make butted, seamed tubes?
>
I have personally never seen a seamed Columbus tube. The world never accepted seamed tubing until True Temper convinced us that shovel handles make good bike tubes. I was one, who in the beginning bought into that BS I, like a few others paid the price. Dave Tesch