Re: [CR]On Colnago (and others) dating

(Example: Production Builders:Peugeot)

Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2003 07:04:54 -0500 (EST)
From: "Clifford Scheiner" <cjscheiner@pol.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]On Colnago (and others) dating


The small amount of reading I have been able to do on my Claud Butler Electron Super Five indicates that these bikes were often "custom made" with a wide variety of options for each part, except the frame. It was implied that this some how decreased taxes (in England) on the bike and its parts. C.J. Scheiner NYC, NY, USA ----------------------------------------------------- Steven Maasland wrote:
>It seems that in the US, most top end bikes were sold as 'ready-made' >whole bikes, therefore with one particular set of components with only >few options. It has been my observation that this was not at all the >>case in many other countries around the world.