In a message dated 1/20/03 12:36:08 PM Pacific Standard Time, chuckschmidt@earthlink.net writes:
> > BUT the clovers in the head lugs are done in exactly the same way and
> > that leads me to think they are made by the same builder. It can not be
> > a coincident.
> >
> > Any theories about the origin on my frame and the one on Ebay?
>
> About four years ago there was a discussion on one of the newsgroups
> about counterfeit Colnagos for sale in southeast Asia that some American
> servicemen were buying. This looks like one of them. With the complete
> lack of Colnago-style decals, poor rendition of the Colnago flower/club
> cutout in the lugs, and cheap bottom bracket shell you'd wonder who
> could be fooled.
>
>
I'm not a Colnago expert and would certainly defer to any who know better,
but I've never seen that plain style of headlug on a Colnago.
Stevan Thomas
Alameda, CA