Re: [CR]Velox bar-end plugs and other dates

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From: "Aldo Ross" <swampmtn@siscom.net>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>, "Jan Heine" <heine93@earthlink.net>
References: <a0521064abbcf032cd0a7@[66.167.136.41]>
Subject: Re: [CR]Velox bar-end plugs and other dates
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2003 15:43:32 -0500


----- Original Message ----- From: Jan Heine <heine93@earthlink.net>
> Looking through Le Cycle, I found a few surprises (for me - I am sure
> not for many on the list):
>
> - Velox bar-end plugs (the rubbery kind) were introduced only in late
> 1971/early 1972.

Then I wonder when they switched from the large outside diameter to the later small outside diameter.

I have a card of the larger plugs in various colors, and I would swear the artwork looks like 1950s!

Aldo Ross
Middletown, Ohio