The stainless tubing was called Metax.
I have always wondered if fork blades were made in stainless also?
Joe Bender-Zanoni
Great Notch NJ
> Didn't Columbus briefly make a stainless steel tubeset? What was the name
> of that? While I'm on the subject, my mid-80's Mercier Bordeaux-Paris is
> made with Columbus Tretubi, which I believe just means "three tubes" so
this
> would be the equivalent of the 531 "3 Cadre Renforce" decal. But what
tubes
> was "Tretubi"? SL? SP? Aelle?
>
> Regards,
>
> Jerry Moos
> Houston, TX
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <raleighpro@dejazzd.com>
> To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 7:46 AM
> Subject: Re: [CR]Columbus tubing
>
>
> > > From: ADP <aphillips9@mindspring.com>
> > > I keep coming across names of Columbus tubing that I've > never heard
of
> before. Can someone post the rundown of > names and dates of tubing, sort
> of
> > > like the Modolo timeline that was just posted?
> > - snip -
> > > I'd never heard of Tenax before... Is it like
> > > Columbus Chromor tubing?
> >
> > The BOB and CR archives have this:
> > http://search.bikelist.org/
> > There's also this chart:
> >
>
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/
> g
> >
> > Sounds like basic ok tubing.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Pete Geurds
> > Douglassville, PA