Stevan Thomas wrote:
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> In a message dated 12/22/03 9:03:29 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> fred_rednor@yahoo.com writes:
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> > Comment: I just want to reiterate that in the '50s and '60s
> > (and even the '70s) many really high quality frames had no
> > tubing labels whatsoever. The handful of older Italian frame
> > builders that I had ocassion to meet viewed that sort of thing
> > as a British affectation.
> >
>
> I have a 1961 Bianchi and a 1958 (or so) Frejus that both have red Columbus
> tubing stickers. I think it was not so much a British thing as a manufacturer's
> thing. Reynolds wanted people to KNOW that a frame was built with Reynolds,
> likewise with Columbus. It's marketing.
While Faliero Masi was well known for not putting tubing stickers on his bikes, I have a '71 Masi GC and a '73 Masi GC, both made in Italy and both with Reynolds 531 tubing stickers at the top of the seat tube.
Chuck "never understood the 'exception proves the rule' thing" Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California http://www.velo-retro.com (timelines, reprints and t-shirts)
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