Re: [CR]Tubing used and stickers

(Example: Production Builders:Cinelli)

Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 14:31:00 -0700
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Tubing used and stickers
References: <D24CD8D2A42DBE408E31D99568D7AAFF20D1CF@mlsswn02p_adm.was.int.imf.org>


Wayne Bingham wrote:
>
> (cut) Why would a small builder feel the
> need to identify a frame with certain tubing stickers, when he clearly
> didn't want to use all the same tubes? A larger production concern
> might have "advertising" reasons, but not a small builder. This
> situation clearly varies, so it doesn't seem that it could be just
> "tradition".

Yes, I've heard of quite a few builders that use a mix of tubing for their bikes and putting more than one tubing sticker on a frame would look a little absurd (at least in my personal opinion).

Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California

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