Re: [CR]Brake Cable Housing Size and Colors

(Example: Framebuilders:Masi)

Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2004 12:24:25 -0700
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Brake Cable Housing Size and Colors
References: <D24CD8D2A42DBE408E31D99568D7AAFFD8E168@mlsswn02p.was.int.imf.org>


"Bingham, Wayne R." wrote:
>
> Did some archive-diving right after my last post about brake cable
> housing and guide sizes, which stimulated my memory on the little that
> was discussed on the subject. I was hoping to dig a little deeper, so I
> thought I'd try a slightly different tact. Seems Confente was building
> with the smaller guides, and possibly some other, primarily Italian,
> builders as well. And people were using Elephant brand housing. What
> I'm trying to determine is:
>
> 1. How prevalent was this practice? Who else was doing it (besides
> Mario)?

Medici was doing it too, because of the "parts/decals" sharing going on between ConfenteĀ™ and MediciĀ™ companies (same owner back then).

Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California

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