Re: [CR]early Colnago graphics

(Example: Racing:Roger de Vlaeminck)

From: "Angel Garcia" <veronaman@comcast.net>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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Subject: Re: [CR]early Colnago graphics
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2004 17:02:49 -0400


Looking at the history section at the Colnago site there are some photos of pre-70 Colnagos but you can't discern much of the details. However, for the year 1970 listing(http://www.colnagonews.com/prova2/storia/1970.htm) they show the pre-club design head tube badge which was apparently used 1954-1970. Anyone of the CR list have one of these Colnagos (with this head tube badge) ? I incorrectly attributed the "Comic-book graphics" to Sheldon Brown when in fact that was penned by Mike Kone. Angel Garcia Long Valley, NJ
>
> I do believe Mike Kone was referring to an even earlier set
> of graphics in his comments on Sheldon's site... I've seen
> a single photo of a 1960s Colnago, dim and blurry, taken at
> a race, and the graphics are rather comic-bookish. I cannot
> for the life of me remember where I saw this picture.. but
> I'm not imagining it. There is such a pic, and is shows a
> graphics package for Colnago that I've never seen in the
> flesh, or in any other picture, for that matter... be fun to
> have one of *those* bikes, wouldn't it? Very rare stuff,
> for sure.
>
> Charles Andrews
> SoCal
>
>> Angel Garcia wrote:
>
> Thanks for posting the photos. I had wondered what Sheldon
> Brown meant by
> the "Comic-book graphics",
> http://www.sheldonbrown.com/vrbn-a-f.html, of
> very early Colnagos. I wasn't sure what to expect. These
> like nice to me.

>

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