[CR]Re: Calling Thomas Reitz: another nice Colnago (Angel Garcia)

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Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 22:36:56 -0800
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
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Subject: [CR]Re: Calling Thomas Reitz: another nice Colnago (Angel Garcia)

Thomas Reitz wrote:
>
> Hello Angel,
> the person who is the first and only owner of this frame told me, he
> bought this bike in 1975 or 76. The shifting cable routes on top of bottom
> bracket, and the brake cable braze ons on top tube are also very early
> version.
>
> There are spades in the fork tangs, look at this close up picture:
> http://www.arcor.de/palb/alben/74/3646374/1152_3031363235623362.jpg

Something got lost in the translation Thomas. What is shown on your Colnago's fork tang cut out is clearly a club (also called "flower" in Italy).

Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California

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