Whoops, my bad. Sorry.
KO Kevin wrote:
> I believe what we are trying to differentiate between are the Colnagos
> with round main tubes and those that had flutes running the length of
> their top tube, seat tube and down tube. FYI the chainstays on my
> 51cm Mexico are crimped, but the main frame tubes are round, not fluted.
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> Kevin Ko
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> Eugene, OR
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> *From:* Phil Sieg [mailto:triodelover@comcast.net]
> *Sent:* Friday, October 21, 2005 3:20 PM
> *To:* KO Kevin
> *Cc:* classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> *Subject:* Re: [CR] RE: Colnago Mexico Crimped Tubing
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> Jeff, Kevin et al,
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> I have a '79 Super, also a 51cm, with crimped stays and that tacky
> mylar protector (which is going away ASAP). It also has the BB cable
> guides, TT brake cable braze-ons, shifter braze-ons and DT-only water
> bottle bosses. Can' remeber about the brake nuts and the frame is at
> Joe Bell's for a redo.
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> I'm agnostic on crimped vs uncrimped.
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> Phil Sieg
> Knoxville, Tennessee
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> KO Kevin wrote:
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>I have a 51cm uncrimped Mexico with the same chrome Mylar chainstay
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>protector. Mine has top of BB cable guides, 2 toptube brake housing
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>guides, DT shifter braze-ons and water bottle bosses on the DT only.
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>The only real chrome is on the fork crown (maybe the dropout faces, I
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>can't remember here at work). Mine also has recessed brake nuts.
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>Looking at the 1979 Colnago catalog, the difference between the Mexicos
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>and the Supers of this vintage was that the Supers used Columbus SL and
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>the Mexicos used a lighter gauge Columbus Record tubing. Personally, I
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>think the uncrimped Colnagos are much more pleasing to the eye than the
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>ones with fluted tubing. BTW, the newer chainstays weren't
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>pantographed, the Colnago name was stamped into the tubing.
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>Kevin Ko
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>Eugene, OR
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