Re: [CR]ebay outing: 1974 Benotto/De Rosa Filotex Team bike

(Example: Framebuilding:Brazing Technique)

Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 09:26:02 -0500
From: "John Thompson" <JohnThompson@new.rr.com>
Organization: The Crimson Permanent Assurance
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]ebay outing: 1974 Benotto/De Rosa Filotex Team bike
References: <E1E8Fos-0000gq-3t@smtpauth07.mail.atl.earthlink.net>
In-Reply-To:

Roman Stankus wrote:
> Cool bike but just wondering - when did SLX tubing first come on the scene?
> I've never seen that SLX decal on an early 70's frame? The fork crown is
> similar to others I've seen from the 80's.

IIRC, SLX wasn't introduced until the mid-80s.

-John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA