Benotto offered a Model 3000 Aquila del Tachira in 1986 with SLX tubing. That is the only SLX tubing model I show in the Used Bike Buyers Guide, although likely there were others that I don't know about. Also, I believe that Benotto continued to offer Italian made bikes into the 1980s. My information says they were made in Padova, but I don't know whether that was contracted out or not. Lou Deeter, Orlando FL
-----Original Message----- From: John Thompson <JohnThompson@new.rr.com> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Sent: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 09:26:02 -0500 Subject: Re: [CR]ebay outing: 1974 Benotto/De Rosa Filotex Team bike
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.
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-John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA