Re: [CR]re:753 , and fillet-brazing

(Example: Production Builders:Cinelli)

Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 18:05:16 -0500
From: "John Thompson" <JohnThompson@new.rr.com>
Organization: The Crimson Permanent Assurance
To: CR List <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR]re:753 , and fillet-brazing
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Jan Heine wrote:
> I have never heard mention of the 753 test in France - Reynolds had
> their own distributor in France, and he did a lot of things his way. For
> example, the thinnest-gauge 0.3 mm 531 supposedly was a product
> available only through the French distributor, who held the rights,
> rather than direct from Reynolds in Britain.

Yes, and metric-only sizes, IIRC. And didn't Raleigh have exclusive use of 753 production for the first year or so after it was announced?

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