Speaking of gold bikes, just ran across this, 6th down:
Mark Buswell San Francisco, CA
On Aug 16, 2006, at 7:07 PM, Mark Buswell | SisuHome wrote:
> See third down:
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> http://www.cyclingnews.com/
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> Mark Buswell
> San Francisco, CA
>
>
> On Aug 16, 2006, at 6:42 PM, devotion finesse wrote:
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>> I once read that the Pope returned the Colnago to Ernesto because,
>> while he was indeed a fan of cycling, he believed that he would
>> have gotten more use out of a "city bike". Ernesto then built
>> this city bike and presented it to the Pope, although I have never
>> seen a photo of it. Anyone?
>> Also, I heard that the golden Papal Colnago was one of 3 built at
>> that time. Does anyone know the whereabouts of any of these bikes?
>> Matthew Bowne
>> Brooklyn, New York
>>
>>
>>> From: oroboyz@aol.com
>>> To: gtsoftley@ozemail.com.au, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>>> Subject: [CR]Colnago ORO bike for the Pope...
>>> Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 19:42:55 -0400
>>>
>>> Greg:
>>>
>>> FFIW, I "heard" that the practice is that someone (manufacturer,
>>> etc) "gives" the Pope a conspicuous fancy item... then, after all
>>> the publicity has had a chance to take effect and a respectable
>>> amount of time has passed, the item is given back to the giver,
>>> in return for a nice cash donation to the Church. So Colnago
>>> receiving that bike back for permanent bragging rights was
>>> possibly not a surprise to anyone...
>>>
>>> Anyone have additional insight on this? Steven Maasland?
>>>
>>> Dale Brown
>>> Greensboro, NC USA
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: gtsoftley@ozemail.com.au
>>> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>>> Sent: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 6:51 PM
>>> Subject: [CR]Colnago gold
>>>
>>> Hi crew, am contemplating a Colnago Mexico Oro project and wish
>>> to know
>>> if any of the CR mob have an idea of the timeframe that Colnago
>>> changed
>>> its Oro finish from a gold chromovelato to actual gold plating. Have
>>> been studying late 70s and early 80s Mex Oros for a while and
>>> have an
>>> '80 catalogue which has the Oro gold chromovelato but have seen
>>> later
>>> ones with what seems gold plating mainly on the stays. The
>>> plating looks
>>> as though it may only be 18k or less in quality. Would also
>>> appreciate a
>>> comment on the Pope's bike that he most graciously handed back -
>>> wanted
>>> a bike with fenders, lights, soft saddle and city bars for doing
>>> laps
>>> around the Vatican. I can just visualise him riding with a bell,
>>> streamers from the grips and a skirt guard so as his purple robes
>>> wouldnt get caught in the chain and a huge grin on his face. Did
>>> Cinelli
>>> make him a special hairnet that covered his mitre?
>>> Greg Softley
>>> Coffs Harbour
>>> Australia
>>>
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