Re: [CR]Checkered flag motif

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From: "SherryB" <tikinui@trooper.ca>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR]Checkered flag motif
Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 16:27:35 -0800
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> My Gitane TdF had a kind of foil checkered flag decal on the top tube. I
> rather liked it, but the foil decals were fragile and didn't last very
> long....
>
> Sherry Buttnor
> Metchosin BC
> Canada.
>
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> SherryB: Metchosin BC Canada N48.35W123.55 Geomagnetic = N53
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard Robinson" <vintagespoke@earthlink.net>
> To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2006 1:46 PM
> Subject: [CR]Checkered flag motif
>
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> While working on some of my bikes I noticed several makes (several
>> countries too) used the checkered winner's flag motif in their bike's
>> graphics. I know Bottecchia, Peugeot, and Crescent frames use this
>> design. What other builders used this same logo in their graphic
>> designs?
>>
>> Rich Robinson
>> Jacksonville, NC