Re: [CR]1970s Fiamme Rims

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Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 08:45:29 -0600
From: "John Thompson" <JohnThompson@new.rr.com>
Organization: The Crimson Permanent Assurance
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]1970s Fiamme Rims
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Kurt Sperry wrote:
>> In a message dated 2/24/06 5:05:02 AM, jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net
>> writes:
>>
>>> I seem to recall a blue label, which might have been a clincher rim.
>>
>>> Phil Brown wrote:
>>>
>> Nope, tubular. I had them on an old Frejus.
> Weren't the clincher version green?

I recall a Fiamme clincher rim with a yellow label from that era. My employer bought a boatload of them dirt-cheap, and I spent a winter building them into wheels for the upcoming season.

I wasn't particularly impressed with them. They were soft and not very straight or round.

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