RE: [CR] Georg Fischer BB shell [was: Same old ID or date myMasi]dan.kehew@gmail.com

Subject: RE: [CR] Georg Fischer BB shell [was: Same old ID or date myMasi]dan.kehew@gmail.com
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Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 09:41:11 -0700
Thread-Topic: [CR] Georg Fischer BB shell [was: Same old ID or date myMasi]dan.kehew@gmail.com
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From: "Mark Bulgier" <Mark@bulgier.net>
To: <Philcycles@aol.com>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>

I wrote:
> >The pics do show just how rough those castings were.

and Phil Brown replied:
> Compared to The Cinelli BBs we used to get in the 70s those
> Fishers are smooth as a baby's bum.

I know Cinelli used Fischer BB shells in the late 60s, then later used microfusione shells (smooth lost-wax castings) of their own brand starting in the late 70s. Was there a period when they used rough sand castings of their own? Did they have a Cinelli logo cast in? Or could it be the rough ones you got from Cinelli were Fischer? I'm no Cinelli expert, just curious.

Mark Bulgier
Seattle WA USA