Re: [CR]Columbus Decal timeline?

(Example: Framebuilding:Tubing:Columbus)

Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 23:37:15 +0100
From: "Martin Appel" <martin@team-ware.de>
Organization: RC Concordia 86 =?ISO-8859-1?Q?M=FCnchen?=
To: Norm and Val Lafleur <nvlafleur@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Columbus Decal timeline?
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cc: classicrendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>

In that context that Coppi-Viorelli currently on italian Ebay #130078931167 might be of interest. The frame, while no beauty, sports the "very old" columbus decal. There is a detail pic of it too.

Martin Appel Munich, Germany

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Norm and Val Lafleur schrieb:
> In looking at the Columbus page on the CR site I'm having trouble
> putting dates to the decals. See the three decals in the top row of the
> link below. My rusty Cinelli still had legible decals and the tubing
> decal was the decal shown as the "very early foil type" but the bike is
> a '69 or '70. I have also seen this sticker on a '73 Colnago although it
> may have been a respray. The decal on the far right is the one that
> came on my '84 Basso. Those dates set the bounds for my knowledge. The
> question is when did the decal shown in the middle appear?
>
> http://www.classicrendezvous.com/Italy/Columbus_main.htm
>
> Norm Lafleur
> Ashfield, Ma.