Re: [CR]ebay Colnago Junior- What Gives

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Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 13:33:04 +0100
From: "Hilary Stone" <hilary.stone@blueyonder.co.uk>
To: brian blum <bbspokes@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]ebay Colnago Junior- What Gives
References: <BAY144-F34552E696EF4BECC37B331DEEC0@phx.gbl>
In-Reply-To:
cc: seaneee175@gmail.com
cc: seaneee175@gmail.com

Columbus GT was a short lived tubeset which was very highly regarded by Tony Oliver who often used tubes from it in his custom frames - it was made from the same steel alloy as SL but with different gauges.

Hilary Stone, Bristol, England

brian blum wrote:
>
> Not a "real Colnago". In the late 80's Colnago sold a lot of not so
> great bikes of lower stature than the Mexico, or Super. This looks like
> one of these bikes. Columbus GT tubing, never heard of it until I typed
> it into google and another not real Colnago came up with this tubing.
> Not worth more than $300 to me if it fit. Brian Blum in Berkeley
>
>> From: Sean Flores <seaneee175@gmail.com>
>> To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
>> Subject: [CR]ebay Colnago Junior- What Gives
>> Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 14:30:42 -0700
>>
>> Hey Group-
>>
>> Has anyone else come across this auction(no relation to seller):
>>
>> http://ebay.com/<blah>
>>
>> 1
>> 0442QQihZ017QQcategoryZ98084QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
>>
>> It¹s a bit curious. The seller lists it a a junior (also stamped on the
>> headtube), but the measurements suggest otherwise.
>>
>> My only thing was that \u0152Junior¹ was stamped on post sale by the original
>> buyer, perhaps a nickname?
>>
>> Very odd auction. Is this even an authentic Colnago? Maybe some of the
>> list¹s Colnago experts can chime in, as I don¹t know all the tell tale
>> signs.
>>
>> Sean Flores
>> San Francisco, CA