Tam, great page! Thank you.
My Mondonico has the 1978 and after sticker with the blue frame and the blue background with white "columbus", and I've been confidently told that it can't possibly have a sticker with no tubing code letters on it!
You list the tubing types that were available in the mid '70s. Have you discovered how to identify those tubing types, in the absence of tubeset type codes being on the sticker?
Ken Freeman Ann Arbor, MI USA
-----Original Message----- From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of Tam Pham Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 10:43 PM To: Classic Rendezvous Subject: [CR]Re: 1970's frame dating by Columbus tubing decals?
Thanks for all the good [offlist] comments so far. I've made some additions and changes to the page incorporating contributions from emails. If anyone has a good photo of original Columbus decals on their bike and don't mind emailing it to me I'd like to get a representative actual-decal photo for each of the samples to better represent the colors.
A couple of questions came up and maybe somebody out there knows. Does the color of the dove have any significance regarding the tubing type? Were there any names to the tubesets? Were there foil and non-foil versions of the same designs?
Phew. Used up my 3 posts for the day!
Tam Pham Huntington Beach, CA - USA
On 10/1/07, Tam Pham <terminaut@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I recently came across some eBay auctions which alluded to the fact
> that the Columbus tubing decal varied slightly through the 70's and
> thought that might be a good way to help narrow down the year of a
> bike from that decade if there are no other means. Here's a first go at
it:
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> http://chainedrevolution.com/
>
> Comments, corrections, and suggestions much welcomed.
>
> Cheers,
> Tam Pham
> Huntington Beach, CA - USA