My pleasure Alan. A side of the story i didn't mention: At the time (early 80s) it was rumoured that Colnago's sold in the Netherlands were actually painted in Belgium, beacuse of quality problems in Italy. At the same time (as you pointed out) frames appeared that looked like Colnago's, but were something else. Probably made in Belgium. And a bit later Colnago started to use the intricate colour schemes. Anyway, thats what i think happened!
Freek Faro
2008/9/26 <worthy2@earthlink.net>
>
> >
> >Or: Dutch Cromovelato. And something special it is, indeed. I'm offering
> to
> >the list (please bear with me, its a rather long story) this 1982 Jansen
> >Oomen frame and fork.
> >The frame was made for the Jansen Oomen bikeshop in Baarle Nassau (
> >http://86.82.253.197/). Baarle Nassau is very close to the Belgian
> border,
> >and the frame was made somewhere in Belgium. Baarle Nassau and Baarle
> Hertog
> >are a collection of Dutch and Belgian enclaves, where one can cross from
> one
> >country in another just by walking across your living room!
> >
> >
> >
> >This bike is a bit of a cheat .. Jansen Oomen were a big dealer of
> Colnago
> >frames at the time, and thought it was a good idea to have their own,
> >cheaper, brand of frames, but fashioned after Colnago. Look at the
> details:
> >the clover leaf cut-outs, the shot-in seatstays, the chromed lugs. Did
> >Colnago have cromovelato? I think they did, so this must have been the
> >topping on the cake.
> >
> We have seen that same "Colnago-like" cutout on the lugs before, usually on
> repainted and unmarked frames, and others have IDed them as being Benelux
> products...but now we have a real name (or two) and the complete story.
> Thanks for the edu-macation.
> -Alan Goldsworthy
> San Francisco, CA, USA