Re: [CR]Merckx/Bayles/Bell/Colnago ?

(Example: Framebuilders:Norman Taylor)

Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:59:48 -0500
From: "Dmitry Yaitskov" <dima@rogers.com>
To: Guy Taylor <guy.taylor@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Merckx/Bayles/Bell/Colnago ?
In-Reply-To: <939584.70951.qm@web83404.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>
References: <939584.70951.qm@web83404.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>
cc: Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>

Hi,

Thursday, November 13, 2008, 2:25:44 AM, Guy Taylor wrote:
> http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/bik/912262726.html
>  
> Interesting Craig's List offering...
> Call me ignorant but isn't a bike made by Brian Bayles a Bayles and not a C
> olnago?  There is a lot I don't know about bikes but the description on t
> his one just doesn't sound right to me. Any info?

I found it somewhat ironic that in the description of a $8K bike, the names of both companies involved are mangled:
>> The hardware begins as Campognolo components, then Calnago mills
>> and paints them with the signature designs.

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Cheers,
Dmitry Yaitskov,
Toronto, Canada.