Thanks Ken,
It would have helped if either my friend or I had actually SEEN a pair, oth er than in photos!
Neil Foddering Weymouth, Dorset, England
> Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:37:08 -0400
> From: kanford@verizon.net
> Subject: Re: [CR]now GB HB plugss - was WTB 1947 Cheval Blanc corks
> To: neilfoddering@hotmail.com; classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>
> Niel -
>
> The GB Handlebar plugs that I hold in my hands right now are clearly mark
ed
> as made in France.
>
> Ken Sanford
> Kensington, MD
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Neil Foddering" <neilfoddering@hotmail.com>
> To: "Nick March" <nicbordeaux@yahoo.fr>; <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Friday, April 11, 2008 10:27 AM
> Subject: RE: [CR]WTB 1947 Cheval Blanc corks
>
>
> >
> > I'd love to help Nick, but my Cheval Blanc '47's are both magnums, and
> > won'
> > t fit, otherwise I'd have gladly sent you them. It looks like we'll ha
ve
> > t
> > o use them for Sangria, as we did with the '47 Petrus; it's fine, as lo
ng
> > a
> > s you use plenty of lemonade.
> >
> > Whilst on the subject, do you know who made GB handlebar plugs? I've b
een
> > having a conversation with a cycling friend, who swears that they were
> > made
> > by GB in England, but I'm equally sure that they were French.
> >
> > Neil Foddering
> > Weymouth, Dorset, England