Emilio Bozzi wrote:
> Like Masi, Legnano and Frejus (plus others), Italian builders
> including Atala used Reynolds tubing instead of Columbus or Falck,
> just many Italian brands used Brooks saddles instead of Unicas. I am
> not sure when and if there was eventually a whole concerted shift to
> Italian tubing on Italian bike. The fact that Reynolds was even used
> by the Italians is surely a testiment to its quality. Plus I think
> Reynolds tubing came out in the early 1930s and Columbus "may" not
> have come out until much later. How much later I dunno, but am sure
> somebody on this list can tell you.
Reynolds started producing butted steel tubing in 1898; the "531" tubing was introduced in the 1930s.
Columbus started production in 1930.
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-John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA