Hello Mr. Bozzi,
I have a 1969 Atala Record Professional. The bike is chrome and was built in January 1969 (A69****). I apologize I could not complete the entire serial #, but the bike is not near me at the moment. It utilized the first Campagnolo calipers, which did not say Campagnolo on them. The front derailleur was the Nuovo Record lower drop slotted cable stop design with the unique cable guide and stop on the down tube. Everything else concerning the bike looks 1969, but I don't know if the bike was so close to the year transition that the few and most likely rare parts were utilized. It is a nice for touring somewhat a cruiser, but relatively heavy for racing. The tubing is Reynolds 531 with an Italian threaded Nuovo Record bottom bracket.Thanks for your input Emilio and I wish you many happy and safe days of cycling.
Best Regards, John Proch La Grange, Texas
________________________________ From: John Thompson <johndthompson@gmail.com> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2009 10:28:38 PM Subject: Re: [CR] Need info on Atala Record Pro
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