I agree that the bike appears to be later production than 1972. Even the graphics look more like 1980's production.
Keith Kessel Shreveport, La.
On Fri, January 15, 2010 11:51 pm, verktyg wrote:
> There's some incongruities with this bike starting with the white dove
> partial Columbus decal on the seat post and the CPSC quick release levers
> on the Campy brake calipers. Also the 1010/B Campy dropouts, where they
> available in 1972?
>
> After all, Italy is the land of "Sophisticators"...
> http://tinyurl.com/
>
>
> "Sophisticators" referred to scandals in the Italian food industry
> during the 60s and later where bread contained marble dust to make it
> whiter, wine that contained no grape product, butter and olive oil made
> from animal fat and so on.
>
> Remember, who created the phrase "caveat emptor". ;-)
>
>
> Chas. Colerich
> Oakland, CA USA
>
>
> Rachael Ramos wrote:
>
>> Interesting bike on Ebay...
>>
>>
>> I recall reading that SCIC bikes were built by Colnago and this posting
>> does mention colnago (it's in Italian so I'm not sure of the
>> description). The photos show an old jersey, cap etc. Seems like the
>> whole shebang. Anyone ever see one of these branded as SCIC like that?
>>
>>
>> http://ebay.com/
>> 0QQitemZ300387165591QQcmdZViewItemQQptZVintage_Unisex_T_Shirts?hash=ite
>> m45f0786597
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>>
>> George Ramos
>> Portland, OR
>> USA