Re: [CR] BiValent dating, was Re: My Most Recent Cinelli Projects

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From: "Kurt Sperry" <haxixe@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 08:40:25 -0700
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Cc: Mark@bulgier.net, John Barron <john@velostuf.com>, Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR] BiValent dating, was Re: My Most Recent Cinelli Projects

John Barron wrote (about his lovely '63 Cinelli):
> <snip> I believe that the bivalents could have too. At one time I owned the
> 3-piece version of the bivalent hubs, so I assume that these were available
> as far back as the 50's... Can anyone speak to this?>
>From the archives [insert boilerplate nag here]:

http://search.bikelist.org/getmsg.asp?Filename=classicrendezvous.10405.1577.eml

<snip>So the educated guess was that it would indeed predate the Cinelli bivalent hubs which were officially launched at the Milan trade show in late 1963.- Steven Maasland Moorestown, NJ</snip>

Kurt Sperry
Bellingham, Washington
USA