[CR]GB bar plugs Was: bar ends

(Example: Framebuilding:Technology)

Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 11:15:17 -0800
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
References: <289750-22005441416020208@M2W042.mail2web.com>
Subject: [CR]GB bar plugs Was: bar ends

Peter Kohler wrote:
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> (snip)
> But just why were GB plugs made in
> France?? No matter how foreign the names sounded on British components (the
> more foreign they sounded, the more British they were!), they were
> British-made. Usually by folks who couldn't pronounce them. So why did
> Gerry Burgess farm out his plug-making to the Frenchies?

It is my opinion that there isn't any connection between GB (paris) bar plugs and GB (Gerry Burgess) in England. Different companys!

Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, CA

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