Re: [Classicrendezvous] Windsor/Mexico

(Example: Racing:Roger de Vlaeminck)

Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 18:57:53 +0100
Subject: Re: [Classicrendezvous] Windsor/Mexico
From: "Hilary Stone" <Hilary.Stone@Tesco.net>
To: Mark Petry <mpetry@bainbridgeisland.net>, Thomas Adams <kctommy@email.MSN.COM>, Cyncrest@cs.com, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


Don't forget that many Italian builders also used Reynolds 531 which doesn't have riffled steerers. Hilary

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>From: "Mark Petry" <mpetry@bainbridgeisland.net>

>To: "Thomas Adams" <kctommy@email.MSN.COM>, <Cyncrest@cs.com>,
<classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>

>Subject: RE: [Classicrendezvous] Windsor/Mexico

>Date: Fri, Sep 29, 2000, 5:35 pm

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> Ahh, I think Tom means the STEERER toob, and you can just stick your finger

> up the inside of the fork crown and feel the rifling, I just checked my '63

> Cinelli SC (yes) and my '68 Pogliaghi (NO!!??) and I'm wondering if anybody

> can confirm the frame material used by Pogliaghi. There was no tubing

> decal before repaint.

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> -----Original Message-----

> From: classicrendezvous-admin@bikelist.org

> [mailto:classicrendezvous-admin@bikelist.org]On Behalf Of Thomas Adams

> Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2000 7:57 PM

> To: Cyncrest@cs.com; classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

> Subject: Re: [Classicrendezvous] Windsor/Mexico

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> One way to confirm the presence of Columbus tubing is to pull the stem and

> look in the head tube. If the frame is Columbus and is "new" enough, you

> should see spiral reinforcements on the tubing. This was an exculsive

> Columbus trick for a stronger fork.

>

> Tom Adams, trying to avoid work in Kansas City

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> -----Original Message-----

> From: Cyncrest@cs.com <Cyncrest@cs.com>

> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>

> Date: Friday, September 29, 2000 10:48 AM

> Subject: [Classicrendezvous] Windsor/Mexico

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>>Hey Classics,

>> ANybody have a Windsor?......Need a couple of questions answered.

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>> Thanks for all the help. How do I tell if it is Columbus tubing?

>>

>> Paul G

>> Riverside, CA