RE: [CR]Fiamme tubular rim questions

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Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:39:36 -0700
From: "Bob Atwood" <robert.atwood@asu.edu>
Subject: RE: [CR]Fiamme tubular rim questions
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


>So perhaps CR members can shed light on the hierarchy of the various label
>colors. Yellow labels were a bit heavier rim than the red labels? Were
>there any other label colors used by Fiamme? And nothing has been said about
>the Fiamme track rims. I have a bike with Fiamme Speedy rims, which I
>believe were a later model from Fiamme (late 70's?). And last, but not
>least, when did Fiamme bite the dust?

I think the yellow labels are lighter. The set I have with original campy hi flange Record hubs and original spokes are very very light. I suspect that the rims weigh less than Mavic 280s. They also have a very impressive mirror-like finish to them which seems to corrode like silver.

Bob Atwood
Mesa, AZ