Re: [CR]history of playing card suits?

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From: "joel metz, ifbma/sfbma" <magpie@messengers.org>
Subject: Re: [CR]history of playing card suits?
Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2002 11:21:15 -0800

wellm and theres always the playing card cutouts on coppis bikes...

http://www.vintagevelos.com/Coppibike.html

-joel
>
>Trivia time!
>
>Does anyone know the origin of using the "playing card" suit on bicycles?
>Who went first? Did it just end up by chance that:
>
>Confente - Spade
>De Rosa - Heart
>Colnago - Club
>Pogliaghi - Diamond
>
>I have to admit that I had never seen the diamond detail in a Pogliaghi
>until earlier this week when list member Jack Bissell's beautiful Pog. was
>shown, and it now fills in the blank for me. I know Mr. E-Richie uses all
>the suits on this forks, do any list members know of other examples?
>
>Interesting history at: http://www.pagat.com/ipcs/history.html
><http://www.pagat.com/ipcs/history.html>
>
>Grant McLean
>
>Toronto, Canada
>
>
>
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