Re: [CR]Question re: French Excel tubing...

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From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Question re: French Excel tubing...
References: <51.2842badf.2b226df6@aol.com>
Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2002 15:59:36 -0700

OROBOYZ@aol.com wrote:
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> Hey gang,
> Has anyone ever seen an "identity" tubing decal for the Excel tubing? That is
> the tubing used in the original Masi Volumetrics I think (slightly out of our
> time frame but somehow fitting?) as well as in other mostly specialty bikes.
> I never saw Excel used in production applications. There were a few Giordana
> (Bellato made) frames using Excel and Gita was the "exclusive importer" which
> meant next to nothing market wise.. They still have a bunch of that tubing
> sitting down there (Not cheap though!) Supposed to be super trick tubing....
> Comments?

Actually the Masi Volumetrica was pre-1985 so it falls inside the CR time frame.

Chuck Schmidt SoPas, SoCal

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