> Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 19:59:11 -0700
> From: Chuck Schmidt <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: Re: [CR]ebay outing: another Colnago Super
> Brandon Ives wrote:
> >
> >BAH! That's almost factory. . . hell it's mellower than factory
> >compared to the stuff they started to paint in the 80s. I actually
> >kinda like it since the colors are actually complementary and flow
> >well. Now if they splashed it with pink, black, and purple that would
> >be a more SOP paint job for Colnogo in the 80s.
> >enjoy,
> >Brandon"monkeyman"Ives
> >SB, CA
>
>
> Yeah, I think the most conservative paint I ever say on an '80s Colnago
> was a little number that had a base coat of red with a dark maroon
> overstrayed through a piece of net.
>
> What did Colnago call that Marc Borel? Wasn't it something like
> Retinatto or something like that???
>
> Chuck Schmidt
> SoPas, SoCal
Retinato sounds right.... "Fishnet" was the slang term we used fo it IIRC.
Greg Parker
Ann Arbor, MI USA