Joe et al, The fork blades were INOX :^) as well- I have a Colin Laing built Metax frame. The tubesets are out there but hard to find...I believe that (listmember?) Dave Bohm will make one if asked nicely. Matt Gorski Happy Holiday Shores, CA
Subject: Re: [CR]Columbus tubing
> The stainless tubing was called Metax.
>
> I have always wondered if fork blades were made in stainless also?
>
> Joe Bender-Zanoni
> Great Notch NJ
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "jerrymoos" <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
> To: <raleighpro@dejazzd.com>; <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 9:48 AM
> Subject: Re: [CR]Columbus tubing
>
>
> > Didn't Columbus briefly make a stainless steel tubeset? What was the
name
> > of that? While I'm on the subject, my mid-80's Mercier Bordeaux-Paris
is
> > made with Columbus Tretubi, which I believe just means "three tubes" so
> this
> > would be the equivalent of the 531 "3 Cadre Renforce" decal. But what
> tubes
> > was "Tretubi"? SL? SP? Aelle?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Jerry Moos
> > Houston, TX
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <raleighpro@dejazzd.com>
> > To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> > Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 7:46 AM
> > Subject: Re: [CR]Columbus tubing
> >
> >
> > > > From: ADP <aphillips9@mindspring.com>
> > > > I keep coming across names of Columbus tubing that I've > never
heard
> of
> > before. Can someone post the rundown of > names and dates of tubing,
sort
> > of
> > > > like the Modolo timeline that was just posted?
> > > - snip -
> > > > I'd never heard of Tenax before... Is it like
> > > > Columbus Chromor tubing?
> > >
> > > The BOB and CR archives have this:
> > > http://search.bikelist.org/
> > > There's also this chart:
> > >
> >
>
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/
> > g
> > >
> > > Sounds like basic ok tubing.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Pete Geurds
> > > Douglassville, PA