Dale,
Clever! Smart Alec!
I'm quite fond of mixing tubes or tubing gauges. It was also very common amongst Italian builders from the 50's to the 70's it seems. Have seen many Masis and Cinellis made from mixtures of Reynolds and Columbus and Faulk tubing. I personally have a fondness for Reynolds 531 main triangle and Columbus SL forks and stays. You get the look of the Columbus beefy forks and stays, I love Reynolds for the main frame because.......well because I love Reynolds tubing. What can I say.
I generally leave the tubing stickers off of my frames, even when the tubeset is all the same. To my eye most tubing stickers are like bad lipstick. They often clash with the overall scheme of the bike and distract from the beauty of the piece like the wrong color lipwear distracts from the charm of a natural beauty. Honestly, who made the bike and how is far more important than which brand of tubing was used, within reason, of course.
Brian Baylis La Mesa, CA Listening to classical music tonight, and quite enjoying it. That's a switch. Just scored a "decent" music unit; I can even play my vintage Frank Zappa LP records, I have a turntable! (Jumping up and down and shouting "goodie!".)
In a message dated 12/22/2003 5:31:05 PM Eastern Standard Time, chuckschmidt@earthlink.net writes:
<< Yes, I've heard of quite a few builders that use a mix of tubing for their bikes and putting more than one tubing sticker on a frame would look a little absurd (at least in my personal opinion). >>
I resemble that remark! In fact, one of my earlier frames I mixed Tange & Columbus... So it was only ethical to adapt the decal to reflect that, no?
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Dale Brown
Greensboro, NC