Re: [CR]Colnago & Colner

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To: chuckschmidt@earthlink.net
Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2003 21:30:34 -0500
Subject: Re: [CR]Colnago & Colner
From: "Richard M Sachs" <richardsachs@juno.com>
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

i have. also, i still have colner ads from the late 70s that are clearly colnago generated. e-RICHIE.............And the gang!!! Richard Sachs Cycles No.9, North Main Street Chester, CT 06412 USA http://www.richardsachs.com Tel. 860.526.2059

On Sat, 01 Feb 2003 17:55:24 -0700 Chuck Schmidt <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net> writes:
> Description from eBay auction:
> http://ebay.com/<blah 298>
>
> "Colnago marketed as a second brand COLNER for a period that the
> UCI
> allowed a bicycle manufacturer to sponsor only one professional
> team,
> with COLNER they did have a second entry with the Belgium based
> IJSBOERKE professional team in the '70 and '80."
>
> Anyone else ever heard this story?
>
> Chuck Schmidt
> South Pasadena, Southern California
> http://www.velo-retro.com (reprints, t-shirts and timelines)

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