[CR]???? "Team Issue" Bianchi????

(Example: Framebuilding)

From: <Bikerdaver@aol.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 01:24:29 EDT
To: NortonMarg@aol.com, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]???? "Team Issue" Bianchi????

Stevan- There you go again with the "Team Issue" labeling. By what reasoning do you make this claim?! How in the heck do you know its a "Team Issue"? What identifying marks make it a "Team Issue"? Please don't take my verbal aggressions personally, its just that I have heard "Team Issue" this and "Team Issue" that without any type of rhyme or reason. Just what makes it a !#@^%! "Team Issue" anyway!! OK, OK, I will settle down, but I still think it is improper to call any particular Bianchi a "Team Issue" without any solid documentation. Does anybody out there have a sales receipt from a Bianchi "Team Issue" purchase? I have never seen a Bianchi brochure containing a "Team Issue". I have never even seen a decal indicating a "Team Issue" bike as an actual "Team Issue" bike. I once owned a Specialissima that I was told really was a "Team Issue". The seller was quite adamant about it being a "Team Issue", BUT it had no identifying labels, decals, marks, etc., proving it was a "Team Issue". Heck, why not call any high-end Bianchi a "Team Issue"? Heck, if one person does it for no apparent reason, why can't everybody call their high-end Bianchi a "Team Issue". Please, would someone out there please put this capricious labeling free-for-all to rest! (big sigh). Dave Anderson Cut Bank MT

Dave in MT