Re: [CR]Name that period, history of the bicycle...

(Example: Component Manufacturers:Avocet)

Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 15:53:50 -0600
From: "John Thompson" <JohnThompson@new.rr.com>
Organization: The Crimson Permanent Assurance
To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Name that period, history of the bicycle...
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Eugene Powell wrote:

> You know people still insist on a color match to repaint their old > "rancid Pepto-Bismal pink" Trek (all SR, columbus tubed, 770?) !?

Don't you mean "970?" IIRC, the 7xx series were Reynolds 531, and the 9xx series were Colombus. But I probably worked on that bike; most of the early 80's 770 and 970 frames passed through me at one time or another.

> The paint distributor had to mix 5 quarts to get the mix right. > Charged me plenty for the first quart (the 1 that I ordered) and told > me to get the other gallon out of there before anybody saw it.

[duck and run] But I didn't do paint!

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-John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA