RE: [CR]Columbus decals

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Subject: RE: [CR]Columbus decals
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2005 10:42:55 -0600
Thread-Topic: [CR]Columbus decals
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From: "Mazzeo, Daniel" <Daniel.Mazzeo@usap.gov>
To: "Doug Fattic" <fatticbicycles@qtm.net>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>


OK, now I gotta' ask an old question ... Does anyone know where or how to get a replacement for a Columbus decal??? Thanks Dan Mazzeo Raytheon Polar Services Company Acting Director FEMC 7400 So. Tucson Way Centennial, CO 80112 720 568-2063o 303 249-6425c daniel.mazzeo@usap.gov

-----Original Message----- From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of Doug Fattic Sent: Friday, June 10, 2005 9:22 AM To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: [CR]Columbus decals

Jerry,

Dating a frame by it's tubing decal can be a problem because a frame can be made much later then when the tubing was bought which can also be a long time from when it was manufactured. In addition, decals can get separated from the parent tubing, thrown in a drawer and used when needed. This is especially true for smaller companies.

In the old days, when Columbus was mostly just SL or SP, I would ask the customer if they wanted the tubing decal on the frame and, if they did, I would go to the file folder and find a Columbus one and stick it on (before clear coating). I would buy sets of Columbus tubing from all kinds of sources - frame companies that had gone out of business, whatever - and this tubing could have been sitting around a long time before I got my hands on it and still longer until it was made. When I got the tubing, I would take the decals out, plop them into the file folder for them to await the day when someone actually wanted one on a frame. Most customers didn't. You get the picture. Something not related to just-in-time inventory control. Of course Eisentraut was/is a bigger operation so decals would be used in more timely way but I think the possibility of the lag time described still exists.

Doug Fattic
Niles, Michigan