Each year Ernesto Colnago would have 20 framesets ready for Saronni................But then again there was a so called special relationship. Yan Giebers the former PDM manager, when assembling a Dutch Amature team,.............before his PDM position. While visiting Ernesto he ran accross a rack full of framesets. Yan said something and Ernesto said, those are the framesets of Seronni, we build for him 20 or so framesets per season and those are the leftovers. He offered one to Yan so he took it, wasn't ridden by the man but still a little bit different. It's now here with us.
BTW: Yans team was to be riding for and on GIANNI MOTTA!...........Ernesto cought wind of this so he offered twice the money of GIANNI. Problem though, with the Amature ranks only one team would be able to race with a certain marque.......Yans team, they rode Saronni.
BC
Baron C.....................And the gang!!
Renaissance cycles,
Eindhoven Holland.
>
> In a message dated 6/15/05 8:26:27 PM, stevens@veloworks.com writes:
>
> << "The serial number is 70948. Hope this helps.">>
>
> I will go visit them on Friday and see what their records reveal - Sounds
> like a frame which was built in September 1987. I had frame #71153, which
> was a
> 7-11 frame (built in November 1987 - NOT "711" = 7-11 Team!!!!) for Brian
> Walton. This could be Eric Heiden's frame (the team members were issued
> two
> frames at the start of each season).
>
> Stay Tuned..........
>
> Chuck Brooks
> Malta, NY