Re: [CR]Italian use of Reynolds tubes

(Example: Framebuilding:Tubing:Falck)

Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2005 22:33:09 -0800
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Italian use of Reynolds tubes
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"P.C. Kohler" wrote:
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> Did Reynolds ever make Italian language decals?? They never list these, but
> it's odd they made French ones and not Italian given the later used the
> tubing as well.

I believe the French Reynolds decals were done in the 1970s when Peugeot was the largest user of Reynolds tubing in the world (odd that they used more than Raleigh, right?).

I'd guess Italy used less Reynolds tubing than America did in the 1970s, in other words, not much.

Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California

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