John Jorgensen wrote:
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> Restarted working at a bike shop in 1985, September of that year.
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> SLX style tubes with the internal helical reinforecment started appearing at the shop by Christmas.
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> Used on bikes with braze on dreailleur mounts.
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> SLX decaled bikes started showing up in later 1986.
My '85 Bianchi Centenario (# 00.227) that I'm guessing must have been made very late '84 or very early '85 has the typical Columbus SLX tubing decal. Bianchi's 100th year in business was celebrated as a big deal at the time I remember.
Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California
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