Re: [CR]1970s Fiamme Rims

(Example: Racing:Jacques Boyer)

Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 00:09:40 -0800
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]1970s Fiamme Rims
References: <cf.388a1a00.313095d4@aol.com> <75d04b480602252352o4d6ef104p35b07f82b18a8554@mail.gmail.com>


The Fiamme clinchers I have from the sixties have a yellow football shaped Fiamme label. The Fiamme sewups (tubulars) I have with a blue green oval label have the word "ELMO" on the label and are heavy training sewup (tubular) rims that came on an early '60s Olmo Tipo Randonee.

Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California

Kurt Sperry wrote:
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> Weren't the clincher version green?
>
> Kurt Sperry
> Bellingham WA
>
> On 2/24/06, Philcycles@aol.com <Philcycles@aol.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 2/24/06 5:05:02 AM, jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net writes:
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> > >I seem to recall a blue label, which might have been a clincher rim.
> > >
> > >
> > Nope, tubular. I had them on an old Frejus.
> > Phil Brown
> > And I bought it where i live nowin San Rafael. Calif.
> > fineartscrimshaw.com