re: [CR]Spoke Heads and markings

(Example: Production Builders:Pogliaghi)

Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 06:38:53 -0400
From: "Harvey Sachs" <hmsachs@verizon.net>
Subject: re: [CR]Spoke Heads and markings
To: chuckschmidt@earthlink.net, Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>, "sachs >> Harvey Sachs" <hmsachs@verizon.net>


+ = Torrington (USA). The arms of the + extend from edge to edge, and are typically nicely formed, and raised abouve the surface. Some of them are lovely, like the 15/17 double butted ones, plated, that Ted Ernst provided for my '38 Paramount restoration.

harvey sachs mcLean va

Chuck Schmidt wrote:

DT = DT (Switzerland) U = Union (Germany) R (backwards) = Redaelli (Italy) A = Alpina (Italy) Y = Prym (Germany) E = Trois Étoiles, translation 3 star, Robergel (France) crescent = Robergel (France) clover = Berg-Union (Switzerland) star = Stella (Italy)

Might be some mistakes above... contribute what you know...

Chuck Schmidt
South Pasadena, CA USA
http://www.velo-retro.com (reprints, t-shirts & timelines)