Re: [CR]Source for Celeste cable housing? Celeste Regal saddle???

(Example: Framebuilders:Bernard Carré)

Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 07:51:48 -0700 (PDT)
From: Donald Gillies <gillies@cs.ubc.ca>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Source for Celeste cable housing? Celeste Regal saddle???

Brian Baylis writes:
> The rarity of celeste colored Regal saddles is primarily due to the lack
> of celeste colored cows, if I'm not mistaken.

... which of course is because the celeste-colored grass only grows in Tuscany in central Italy, where dairy production has ceased. However, US genetic engineers are racing to synthesize BCMH (Bovine Celeste Melanomic Hormone) to address these shortages ...

- Don Gilies
San Diego, CA, USA