[CR]re: new zealand colnago

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Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2007 14:22:40 -0800 (GMT-08:00)
From: <chasds@mindspring.com>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]re: new zealand colnago

a collector more expert than I has informed me that the original colnago Super first appeared in the 1950s..so, the New Zealand Colnago could properly be referred to as a "middle-period" Colnago, rather than an early one...rather like the middle-period Beethoven string-quartets..or middle-period Bob Dylan..<g>

The New Zealand colnago is one of the earliest most of us have probably seen, and probably the earlest to show the characteristic flower cutouts in the lugs. But I'd welcome correction on that score.

Charles Andrews
Los Angeles