All,
The Olympic rings go back at least to 1959-I have a set of Olympic transfer
s on my Simplex/Witcomb that has been confirmed by Barry Witcomb to be accu
rate and original.
Robert St.Cyr
Davis/Sacramento, California USA> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Date:
Sat, 15 Mar 2008 10:56:07 -0400> From: oroboyz@aol.com> Subject: [CR]Was:
World's Rainbow Stripes. Now: Olympic rings> > > << Dale, any idea how long
the Olympic rings have been trademarked?> > ....(snip)....Did other builde
rs use the Olympic rings on their bikes? >>> > Not sure how long but for qu
ite a while! > > The Olympic rings are not used in the same way as the Worl
ds Championship stripes.. The rings do not imply a gold medal winner, etc.,
but instead are licensed to those "officially" associated with the Olympic
organization... It most often has to do with pecuniary considerations bein
g rendered (i.e., paying to use them in a promotional way!)> > ?> > > Dale
Brown> Greensboro, North Carolina? USA> > > > > > > -----Original Message--
---> From: Mark Battley <mark.battley@xtra.co.nz>> To: classicrendezvous@bi
kelist.org> Cc: oroboyz@aol.com> Sent: Sat, 15 Mar 2008 3:38 am> Subject: W
orld's Rainbow Stripes/Olympic rings> > > > > > > > > > > Dale commented:>
------------------------------> << Please bear in mind that there is no req
uirement that a bike/rider win a> World Championship for the? rainbow strip
es to placed on a BIKE. It's a> tradition, but not a rule, unless the UCI h
as changed things in recent?> years.>>> > Absolutely true. > It's interesti
ngly that the Olympic rings are trademarked but not the World's> Rainbow St
ripes. > It is a strong convention though.> ------------------------------>
> Dale, any idea how long the Olympic rings have been trademarked?> > Reas
on I'm interested is that it appears that in the 1960s Colnago may have use
d> the Olympic rings on some bikes that were intended for use at the Olympi
cs. I> have a photograph of a 1960s Colnago track bike with a headtube logo
/badge that> includes the Olympic rings as well as "Rome 1960" (also with "
Colnago",> "Cambiago" and the colours of the Italian flag. > > I recently m
et with the second owner of my 1968ish Colnago> (http://picasaweb.google.co
m/MarkABattley/1968Colnago) who bought the bike from> Jim Brittain in 1972.
Bruce told me that the bike was originally intended for> the French team f
or the 1968 Mexico Olympics, and had a headbadge/decal that> consisted of t
he Olympic rings, with Mexico above and 1968 below. Bruce is> trying to fin
d his photographs of the bike.> > Did other builders use the Olympic rings
on their bikes?> > Best regards,> > Mark Battley> Auckland, New Zealand, Do
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