A little thing that has bothered me for a while now: has anybody ever see n a frame with a Columbus decal specifically designating the tubing as KL o r Record? I haven't, not even in a brochure or catalog.
I asked Richard Sachs and Brian Baylis if these specific decals existed, an d they both said yes. I therefore have to believe that the decals ex isted, but were they ever used on frames?
The Colnago Mexico brochures of the late 70s, which describe the frames as built with Record tubing, show decals which appear to be the standard Colum bus SL decals:
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I had a 1988 Colnago Esamexico, which according to the Colnago catalog of t hat year, was made with "Columbus SL-Record" tubing, but the decal, again, was a standard SL decals (in other words, it just said Columbus). Unfort unately my 80/81 Mexico doesn't have a decal at all.
So, did Columbus make a very small batch of Record and KL decals, and when these ran out, they said, what the hell, let's just use the regular decals? That is seriously my best guess at why I've never seen even a photo of one of these decals.
If you've ever seen one of these decals, or if you have a photo, or (gasp) if you have a frame with such a decal, please share.
Ray Dobbins Miami Florida USA
This is my first post to this board. I have a Colnago Mexico I believe was made circa 1977/1978 from everything I've read regarding dating older Colna gos.
The decals on the bicycle are original, what's left of them. A lot of the l etters on the downtube have peeled up over the years. The letter C on the C -O-L-N-A-G-O on the seat tube, and both sides of the downtube have the club inside. All the letters are the same size. I mention this as I purchased a replacement set a few years ago (from Yellow Jersey) but the letter C is larger than the rest of the letters. Other Colnagos I've seen with similar decals seem to be missing this feature.
There is no tubing sticker anywhere on the frame nor is there evidence of o ne ever having been there.
Kurt Wolko
Owings, MD