Originally Posted by
Mackers
Sorry but that's a 1997 Tecnos.
I have one of those in yellow, and I have a '98 in the same colorway as yours.
These were only made from 1995 until 2000 and they were supposedly the lightest production frame at the time.
(but my Nuovo Mexico and my Superissimo are both lighter)
Interesting info. Not disagreeing with you as I've just found a number of websites with newer info on the Technos frames.
I did several years of research on the frame 10-12 years ago and came up with the 1988 date from a number of sources. Frame builder Ed Litton who I bought it from recollected that he worked on it and then took it on a trade in the early 90's.
I built frames back in the 70's and both Ed and I think that the top and down tubes have a 0.3mm wall thickness midsection. You can squeeze them a little bit. I did find BITD that Columbus increased the wall thickness in the thin sections of the frame tubes for the Technos tubing (just like they did with the seat stays and chain stays on Columbus SL tubing). That's why I think that I have an early version Technos.
Date doesn't affect my opinion of the frame.
verktyg
