Originally Posted by
styggno1
It is this decal:
Columbus tubing decal (1978 to 1984)
Great that the brake bridge is the same as mine! It makes a pair and means mine is not a "fluke".
Do no worry about your English! I am Swedish and I do not know from where CyclesMakaron is but he is not English speaking either... Keep on posting - so we can get to see your pictures.
edit - and PS the lack of shifter bosses on the frame is because bar end shifters were the norm in cyclocross at this time. I guess a braze on for the front derailleur was not popular either because of all the different size rings they used on the crank. And sometimes even a sort of rotating protective ring on both sides of a single ring. Also note that there is no braze ons for a bottle holder. The races were short and there were no need to have a bottle on the bike.
I know the signs from the Panasonic team:
LK = Ludo de Keulenaer
HL = Hans Lubberding
BO = Bert Oosterbosch
PA = Phil Anderson
EV = Eric Vanderaerden
and now for the set
JT = John Talen
EB = Erik Breukink
...cross-country frames don't have (mostly) FDs and shifters on down tube, because if you carry a bike on your shoulder, you'd have a good chance of getting your own ribs damaged - hence the frequent unusual setting of FD and RD slides cables...
...my English doesn't exist. That's why I use an automatic translator...
...I'm actually not far from Sweden, I live on the other side of the Baltic Sea - in Poland...
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