Originally Posted by
T-Mar
Only advertisement run by Bikecology for their Sintesi Crested Butte II. Note late July arrival, making it 1986-1-2 model.
Great find, thank you so much for sharing it. Its funny how the advertised the colors as Ferrari Red and Royal blue Colors, both dark colors but the picture shows a light colored bike. So the weight went from 29.5 in the 1986 (Access, Tange 900), to 27.5 in 1987 (Access, Columbus SL), to 27? in 1987 (Access Team Issue, Tange Prestige).
July was sometime the first moth of fabrication for imported "next" year models. Like first Stumpjumper Sport and Lugged Stumpjumper. It seems they were jumping late each year. Your 1987 ad for the Access says their 1987 came with new for 1988 Shimano pedals and headset. Was that a tactic to save money? Toyo for example was making 10,000 frames per year and they were making frames for Ritchey, Gary Fisher, Specialized, GT and others, maybe they chose not to press for early fabrication to avoid paying a prime or getting a better deal.