I seem to remember seeing Rino in the catalogs of Zeus Cyclery, the US Zeus importer. Don't know if they were Spanish or Italian.
Regards,
Jerry Moos
Takao Noda wrote:
> Accorging to an ad. of Galli on a magazine1984, the Galli made a
> component group sourced from not only Simplex, Stronglight but
> also Maillard and Sedis. On the same magazine" Bicicletta" is a
> list of bicycles of Italian makers and I find component groups of
> Ofmega,GPM, Miche and Galli. And I also find Rino. I cannot find
> any ad. of Rino. Does someone know about Rino? Rino was used by 2
> makers, Scapin and Meccanica Tre Zeta both of which were in
> Padova.
> Takao Noda
> Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Stephen Spielman <sspielman@goeaston.net>
> To: <Bikerdaver@aol.com>; <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2000 11:11 PM
> Subject: Re: [Classicrendezvous] Any GALLI experts/afficiandos on
> CR list?
>
> > Over the years, I have seen many fewer Galli parts than GPM,
> but they took very
> > similar routes to assembling their complete gruppos. That is to
> say, for many of
> > the parts that they did not manufacture themselves, they
> sourced them from
> > manufacturers in France. For the top of the line Galli group,
> this meant that
> > they sourced derailleurs and shifters from Simplex, and
> cranksets and headsets
> > from Stronglight. Galli stsrted out making their own rear
> derailleur (although
> > the pulleys were Simplex) but gave it up in favor of the
> re-badged Simplex Super
> > LJ sometime in the early 80's. Galli is probably most often
> remembered for
> > producing their parts in a range of anodised colours. They
> always managed to
> > sponsor some second tier Italian pro team, and that tradition
> continues today
> > with the Selle Italia- Aguardiente- Nectar squad...although I
> have no idea of
> > what the company still makes...
> > Steve Spielman
> > Maryland
> >
> > Bikerdaver@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > > Hey Gang,
> > > Thought I should at least make another attempt to see if
> there are any
> > > old GALLI experts/afficiandos amoungst us here on CR list?
> Are these
> > > components too modern to be considered "classic"? I thought
> the last
> > > discussion of GPM parts was extremely poignant, and was
> hoping that a similar
> > > discussion/education could be addressed. Cheers,
> > > David Anderson
> > >
> > > In a message dated 11/5/00 7:32:18 PM PST,
> Bikerdaver@aol.com writes:
> > > > Subj: [Classicrendezvous] GALLI Info Request
> > > > Date: 11/5/00 7:32:18 PM Pacific Standard Time
> > > > From: Bikerdaver@aol.com
> > > > Sender: classicrendezvous-admin@bikelist.org
> > > > To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> > > >
> > > > Hello-
> > > > Kudos to those folks that were both nice and
> knowledgeable enough to
> > > share
> > > > the GPM information with us. Is there perhaps another
> information source
> > > > amoung CR that can share info about that other Italian
> component
> > > > manufacturer, Galli. Thank you in advance.
> > > > David Anderson