Re: [CR] Re: [Classicrendezvous] Atala

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From: "swampmtn" <swampmtn@siscom.net>
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Subject: Re: [CR] Re: [Classicrendezvous] Atala
Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2000 11:46:38 -0500


Can anyone actually verify that Rizzato products (Atala and Lygie) were prison-built? We know from the history of Girardengo, found on the Novi Ligure website, that Girardengo were indeed assembled in the local prison.

Aldo Ross


----- Original Message -----
From: Dave Feldman


> Atala along with a brand called Lygie was made by a company called Rizzato,
> and rumored to have been prison-built. Hollywood Schwinn Cyclery on Santa
> Monica Blvd. used to sell Lygie.
> David Feldman