Re: [CR]Iride Bicycles/Frames, anyone heard of them?

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From: "Takao Noda" <tanoda@d1.dion.ne.jp>
To: "Classic Bike List" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <3A7A1090.51DFDC9C@sympatico.ca>
Subject: Re: [CR]Iride Bicycles/Frames, anyone heard of them?
Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2001 11:13:04 +0900


Unfortunately I have not heard of the Iride bicycle. In Italian iride means the rainbow and the world champion stripe.
                           Takao Noda
                  Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan


----- Original Message -----
From: David Bilenkey
To: Classic Rendevous
Sent: Friday, February 02, 2001 10:42 AM
Subject: [CR]Iride Bicycles/Frames, anyone heard of them?



> I asked this a while back, but was perhaps missed or, perhaps no one had
> an answer, but has anyone here (besides me) heard or Iride bicycles?
>
> Now before you jump that this must be a ruse, the name is pronounced
> I-RI-DAY, and is Italian, not 'I ride', the way it looks. A web search
> has produced nothing much in the way of info.
>
> I've purchased one that looks like it's likely early '80s or late '70s,
> with a mix of SR and NR components. I've yet to see it (a friend got it
> for me) but I'm still curious to know if anyone knows the marque.
>
> Cheers,
>
> David
> --
> David Bilenkey
> dbilenkey@sympatico.ca
> Ottawa, ON