Re: [CR]Girardengo Art....

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Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2001 08:30:15 -0800
Subject: Re: [CR]Girardengo Art....
From: "D. Kennard" <d.kennard@home.com>
To: <Bikerdaver@aol.com>
Cc: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
In-Reply-To: <98.11ad675e.27dc7170@aol.com>


Yup; "art colony artists". I'm still trying to find out how it came about that Girardengo arranged to get prison labor to build them, when the company started and ended, and how the bikes were thought of by contemporary cyclists. Cheers,

Duane kennard
> Duane-
> If I am wrong, someone should correct me, but weren't these the bikes
> everyone says were made by Italain prisoners. My two cents.
> dave anderson
>
>
> In a message dated 3/8/01 4:25:15 PM PST, d.kennard@home.com writes:
>> Hi gang,
>> What do you all know about the marque Girardengo?
>> Were these the frames built by the artists living
>> in "art colonies"? I just picked up a pretty crusty one
>> that I'm guessing was built mid-late '50s. It has Campy
>> dropouts, the early Record hubs that don't say "Record",
>> Gran Sport deraileurs with the cable adjuster on the rear,
>> Magistroni cranks, Ambrosio stem & bars. I felt sorry for it;
>> it looked lonely just sitting there (price was very right).
>> Where can I find some info. on them? Thanks again,
>> Duane Kennard
>>
>> P.S.- it not only has a cool headbadge, but a cool seat tube
>> badge too...