You missed what I'm saying. I've seen Legnano's name on city and folding bikes going back at least to the early 60's. These bikes may never have made it to the US but they did exist. Are you saying Legnano should have died back in the 50's? enjoy, Brandon"monkeyman"Ives
"Nobody can do everything, but if everybody did something everything would get done." Gil Scott-Heron
On Wed, 13 Jun 2001, Moos, Jerry wrote:
> I guess it depends what you mean by survive. Personally, I'm not sure
> having the Legnano name slapped on cheap city bikes by the European
> conglomerate that now owns Bianchi and therefore the Legnano name,
> constitues survival for Legnano. This is even worse than putting the
> Schwinn Paramount name on those mid-priced Taiwan bikes in the early 90's.
> At least those were reasonable quality road bikes, though not worthy of the
> Paramount name. This is more like someone putting the Cinelli name on a
> K-Mart mountain bike. Sometimes it's better to see a marque die with a
> little dignity.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jerry Moos
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brandon Ives [mailto:monkey37@bluemarble.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 11:20 AM
> To: Lee Berg
> Cc: Aldo Ross; Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: Re: [CR]Legnano fenders on eBay
>
>
> No it's not depressing at all, at least they've survived where others have
> failed. Also I've seen Legnano "city" bikes as far back as the
> early-60s. Those fenders date from this time and were quite popular on
> bikes not designed for full touring. For anyone that thinks it's bad that
> companys have moved from the "tried-and-true", I must ask would you rather
> they went belly up?
> enjoy,
> Brandon Ives
>
> "Nobody can do everything, but if everybody did something everything would
> get done." Gil Scott-Heron
>
> On Wed, 13 Jun 2001, Lee Berg wrote:
>
> > Greetings, Aldo,
> >
> > As recently as a few years ago, Bianchi (current owner of the Legnano
> > brand, as you know) produced (and may still produce) (gasp!) "city"
> > bikes and (double gasp!) mountain bikes under the Legnano label. The
> > Bianchi (Italy) website used to have a page on Legnano (I don't see it
> > there right now but someone may find it). I saved it when I first read
> > it and it can be read here:
> >
> > http://www.ventoux.com/
> >
> > The last paragraph is the most telling. A depressing fate for such a
> > gloried racing marquee, no?
> >
> > Lee Berg
> > Palo Alto
> >
> > Aldo Ross wrote:
> > >
> > > What type Legnano would have had these short, wide fenders? Folding
> bike? Small scooter?
> > >
> > > http://ebay.com/
> > >
> > > Aldo Ross