My gaspipe Chiorda had Balilla centerpulls, and I still have the calipers. The "made in Italy" sticker looks, as I remember it, identical to the one on the Mirella ... same importer? Dennis in Louisville
----Original Message Follows---- From: rfitzger@emeraldis.com To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: Re: [CR]Whats a Mirella? Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 19:53:29 GMT
> In a message dated 6/28/01 10:24:35 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> jfbender@umich.edu writes:
> > I couldn't resist this. Circa 1970? I thought Balilla disappeared about
> > then.
> > http://ebay.com/
Ballila brakes were still coming on bikes up till around 1974-75 or so. I remember seeing them on late bike-boom era gaspipe bikes in shops in Charlottesville, VA ... the "A. Camera" in particular. I don't even remember which gaspipe bike it was that I worked on for someone one summer that had Ballila centerpulls, but they were the cheapest ones Ballila made ...
Russ Fitzgerald Greenwood, SC
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