[CR]Legnano or Hoffy ?

(Example: Framebuilders:Tony Beek)

Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 11:47:07 +1000
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: "Geoff Duke" <G.Duke@civag.unimelb.edu.au>
Subject: [CR]Legnano or Hoffy ?

I recently saw a bike that had been set up and was being ridden around as a commuter.The decals said Hoffy, Brisbane Australia, and sported the Olympic rings.I have never heard Hoffy frames or bikes but this one had the distinctive seat lug of a Legnano.The one that has the pinch bolt under the seat.It was built with medium point lugs and long rear dropouts.Were these seat lugs available to other builders or is this a Legnano frame that was re-painted and re-decaled long ago and now deserves better treatment than
it is getting,
Geoff Duke