Re: FW: [CR]FB Italian!!

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From: <NortonMarg@aol.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 23:41:26 EDT
Subject: Re: FW: [CR]FB Italian!!
To: jimmerz@qwest.net, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


In a message dated 7/24/02 10:02:52 AM Pacific Daylight Time, jimmerz@qwest.net writes:

<< One other detail is that Tullio went to jail for some kind of patent problem related to copying FB hubs. Maybe he did not pay them or something, but he did go to jail regarding the hubs. >>

What a jail bird! He also went to jail for a tax problem. I have a good friend who is from Vicenza, and she always says that Vicenza had two famous citizens: the architect Palladio, and Tullio Campagnolo...and that Tullio went to jail for tax issues (evasion?). Campagnolo 3 piece hubs were obviously made by the ITALIAN company F.B., they are identical, except for the quick releases. My bike mentors in the early 70s were people who rode Freji in the 50s and always referred to FB as Italian. Every bit as Italian as Magistroni.
Stevan Thomas
Alameda, CA