[CR]Re: CR seatpost identification request = GPM seatpost

(Example: Framebuilders:Mario Confente)

From: <FujiFish1@aol.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 09:33:16 EDT
To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Cc: skipechert@attbi.com
Subject: [CR]Re: CR seatpost identification request = GPM seatpost

Skip Echert passed on this email he received: Hi, Skip,

Wrong "G.P.", methinks. I have a post like that, like the one that appears on this saddle box graphic: http://www.ventoux.com/mysteryseatpost.jpg

Here's the explanation that was given to me: ======================================================================= Subject: Re: [CR]Can you ID this seatpost? yes, GPM Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 23:23:33 EST From: Bikerdaver@aol.com

Lee- I have seen several of these over the years and they are great posts. I think I even have one stashed away some where. I have a feeling that someone will bash me for my poor spelling efforts, but these seatposts where made by Giovanni Papillardo de Milano. Before he got the idea to call his company GPM (Gipiemme).

Cheers, Dave Anderson =======================================================================

Lee Berg Palo Alto, Calif.

Skip,
     Thanks a lot for passing that link and email on to the list. The initials definitely DO look like the ones (hard to see the second half) under that Concour saddle. The build of the post is the same too, except that mine does not have a fluted shaft.
     So, any idea of when this post was produced? Perhaps the bike is older than I think? It is equipped with Campy post CPSC not cut-out front mech, an older looking version of Campy N.G.S. rear mech, Dura-Ace AX l.f. hubs on tubular rims, a headset with a super tall Sugino aluminum locknut, Ofmega (exact Campy S.R. knockoff) cranks, and Varese handlebars. Seems a bit of a mish-mosh to me.
     This inability to date my Torpados thing is bugging me...surely there is SOME info out there other than what is posted to the CR site. All Torpado bikes I have, do have serial numbers. Any ideas people?