[CR]Re: Classicrendezvous digest, Vol 1 #1954 - 22 msgs

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From: <GPVB1@cs.com>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]Re: Classicrendezvous digest, Vol 1 #1954 - 22 msgs
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 12:44:20 EST

Lou:

IIRC, didn't they also import Viners as their "lower cost" Italian stallions.....? Or was that a different Importer?

BTW, only the Guerciottis with the "second generation" graphics (after the Masi-esque block-letter ones with flags) were painted here in the US, I believe. My wife's everyday bike, a 1981 Guerciotti, was finished in Italy (and it shows - how about metal filings on the top of the BB under the paint?)

Regards.

Greg Parker A MI USA


>
> Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 09:54:59 -0500
> From: LouDeeter@aol.com
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: Re: [CR]Ten Speed Drive
>
> In addition to Guerciotti, Woodrup and Tommaso, I also show in the Used
> Bike Buyers Guide that Ten Speed Drive imported Rossin. I don't know which
> frames got the U.S. paint, but I suspect only the Italian frames as I think
> Woodrup was "properly" finished at the factory. As I recall, in the early
> 80s, the U.S. customer wanted an Italian frame with nice glossy,
> clearcoated decals and this wasn't a specialty of most Italian
> framebuilders. Ten Speed Drive was trying to satisfy a niche market with
> their offerings. I don't know whether Gita did the same or not. Lou
> Deeter, Orlando FL