When we went a ride to see the Milano -Sanremo 1983,
we visited a small workshop along a canal south of Milan to borrow some
tools.
It was very old and shabby, so I was interested in its bicycles.
But I found its brand name was ' International' ( not even '
Internazionale' ) .
Could you accept such a logo on downtube of Italian bike? I could not .
Have any of you seen this 'International ' bicycle?
Takao Noda
Hachioji Tokyo Japan
<classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2002 10:36 PM Subject: Re: [CR]Campagnolo Ramblings
> > ...but I believe "record" is one of those words
> > recognized as "commonly used foreign word " in
> > Italy.
> Plus, there seems to be areal affinity for the limited
> use of a few English words in the Italian cycling (and
> motoring) world. I once cycled through Italy at the
> same time the Giro was being raced - this was about
> 20 years ago - and was often on the same roads as the
> race but a day before or after the various stages.
> I was struck that the fans used the word "win" quite
> a bit when painting their favorites' names on the road;
> e.g. "Win Sarroni" or "Win Moser".
> Also, near the end of the trip, we went on a large
> group ride in Pisa, organized by the Touring Club
> Italiano. I was even more surprised by that one, as
> the club is a large nation-wide organization.
> Ciaó,
> Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia