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