Mick wrote:
> Pinarello founded in 1956. First major professional win 1975 Fausto
> Bertoglio (climber) in the Giro. In 1961 Guido di Rossi won the
> Tour de l'Avenir. Outside the CR time scope Pedro Delgardo in 1988
> riding for the Reynolds team won the Tour de France riding both a
> Pinarello and a TVT carbon fibre machine. Numerous wins in the
> late 80's and 90's.
If you lool at Pinarello's website, you will see that the extended
Pinarello family actually began building bicycles in the 20's and
Giovanni himself apprenticed prior to WWII, starting building bikes at
15 years of age. He then continued while racing professionally. You can
read the history of the brand at: http://www.pinarello.com/
Steven Maasland
Moorestown, NJ