Angel M Garcia wrote:
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> Brian, or anyone else, know exactly where this shop was? I'll be in Verona
> in the near future and would like to see what is there now; perhaps nearby
> businesses may have some recollections.
> Angel Garcia
> Long Valley, NJ
>From the Confente article in The Bicycle Trader...
PartI
http://www.bicycletrader.com/
"Due to the demands of this higher level of competition, Mario chose to quit his job and race full-time. Soon he was traveling with the team to Torino, Milano and Switzerland. He supplemented his income by building frames. Mario's father urged him to give up racing because it paid poorly and the risks were high. His father even remodeled a small workshop adjacent to their home to enable Mario to build frames. Soon, he built himself his first frame. Before long, his teammates were requesting frames as well."
Don't know what his home address was in Verona, I'm sure his parents have passed on, but his sister is still living I believe.
Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California
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