Re: [CR]Drakkar Noir Bike or Connie Carpenter at '84 Olympics

Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 12:20:45 -0500
Subject: Re: [CR]Drakkar Noir Bike or Connie Carpenter at '84 Olympics
From: "Todd Kuzma" <tullio@TheRamp.net>
To: Raoul Delmare <Raoul.L.Delmare@worldnet.att.net>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>, "Pete K. at KingsvilleBicycle" <petekerez@aol.com>, "Bruce C." <BruceCumberland@comcast.net>
In-Reply-To: <012001c33297$dcf80c80$e64efea9@oemcomputer>

on 6/14/03 12:10 PM, Raoul Delmare at Raoul.L.Delmare@worldnet.att.net wrote:
> That bow & arrow logo .
>
> The tangled web of which company owned what other company , to what degree
> , when , and for how long . . . It's not worth trying to figure it
> all out .
>
> But , we HAVE seen bicycles from Puch . And we HAVE seen bicycles
> from Austro-Daimler .
>
>
> http://www.sheldonbrown.com/vrbn-a-f.html#austro-daimler
>
> A good old friend of mine has a beautiful A-D Vent Noir bicycle ( the
> one with the impervious , smoked-chrome , finish ) .

The logo, which is only on the Shimano parts, is not the A-D logo. It is an arrow with an exaggerated "S" above and a reverse exaggerated "S" below. There is no other model designation.

Todd Kuzma
Heron Bicycles
LaSalle, IL 815-223-1776
http://www.heronbicycles.com