[CR]FB hubs: Fratelli Brivio or Brivio Freres - Italian or French: SAME LOGO?

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From: <Bikerdaver@aol.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2004 12:45:57 EDT
Subject: [CR]FB hubs: Fratelli Brivio or Brivio Freres - Italian or French: SAME LOGO?
To: heine93@earthlink.net, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


In a message dated 4/8/2004 5:58:08 AM Pacific Standard Time, heine93@earthlink.net writes: A while ago we discussed whether FB was a French or Italian company. We concluded that there was no doubt in any sane person's mind that they were Italian, and that the company was named "Fratelli Brivio."

In France, the company is known as "Brivio Freres." For the first time, I now have seen a box of FB hubs, made for sale in France - on e-bay

http://ebay.com/<blah> spagename=STRK%3AMEBWA%3AIT&rd=1

and it clearly is labelled "Brivio Freres" and every marking is in French, with no indication of an Italian connection. ------------------------------------------------------- Oh boy, this looks like something for Steven Maassland to figure out: Why do both this French FB and the Italian FB use the very same Logo: a wheel with an Eagle sitting above it???? No wonder there is cause for confusion. While i can no longer recall the source, I do recall someone once saying that the FB Italian company did have a contractor in Nice FR. that made their hubs!?!
cheers-
Dave Anderson
Cut Bank MT