Re: [CR]FB hubs: Fratelli Brivio or Brivio Freres - Italian or French

(Example: Production Builders:Peugeot:PX-10LE)

Date: Thu, 08 Apr 2004 11:04:29 -0800
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]FB hubs: Fratelli Brivio or Brivio Freres - Italian or French
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Fred Rafael Rednor wrote:
>
> > As I look at the box it is marked "F.B."
> > (Fratelli Brivio), not "B.F." (Brivio
> > Freres). Correct?
> Chuck,
> I think you're failing to appreciate the staggering
> contradictions embodied by this hubset's container. Yes, on
> the top (and on the short side) it does bear the abbreviation
> "F.B.". Yet on the box's long side - in large letters - it
> says "Brivio Frere".
> On the inside cover it says "F.B. - La Marque Supériure" and
> on the the "Brivio Frere" side it says "Marque De Moyeux De
> Luxe". If only we could be certain of what "La Marque"
> actually was... (Well, what it was in France, anyway.)
> Oh, let's not forget that in addition to being "Supériure"
> and "De Luxe" this hubset is also "Extraluxe".
> Cheers (literally),
> Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virgin Queen's
> Land (i.e. Virginia)

Nope. Here's my point:

There is an F.B. logo on the box (bird on wheel with "F.B." underneath). F.B. is the abbreviation of Fratelli Brivio (Italian). "Brivio Frere" (Brivio Brothers) is the French translation of Fratelli Brivio. I see no French logo on the box.

Yes, Cheers Literally,

Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California

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