Byron, et al., Thanks to all you folks with the jpgs. That is one cool looking Allegro; nice looking tons of chrome and what appears to be a Cinelli fork crown. Cool Cinelli saddle and bars as well. But dang those Europeans,,,, there they go again, making a very nice handmade frame, but,,,, made out of Aelle tubing. Either they realize you can still make a top end bike with Aelle or we should all be critizing them for "insulting our established beliefs" about how to build bikes!. Hmmmm, actually I think one of us may be wrong. Imagine that! In any case, I agree with the Simplex reference on the derailleurs, but I don't know about those brakes. I was going to say Weinmann constructed, but can't tell for sure. I had once been told that edco cranks were made by Stronglight, and those cranks sure look like some Stronglight models I have seen. Additionly, I would note that later version EDCO derailleurs were made by Sachs/Huret. cheers- Dave Anderson Cut Bank MT
In a message dated 11/11/2004 11:16:01 AM PST, koga_miyata2002@yahoo.com
writes:
Martin,
Thanks for those scans - I believe you are right about
the vintage. It's interesting to notice that the
shifters and derailleurs are Simplex. Could the brakes
be Gipiemme? I wonder if EDCO contracted out the
cranks/seatpost/hubs/HS or if they made some of that
stuff themselves?
Cheers,
Byron Morton
Nashville, TN
> might be around 1984. i have an old allegro
\r?\n> catalogue from that year with
\r?\n> these components on an allegro bike.
\r?\n> for a look:
\r?\n> http://www.formlos.ch/
\r?\n> and http://www.formlos.ch/
\r?\n> martin glaettli
\r?\n> switzerland
\r?\n>
\r?\n> > Datum: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 05:43:23 -0800 (PST)
\r?\n> > An: "David G. White" <whiteknight@adelphia.net>
\r?\n> > Cc: classic rendezvous classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
\r?\n> > Betreff: Re: [CR]vintage Edco catalog scan
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > David,
\r?\n> > I'm not sure about the year. Anyone on the list want to hazard a guess?
\r?\n> > Here's a closer scan of the components:
\r?\n> > http://www.tba.org/
\r?\n> > Cheers,
\r?\n> > Byron morton
\r?\n> > nashville, tn
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > --- "David G. White" whiteknight@adelphia.net wrote:
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> >> Do you known the year of this catalog?
\r?\n> >> Thanks,
\r?\n> >> David G. White
\r?\n> >> Burlington, VT
\r?\n> >>
\r?\n> >> Byron Morton wrote:
\r?\n> >>
\r?\n> >>> I found the Edco catalogs that I had and have started
\r?\n> >>> scanning them as time permits. I started with the only
\r?\n> >>> one that would be considered On Topic here:
\r?\n> >>> http://www.tba.org/
\r?\n> >>> http://www.tba.org/
\r?\n> >>> http://www.tba.org/
\r?\n> >>> The images are pretty big, but I can enlarge & post
\r?\n> >>> more detailed scans if anyone is interested.
\r?\n> >>> Cheers,
\r?\n> >>> Byron Morton
\r?\n> >>> Nashville, TN