TIME LINE for BEN LAWEE : early 60s BIANCHI (primary dist is my guess) PHILLIPS middle 60s BIANCHI MOTOBECANE late 60s MOTOBECANE ITALVEGA early 70s MOTOBECANE UNIVEGA middle 70s UNIVEGA late 70s UNIVEGA 80s UNIVEGA BERTONI
He was very innovative ,our recent thread about bike
models named after derailleurs(BIANCHI GRAN SPORT,MOTOBECANE GRAND JUBILEE)
introduction of japanese derailleurs on EURO
bikes(MOTOBECANE).He also figured out you could use a nice rear
derailleur with a cheap front and also frt QR and nutted rear.His bikes
were always awsome price point bikes.
BENs gone but he could have provided some great info on
BIANCHI,ITALVEGA and the rest.Anyone know what happened to MIKE MURPHY
who went from being his assistent to a rep for SCHWINN? he could
probably provide some interesting insights.
BOB FREITAS
balmy MILL VALLEY,CA