Re: [CR]LAMBORGHINI On eBAy

(Example: Racing:Roger de Vlaeminck)

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Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 08:43:34 -0800 (PST)
From: "Fred Rafael Rednor" <fred_rednor@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]LAMBORGHINI On eBAy
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
In-Reply-To: 6667


First, weren't the "Lamborghini" bicycles built by a sub-contractor - perhaps not even in Italy? Second, I wonder who decided what sort of parts would go on the frames? I ask this because there is a semi-notorious Lambo bicycle - i.e. the one owned by the German conductor Herbert von Karajan - and it has come up for auction/sale (perhaps more than once) in the recent past. My recollection of that bicycle is that it came equipped with Campagnolo parts.

By the way, I don't know if von Karajan was actually an avid bicyclist beyong the famous story that he once rode his bicycle 200 miles to hear Toscanini conduct an orchestra. Best regards, Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia, USA
> steven willis wrote: (snipped)
> > Did anyone else find it humorous that the premier
> > Italian race car builder chose a Japaneese drivetrain
> > for this bike.
>
> shimano made efforts in progressive design. i think dura ace
> was lighter
> than campagnolo maybe. and they offered first solutions in
> aerodynamic
> design in the early 80s. so maybe lamborghinis choice (or
> whoever made it)
> was advanced design against traditional (italian) roots?
>
> (snipped)
> > Does anybody see the cheap looking rear drop out this may
> not even be
> > good enough for Dura Ace.
>
> could this be due to the use of titanium?
>
> martin glaettli
> winterthur switzerland
>
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