Re: [CR]help w/ info about celo europa track frame

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From: <JDALLDORF@san.rr.com>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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Subject: Re: [CR]help w/ info about celo europa track frame
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 11:55:29 -0800
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Contact Marcel directly http://www.celoeuropa.net/

26538 Moulton Pkwy., Suite A Laguna Hills, CA. 92653

ph:949-643-1620 fax:949-643-0643 email:marcel@celoeuropa.net

John Dalldorf
San Diego, Ca


----- Original Message -----
From: galen pewtherer
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 9:43 PM
Subject: Re: [CR]help w/ info about celo europa track frame



> i've read through the cr archive search results (search string 'celo
> europa') and found out that the frames were built by ernesto colnago,
> or the colnago shop, and imported by marcel calborne (or at least that
> seems to be the consensus, i didn't find anything that seemed
> definitive), but i haven't been able to find anything about dates or
> serial numbers, let alone anything about track frames.
>
> does anyone have any suggestions as to where i could look?
>
> thanks,
>
> -galen pewtherer
> san francisco, ca
>
> On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 21:34:27 -0800, Jim Allen <MotorRef@peoplepc.com>
> wrote:
>> Jan Heine wrote:
>>
>> > I used to have a Celo Europa racing bike. Wonderful ride, lovely bike
>> > until is was destroyed by an SUV (I fared better with just a broken
>> > thumb).
>> >
>> > The story is they were made by the same shop that built Colnagos, and
>> > some of the lugs (with a "C") in them appear to be the same. Mine
>> > dated from the late 70s or early 80s, I was told.
>> >
>> > Can somebody will fill in the history, who imported them, etc.?
>>
>> Importer is/was:
>> Marcel Calborn
>> Bici Sport
>> Moulton Parkway, Laguna Niguel, CA
>>
>>
>> Jim Allen
>> the CycleSmiths
>> San Marcos, CA 92069
>> _______________________________________________

>>

>

>

> --

> -galen