I only saw Cambio Rino as Cambio Rino that was imported into North America by the late Joe Gardin Sr, of Mississauga, ONT. He apparently had the NA rights to the company. HE also was bringing in Eddy Merckx framesets and under selling them in the US which just pissed off the boyz at Gita Sporting Goods in Charlotte, NC. Joe Gardin marketed his own line of bikes called Rino that were made by Technotrat in Italy and a premium line called Gardin that were made by somebody else. All of this was going on in 1982 83.
Peter Koskinen Bingham Township, NC
-----Original Message----- From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of Silver, Mordecai Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 4:34 PM To: Classic Rendezvous Subject: RE: [CR]Not Campy
Peter Koskinen wrote: "In reading this thread I have noticed two names of component mfg missing. The first is Edco that made an entire group and the next is Cambio Rino who also made an entire parts kit. Cambio Rino's lower end parts kit was sourced thru Ofmega while their Pro kit was entirely their design."
Wasn't a Rino group marketed in the U.S. as Excel about 1982 or so? Was this pro kit or mid-range Ofmega?
Mordecai Silver
NYC