Ted; Not sure about gas pipe, but I'm sure the line went from that to top level which I had. Zebra changed names to Iron Horse. My Zebra cost about $800 and in those days a Masi Gran Criterium from New York shops with Nuevo Record was about the same.
Peter Naiman
Shorewood, WI
> I think they were in the same category as C. Itoh ,
> American Eagle and
> others brought in from Japan as our market was being
> opened up to Japanese
> bikes.
> Ted Ernst
> Palos Verdes Estates, CA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter Naiman" <hetchinspete1@yahoo.com>
> To: <OROBOYZ@aol.com>;
> <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 8:30 PM
> Subject: [CR]Ok another one; Anyone know of
> Zebrakenko cycles.
>
>
> > As long as we're on the subjext of lesser known
> > cycles, does anyone know of Zebrakenko. They are
> still
> > in business now, atleast I think, but under a
> > different name. I had a Zebra in 1979/80.
> >
> > Peter Naiman
> > Shorewood, WI
> >
> >
> > --- OROBOYZ@aol.com wrote:
> >
> >> In a message dated 2/23/2005 10:09:24 PM Eastern
> >> Standard Time,
> >> rena.cutrufelli@comcast.net writes:
> >>
> >> << I think Dale also mentioned some of his
> memories
> >> about these bikes in
> >> one list discussion. Dale? >>
> >>
> >> Yes, we chatted about this quite a bit on this
> list
> >> a few years ago. I sold
> >> Astras in the very early 1970s.. "internally
> lugged"
> >> brazed (marketing for
> >> filet brazed?) with an M in the crown, purchased
> >> from wholesale house "Louisville
> >> Cycle Supply" IIRC. Only offered a couple of
> lower
> >> priced models. Was
> >> understood to be Motobecane's economy line.
> >>
> >> Dale
> >>
> >> Dale Brown
> >> Greensboro, NC
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> > Peter Naiman
> > 4420 North Ardmore Avenue
> > Shorewood, WI 53211
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