I had a friend who crashed his steel Viner hard in a criterium, the frame was like a pretzel afterwards. What impressed me was that although the frame was bent so badly, none of the joints separated or that type of thing. His bike seemed to be very well made.
-Eric
Kurt Sperry wrote:
> Viners seem common as city bikes in the Arno valley- Arezzo, Firenze, right
> down to Pisa and Lucca. I spotted one in Pisa sporting a 1st gen Super
> Record derailleur!
>
> Here's a post I made in April with links to pics:
>
> I really enjoy city bike spotting in Italy. One bit of advice: Don't
> bother in the hill towns, there are hardly any. So... Siena, Perugia,
> Gubbio bad; Pisa, Lucca, Firenze (Arno river towns) good.
>
> Here's a bike that for some reason caught my eye in a bikerack near the
> train station in a rather run-down section of Pisa- just another rusty old
> Viner:
>
> http://members.atlasf1.com/
>
> So I move in for a closer look... is that a Super Record clanger...?
>
> http://members.atlasf1.com/
>
> Yep! 1st generation no less!
>
> http://members.atlasf1.com/
>
> And for those who think one cannot obtain a sufficiently upright posture
> sans a hideous extended head tube I offer into evidence this ape hangered
> classic Gianni Motta I found in Città di Castello. Note the elegant
> umbrella mount too.
>
> http://members.atlasf1.com/
>
> You must see a bereted old gentleman tooling around cobbled city streets
> with an extended umbrella in one hand and a load of groceries in the other
> in the rain to appreciate fine bike piloting!
>
> Kurt Sperry
> Bellingham WA
>
>
>
> On 12/18/06, Angel Garcia <veronaman@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Viner bikes are still very popular in northern Italy, and you see quite a
>> bit of the modern ones here in Verona. I found this bit of info about
>> their
>> origins:
>>
>> "In 1947 Viviano Nerozzi took the first 2 letters of his first name and
>> the
>> first 3 letters of his surname and founded the VINER cycle factory near
>> Florence, Italy. By the 1960 Viner cycles were a respected brand of
>> quality
>> cycles, but sold only in central Italy. Currently Viner bikes are used by
>> professional European teams and riders who demands a great riding bicycle
>> that is still made by hand in Italy."
>> Sorry, can't help you out about the seatpost.
>>
>> Angel Garcia
>> Verona, IT
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 12/17/06, Leonard Diamond <leonarddiamond@verizon.net> wrote:
>> >
>> > I just came into procession of what looks like a 2 bolt Campy NR
>> > seatpost. It is Pantographed with the name Viner on the sides and a V
>> > on the front. It has Campagnolo with the globe and Patent Campagnolo a
> t
>> > the top of the piller.
>> > The unusual thing is the bottom is solid, ie you cannot look up into th
> e
>> > seatpost. Please enlighten me!
>> >
>> > Len Diamond
>> > Ridgewood, NJ
>> >
>> >
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