>Well I'll disagree with Jan on this one - Lack of typical Barra
>features does not rule out Barra (just might make it less likely).
>
>Sitting in front of me is a Fontaynalloy frame - an aluminum frame
>sold through a British distrubutor (but identified in advertising as
>being of Continental origin) which has seatstays that look like the
>ones in the photo.
I looked at am aluminum Garrin, made by Barra or at least with
Barra's input, and it has yet another seatstay attachment. So I
wouldn't rule out that Barra did different seatstay attachments.
However, all of them have relatively "abrupt" transitions from stays
to dropout, unlike the "flowing" attachment on Robic's bike.
>
>We simply don't know who made the frame
What about a steel Barra? I've never seen one, but he made them... And while brakes from other makers show up on various bikes, like a certain Daudon with Herse brakes, I never have seen Barra brakes on a bike from another maker... -- Jan Heine Editor/Publisher Vintage Bicycle Quarterly c/o Il Vecchio Bicycles 140 Lakeside Ave, Ste. C Seattle WA 98122 http://www.vintagebicyclepress.com