Have a look at their tandem. Direct drive rear wheel perhaps.
Has anyone seen this design attempted before or could it be a "new" idea? Is it safe sitting back there?
I'd like to see close ups.
*http://preview.tinyurl.com/yr35sc
*Warren Young
Wolfville Nova Scotia*
*
oroboyz@aol.com wrote:
> I was surprised to see all the old style rod actuated brake bikes still being manufactured....
>
> There is a link there to Umberto Dei, which apparently is being resurrected by Atala... Dale Brown
> Greensboro, North Carolina USA
> http://www.classicrendezvous.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: haxixe@gmail.com
> To: freesound@comcast.net
> Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Sent: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 1:00 AM
> Subject: Re: [CR]Rossignoli Question
>
> http://www.rossignoli.it/
>
> They do still offer some pretty cool lugged steel city bikes like the one
> linked to above.
>
> Che fico!
> Kurt Sperry
> Bellingham WA
> Stati Uniti
>
> On 4/18/07, Ken Freeman <freesound@comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> > http://www.rossignoli.it
> >
> > Still in business, but now it's a bit harder to see what they sell.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org
> > [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of Frank Cordell
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 5:42 PM
> > To: Mark Birnbaum
> > Cc: Classic Rendezvous
> > Subject: Re: [CR]Rossignoli Question
> >
> > I'll bet another list member, particularly one from Italy, will nail this,
> > but I believe Rossignoli is a very old, and very cool, retail shop in
> > Milan,
> > still in operation last time I was there, four or so years ago. They were
> > still selling house-brand bikes, mostly city bikes and some racier ones.
> > I'd guess your bike is also a house-brand model, perhaps made by a
> > contract
> > builder.
> >
> > Frank Cordell
> > Seattle, WA
> >
> >
> > On 4/17/07, Mark Birnbaum <mbirnbaum@snader.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Four years ago, I acquired a used Rossignoli. Vintage is about 1970.
> > > Components include 3 arm TA alloy crank, campy downtubes, TTT
> > > bars/stem, steel Campy record derailler, original wheels, which I got
> > > rid of were sew ups with campy hubs. Brakes & levers which may/may
> > > not be original were cheapy Weinman sidepulls, w plastic hooded Mafac
> > levers.
> > >
> > > Can anyone tell me where I can find more info on this bike? What
> > > original cost would have been, frame material (Columbus tubing?),
> > > number made, etc....
> > >
> > > No one I've run into in this neck of the woods (San Francisco Bay
> > > Area) has seen one before. By the way, it rides great.
> > >
> > > thx,
> > >
> > > Mark Birnbaum
> > >
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