Normally I cannot add to knowledge of the US scene but in issue 172 of The Boneshaker, the journal of the Veteran-Cycle Club we had a major feature written by one of American members Ed Ruesing from St Louis. He had bought in 1957 a new Cinelli Pista frame from Ray Florman, his local shop in St Louis who had ordered it direct. I would have thought this was unlikely to be just a one-off - Ed's account makes it clear that Ray Florman was regularly selling other European makes and not just Cinelli.
Hilary Stone, Bristol, England
hersefan@comcast.net wrote:
> It is important to remember that Cupertino was not the exclusive Cinelli seller - Kopps in New Jersey was active early on, and later Corso Brothers in NY in the 70's was a major Cinelli importer/seller. Perhaps there were more as well?
>
> Mike Kone in Boulder CO
>
> -------------- Original message --------------
> From: Guy Apple <cinelliguy@earthlink.net>
>
>> Hi to all,
>>
>> Here are the numbers from Cupertino Bike Shop 1955 - 1977 sales logs. I hope
>> this is useful information.
>>
>> Top level numbers totals sold all years:
>>
>> Mod. B = 79
>> SC = 649
>> Pista = 32
>>
>> Mod B by year
>>
>> 1954 = 0
>> 1955 = 4
>> 1956 = 9
>> 1957 = 10
>> 1958 = 7
>> 1959 = 15
>> 1960 = 3
>> 1961 = 2
>> 1962 = 3
>> 1963 = 7
>> 1964 = 9
>> 1965 = 8
>> 1966 = 2
>> 1967 = No sales recorded from this point
>>
>> Strada SC
>>
>> 1954 = 0
>> 1955 = 1
>> 1956 = 1
>> 1957 = 18
>> 1958 = 15
>> 1959 = 29
>> 1960 = 26
>> 1961 = 53
>> 1962 = 31
>> 1963 = 15
>> 1964 = 19
>> 1965 = 28
>> 1966 = 25
>> 1967 = 25
>> 1968 = 18
>> 1969 = 49
>> 1970 = 67
>> 1971 = 60
>> 1972 = 71
>> 1973 = 66
>> 1974 = 13
>> 1975 = 13
>> 1976 = 4
>> 1977 = 2
>>
>> Pista
>> 1954 = 0
>> 1955 = 0
>> 1956 = 1
>> 1957 = 3
>> 1958 = 1
>> 1959 = 4
>> 1960 = 0
>> 1961 = 5
>> 1962 = 0
>> 1963 = 1
>> 1964 = 4
>> 1965 = 2
>> 1966 = 4
>> 1967 = 1
>> 1968 = 3
>> 1969 = 0
>> 1970 = 1
>> 1971 = 0
>> 1972 = 1
>> 1973 = 0
>> 1974 = 1
>> 1975 = No sales recorded from this point
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Guy Apple
>> Sunnyvale CA USA