[CR]Re: Gamba Frames

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From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 19:26:32 -0700
To: "Classicrendezvous@Bikelist.Org Rendezvous" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: [CR]Re: Gamba Frames

On May 21, 2007, at 4:52 PM, t.kielman@comcast.net wrote:
> Jack-
>
> Check the CR Italy page under Galmozzi.The head lugs on your Gamba
> are the same as the two early Galmozzi frames pictured on the
> site. Looks exactly the same to me,with the cut-out and little
> round hole in the front of the head lugs. Might there be a
> connection from Gamba to Galmozzi?
>
> Todd Kielman
> Chicago Illinois
> USA

I know that Galmozzi supplied frames to a bike shop in the Lake Como area of Italy. Maybe Galmozzi made the Gamba frame the Jack got too? Certainly agree that the lugs, fork crown and brake bridge are the same as those on a Galmozzi.

Chuck Schmidt
South Pasadena, CA USA
http://www.velo-retro.com (reprints, t-shirts & timelines)