> Dale wrote:
>
> "I have heard a lot of different stories about
> Guerciotti producti:
> That Lino Tempesta made them... That Monodico made
> them... That the
> Guerciotti brothers never even had their own work
> shop and all frames were
> subcontracted out... Anyone know the truth?"
>
> Dale, I don't know the complete truth but I know
> more than nothing. In 1977
> I visited various Milan shops looking for any hints
> from established
> builders on how to improve my than infant
> framebulding knowledge. One store
> I went into was Gueriotti's and one of the brothers
> waited on me. It was
> obvious from that visit that they didn't make frames
> on the premises and -
> as I understood it - had them made by one of those
> bigger Italian companies
> that specialized in making frames for other labels.
> The details of the
> frame like the style of the lug and it's cutout and
> design and whatnot were
> specific to Guerciotti but it still was an assembly
> line process. I've
> fogotten what company it was. I'm kind of curious
> now who these 2 bigger
> factories were that commonly made Italian frames for
> other brands. I'm sure
> other list members know but at the time, I wasn't
> interested in how things
> were done in batches but rather how skilled
> individual craftsman worked.
They may have been made by Billato; I'm pretty sure 10-Speed Drive's Tomassos were made by Billato. I've been meaning to post my impressions of Billato whenst I accompanied Ted Kirkbride on a visit to their facilities; I think they were in Padua same as where we stayed a few days. This was 1986 in concert with Tom Eason and his 10-Speed Drive sales crew's visit to Campagnolo, Rossin, Columbus, Vittoria, others?, and the Milan show.
Joe Starck Madison, WI USA
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