[CR]RE: Italian City Bikes

Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 00:58:53 -0800
To: Matthew Bowne <devotion_finesse@hotmail.com>, scott davis <francopedia@yahoo.com>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
From: Mitchell Gass <mitchell@gassworks.com>
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Subject: [CR]RE: Italian City Bikes

At 10:35 PM 11/20/2007, Matthew Bowne asked:
>Does anybody recall recently seeing a website for a NEW Italian
>company making retro-styled city and single speed bikes? There were
>even some single speed bikes with fenders, chain guards and drop
>bars, styled much in a 50's British road/path fashion.

This probably isn't it, but their bikes look nice:

http://www.montantecicli.it/

Love the front fender:

http://tinyurl.com/24lp5c

And while I was searching I found this piece of eye candy from the Milan bicycle show; anyone know who made it? Any Herse influence there?

http://tinyurl.com/2vj3b3

(Makes me wonder: will the new Rene Herse Bicycles make any city bikes? A porteur like

http://www.reneherse.com/RHporteur.html

would be serious fun.)

And to stay almost on-topic, here's a seriously pimped Colnago lugged-steel fixed-gear city bike - gotta be KOF - also at the Milan show:

http://tinyurl.com/2mdcf5

Mitchell Gass
Berkeley, CA, USA