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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