Hi Dale,
Actually my early 1980's Battaglin looks just the same as the Gion, and mine has 700c wheels front & rear. I believe it to be a TTT bike. I could easily be wrong.
Paul Paul J. Wilson Temecula, California> http://www.wilsondesigns.net
At 5:17 PM -0500 1-1-08, Dale Brown wrote:
> << Archives suggest this Gion of Italy might be descended from
>Pellizoli of Ciooc. Anyone seen a top tube like this one before?
>What would be the point?
>Ebay #: 320200672168 >>
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>It's a "Funny bike", or "Low pro" as they call them in the
>UK...a?special time trail? bike with smaller front wheel (26" or
>24") and 700 c rear.?
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Don Wilson <dcwilson3@yahoo.com>
>To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>Sent: Tue, 1 Jan 2008 2:46 am
>Subject: [CR]Gion with curved top tube...
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>Archives suggest this Gion of Italy might be descended
>from Pellizoli of Ciooc. Anyone seen a top tube like
>this one before? What would be the point?
>Ebay #: 320200672168
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>Don Wilson
>Los Olivos, CA USA