RE: [CR] Late 60's Original Legnano Campagnolo 'Pista" on eBay

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From: Stephen James <sj52@hotmail.com>
To: devotion finesse <devotion_finesse@hotmail.com>, Charles F Nighbor <cnighbor1@comcast.net>, "Classicrendezvous@Bikelist.Org" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: RE: [CR] Late 60's Original Legnano Campagnolo 'Pista" on eBay
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:08:09 +0000
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Thanks, Matt. I did some googling and found some examples of that color. There's also one at http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/Norm+Lafleur/legn ano+pista/ When you mentioned the Italian invoices, it made me wonder whether the co lors to ship were chosen by the manufacturer or they were random. I do rem ember Tom Avenia opening some boxes as if he wasn't sure what was inside.

Does anyone know if Legnano and Frejus frames could be ordered from the fac tory with any combination of the two models' color schemes? Did both marks get painted in the same place?

regards, Steve James Bronx, New York, USA

From: devotion_finesse@hotmail.comTo: sj52@hotmail.com; cnighbor1@comcast .net; classicrendezvous@bikelist.orgSubject: RE: [CR]Late 60's Original L egnano Campagnolo 'Pista" on eBayDate: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:44:18 -0400

I saw a practically new 1963 Frejus track bike at Tommy Avenia Cycles (then in operation in Rockland County and run by his daughter Alice) a number of years ago that was painted in that light blue color*. There is also a pho to of a similar frameset in that color on the Frejus page of Classic Rendez vous. Also, I have some original invoices/order sheets from Avenia's sho p (on Frejus letterhead and in Italian!) dated 1960, with size, model a nd color info. Among the colors listed is "blue", but I have no way of c onfirming whether or not this means the pearlized blue or the royal blue fo und on many 70's road bikes.Matthew BowneBrooklyn, New York*According to Alice, this bike was purchased by a man in the Bronx and is now ridden re gularly in Central Park.> From: sj52@hotmail.com> To: cnighbor1@comcast.net ; classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Subject: RE: [CR]Late 60's Original Leg nano Campagnolo 'Pista" on eBay> Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 23:48:53 +0000> > > Hi,> > nice bike. If it were green, I'd consider bidding on it. Well , actual> ly, I'd prefer a green Legnano road bike. However, the reas on I'm usin> g up bandwidth is to ask a question about the color of this bi ke. In 1970> , this pearlized blue color was offered for Frejuses. Does a nyone know i> f this was a special order or done for a special occasion? I have never se> en a Legnano or Frejus in that particular color since that t ime. Given the> unusual configuration of the bike on auction, I was wonde ring if somethi> ng special happened during that period. regards,> Steve James> > > From: cnighbor1@comcast.net> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Date: Th> u, 14 Aug 2008 16:34:09 -0700> Subject: [CR]Late 60's Original Legnano Ca> mpagnolo 'Pista" on eBay> > on eBay now a very nice > Late 60' s Original Le> gnano Campagnolo 'Pista" Item number: > 170249699882 > > > N ot mine> Charle> s Nighbor> Walnut Creek, CA USA> http://ebay.com/<blah> eBayISAPI.dll?Vie> wItem&item=170249699882&indexUR> L=0#ebayphotohostin g> > --- StripMime > Report -- processed MIME parts ---> multipart/related> multipart/alternativ> e> text/plain (text body -- kept)> text/html> image/ gif> image/gif> ---> __> _____________________________________________> Cla ssicrendezvous mailing li> st> Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> http://www.b ikelist.org/mailman/listinf> o/classicrendezvous> _________________________ ________________________________________> Get more from your digital life. Find out how.> http://www.windowslive.com/default.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_ Home2_082008> > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts ---> multipa rt/alternative> text/plain (text body -- kept)> text/html> ---> ___________ ____________________________________> Classicrendezvous mailing list> Class icrendezvous@bikelist.org> http://www.bikelist.org/mailman/listinfo/classic rendezvous

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