Re: [CR]Re: confente the unknown

(Example: Production Builders)

Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:52:25 -0500
From: "Angel Garcia" <veronaman@gmail.com>
To: CLASSIC RENDEZVOUS <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR]Re: confente the unknown
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http://italiancyclingjournal.blogspot.com/2008/03/mario-confente-part-iii.html Confente with Merckx

Angel Garcia Long Valley, NJ snip:
> the path to fame is often an association with a famous racer. After all,
> three of the biggest name italian builders, Masi, DeRosa and Colnago all
> supposedly built frames for Eddy Merckx at one time or another. A hundred
> other Italian builders could probably have supplied Eddy with equally
> good frames, but those three had the contacts to actually meet Eddy and
> establish a relationship with him.
> Regards,
>
> Jerry Moos
> Big Spring, Texas, USA