That is a good question. There were some other shops in the area selling Uragos besides The Spoke. My first wife had one and I haven't seen one since it was stolen some 20 years ago.
Paul Patzkowsky
Longmont, Colorado
> From: emiliobozzi@hotmail.com
> To: tom@voimports.com; classicrendezvous@bikelist.org; internet-bob@bikelist.org
> Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 14:03:57 -0700
> Subject: Re: [CR] Francophiles Rejoice >>>What ever happened to URAGO?
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> All this talk about french bikes made me wonder what ever happened to what I thought was a very very very reputable French marque: Urago. I thought those rascals had a serious racing pedigree.
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> The only ones that I have seen in the last 20 years have been that Nelson Miller thingy on the CR website and a couple of early 80s contraptions that didn't look much different from a Motobecane.
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> What I miss seeing is the early 70s NR-equipped steeds that looked every bit what you would expect out of a Masi or Cinelli. Is it just me or are other people missing them too?
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> I can not recall who the imported was, but I can recall seeing beautiful rows of them on the floor of the Spoke on the Hill in Boulder as a wee lad.
> Freshly built bikes with the smell of freshly glued sew-ups permeating the air when the shop first opened. They must have had at least a 100 come and go through their doors. They were very cool.
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> What the heck ever happened to them things? The landfill? metal recyclers? abducted by aliens??
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> Heck those were darn good bikes, but no one ever talks about them.
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> how come that Jan Hienie guy never talks about them? Maybe he sequestered them all?!!
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> Has anybody on this List seen any recently? Whatever happened to them??
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> Granted its been 30 some years, but surely 100 high-end bikes just don't disappear, do they??
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> And I am sure that the Spoke was not the only freaking shop in the country that had them.
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> If anybody has them, can you bring them out of hiding, please. I miss them.
> Nels Cone
> Seattle WA
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> > Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 15:32:21 -0400
> > From: tom@voimports.com
> > To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org; internet-bob@bikelist.org
> > Subject: [CR] Francophiles Rejoice!
> >
> > Listers:
> >
> > Velo Orange has French thread bottom brackets in stock. The same quality and
> > features as their English sealed bottom brackets, but with the hard to find
> > 35x1 R/R threading.
> >
> > more here:
> > http://velo-orange.blogspot.com/
> >
> > They will fit any french threaded Motobecane, Peugeot, Gitane and other
> > French marques made before the early 80's.
> >
> > Velo Orange has them priced for under $50.
> >
> > Full disclosure: I am the General Manager of VO Imports, the dealer/
> > distributor side of Velo Orange. Shops can contact me directly for a dealer
> > application and wholesale pricing on the BB's and other Velo Orange goods.
> >
> > Tom Martin
> > VO Imports
> > 1817 George ave
> > Annapolis MD 21401
> > e: tom@voimports.com
> > p: 443-949-9923
> > f: 443-926-0095
> > w: http://www.voimports.com
> > w: http://www.velo-orange.com
> > t: twitter.com/velo_orange