I also thought Rino, including the cranks, RD and pedals I own, are Italian. But I see several complete Rino bikes on various websites, claimed to be Canadian. Is it possible the Rino frames were actually built in Canada, then equipped with the Italian components?
BTW, I don't know if I reemeber correctly, but didn't Rino for a year or two equip one of the major RAAM contenders, Lon Haldeman perhaps?
Regards,
Jerry Moos
Big spring, Texas, USA
> From: David Patrick <patrick-ajdb@sbcglobal.net>
\r?\n> Subject: Re: [CR] Rino bicycle parts?
\r?\n> To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
\r?\n> Date: Sunday, October 11, 2009, 8:14 AM
\r?\n> Cambio Rino isn't/wasn't Canadian, it
\r?\n> is an Italian firm that still exists:
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Cambio Rino Italia Srl
\r?\n> Via Roma
\r?\n> 20010 Ossona
\r?\n> Tel.: (+39) 029010284
\r?\n>
\r?\n> John: you most likely thought it was Canadian because you
\r?\n> saw so much of it up in Canada and, yes, Gardin was the
\r?\n> importer.
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Dave Patrick
\r?\n> Chelsea, Michigan USA
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n> --- On Sat, 10/10/09, John Betmanis <johnb@oxford.net>
\r?\n> wrote:
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n> From: John Betmanis <johnb@oxford.net>
\r?\n> Subject: Re: [CR] Rino bicycle parts?
\r?\n> To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
\r?\n> Date: Saturday, October 10, 2009, 11:55 PM
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Tom Sanders wrote:
\r?\n> > There are some cool looking Rino shifters (E-Bay item
\r?\n> # 110444302792) ,
\r?\n> > http://anacronismo.com/
\r?\n> heard mention of a Rino
\r?\n> > Cambrio Corsa or something like this. Distributed by
\r?\n> Gardin? Are they of
\r?\n> > quality? On topic? Anybody know about them?
\r?\n> Where made? Other parts made
\r?\n> > by them? Links or Pics? Very curious.
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> Both Cambio Rino and Gardin were Canadian, but I didn't
\r?\n> think they were connected.
\r?\n> -- John Betmanis Woodstock, Ontario Canada