All,
As Dale and another noted - this topic is a horse whose skeleton was supposedly
laid to rest.
Furthermore - simple search for "Benotto" at http://www.bikeforums.net will dig up a couple threads involving yours truly - including material that is discomforting
to those who have a difficult time handling their emotional attachments to a bike when faced with reality.
=8-)
Suggest you follow the suggestion to use "search" features here and at the above mentioned website...
Robert Shackelford San Jose, CA USA
Quoting Kirke Campbell <passionateyouththing@yahoo.com>:
> According to a local shop owner who sold Benotto bikes in the mid 1980s,
> their top models (such as the Modelo 3000) continued to be made in Italy
> until at least the late 1970s.
>
> Is this just rumor or can it be confirmed?
>
> -Kirke Campbell
> Houston, Tx USA
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> --- On Mon, 5/4/09, Isaac Schell <ias23philly@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> From: Isaac Schell <ias23philly@yahoo.com>
> Subject: [CR] Benotto to Mexico
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Date: Monday, May 4, 2009, 10:19 AM
>
> What year did Benotto move its production to Mexico? Do people have opinions
> on
> whether the quality of the bikes suffered after the move?
>
> Isaac Schell
> Philadelphia PA
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