Re: [CR] What can anyone tell me about Bartali (bike)?

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Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:44:25 -0400
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From: <oroboyz@aol.com>
Subject: Re: [CR] What can anyone tell me about Bartali (bike)?

Hey Kurt:

No THAT'S an interesting situation... A Bartali made in France!.

(Have we all talked about this before? If not, we should have!)?

Fascinating. It is an unusual occurance; nationalistic tendencies would tend to support Hugh's comment.?

Do you know the history of your bike? ?

I tried to zoom in on your pics to see what the head badge read. Can you take some pics of that close up and the down tube decals??

Yet another mystery!

Thanks

Dale

Dale Brown

Greensboro, North Carolina USA

-----Original Message----- From: Kurt Sperry <haxixe@gmail.com> To: Hugh Thornton <hughwthornton@yahoo.co.uk> Cc: Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Sent: Tue, Aug 18, 2009 10:57 am Subject: Re: [CR] What can anyone tell me about Bartali (bike)?

2009/8/18 Hugh Thornton <hughwthornton@yahoo.co.uk>:
> It seems slightly strange that there should be a French-threaded metric 531
> bike with the Bartali brand -- it would seem to indicate that he licensed
> the name separately in France -- it is hard to imagine an Italian wanting to
> buy such a bike.

Presumably French made Bartali-

http://picasaweb.google.com/haxixe/Bartali?feat=directlink

Kurt Sperry
Bellingham, Washington
USA