Here's what Hank at Helotes Bikes near San Antonio, Tx has to say. Hank worked at Boone's and at the Campagnolo distributor in Houston long ago.
Jim
SA TX
> From: Hank <helobike@texas.net>
\r?\n> Subject: RE: [CR] Anyone heard of a builder "Rubuzzi" from Houston?
\r?\n> To: "'jim sikking'" <jimsikking@yahoo.com>
\r?\n> Date: Friday, March 12, 2010, 9:25 AM
\r?\n> Jim,
\r?\n>
\r?\n> I knew of several builders in the area.Ray Gasiorowski,Bill
\r?\n> Moore,Hans
\r?\n> Schneider and there was a guy in Galveston who called
\r?\n> himself "Via
\r?\n> Cycles".Oh yeah,John Hood who grew up and actually was in
\r?\n> business with the
\r?\n> Taylor Brothers.He built tig bikes with steep angles.Never
\r?\n> heard of
\r?\n> "Rubuzzi",though.
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Hank
\r?\n>
\r?\n> -----Original Message-----
\r?\n> From: jim sikking [mailto:jimsikking@yahoo.com]
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 8:56 AM
\r?\n> To: Hank Cunningham
\r?\n> Subject: Re: [CR] Anyone heard of a builder "Rubuzzi" from
\r?\n> Houston?
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Hank,
\r?\n> Saw these posts on Classic Rendezvous.
\r?\n> Jim
\r?\n>
\r?\n> --- On Fri, 3/12/10, Tom Forbes <tfbike@hotmail.com>
\r?\n> wrote:
\r?\n>
\r?\n> > From: Tom Forbes <tfbike@hotmail.com>
\r?\n> > Subject: Re: [CR] Anyone heard of a builder "Rubuzzi"
\r?\n> from Houston?
\r?\n> > To: "oroboyz@aol.com"
\r?\n> <oroboyz@aol.com>
\r?\n> > Cc: "classicrendezvous@bikelist.org"
\r?\n> <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
\r?\n> > Date: Friday, March 12, 2010, 8:49 AM
\r?\n> > Doesn't ring any bells but I will ask
\r?\n> > around. I started into bikes early '80s, and Romic was
\r?\n> the
\r?\n> > only well known builder, but who knows about smaller
\r?\n> ones.
\r?\n> > Joy Boone of Boone Cycles has been around since mid
\r?\n> '70s, I
\r?\n> > will call her later.
\r?\n> > Tom Forbes
\r?\n> > Houston, Texas.
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > Sent from my toaster
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > On Mar 12, 2010, at 8:37 AM, oroboyz@aol.com
\r?\n> > wrote:
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > >
\r?\n> > > I attended the Bike Summit in Washington DC this
\r?\n> week
\r?\n> > and had a fellow talk about a custom bike he bought in
\r?\n> 1973
\r?\n> > or so by a builder named "Rubuzzi" or similar from
\r?\n> Houston,
\r?\n> > Texas. This was a new one to me, has anyone
\r?\n> information
\r?\n> > about this?
\r?\n> > >
\r?\n> > >
\r?\n> > >
\r?\n> > > Dale Brown
\r?\n> > > Greensboro, North Carolina USA