Hi All,
Speaking of Torpado's Aelle-R, below is a link to a shop fairly near me that has one for sale. I looked this over while picking up another bike from them for a fellow list member. This Torpado is mostly Victory and Triomphe equipped, and the frame tag says Aelle-R, although the frame is labeled Super Strada. It's a 50cm if I recall, and worth a look if you fit it and want to try Aelle and draw your own conclusions. It appeared to be a pretty nicely done frame. I'm not connected to bike or sellers, but they were both nice. Here's the link, scroll down to the Torpado:
http://cyclerecycle.biz/
Sorry Dale, it may be a tick off-topic, but squarely on the Aelle topic, and an example of or close to what Mark mentioned in his post.
Greg Overton a screamin and Aelle-in about bikes, near Denver, Colorado
Quoting fujifish1@aol.com:
> In 1983, Torpado's third in line was the Aelle-R tubed Super Strada (the
> pearl white model with pantographed parts). Don't know how much earlier it
> might have been made with the same tubes. Torpado even named the
> essentially same frameset the "Aelle-R" model, at the very end of
> what was left of
> their original tenure, in about 1986. Said to be very nice riding bikes,
> especially in the larger sizes.
>
> Ciao,
> Mark Agree
> Southfield MI USA
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> Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:39:10 -0500
> From: jeff holt <jefflaw@msn.com>
> Subject: Re: [CR] Columbus Aelle v. SL
> To: _classicrendezvous@bikelist.org_
> (mailto:classicrendezvous@bikelist.org)
>
>
> "Yes, there is/was a butted version called Aelle "R" and it's usually
> labeled with a big red "R" on the decal so there's no mistake.
> I have seen very few frames made from it, compared to regular Aelle
> frames."
>
> Interesting...does anyone know when butted Aelle may have been produced?
> Columbus specs from 1989 indicate a plain guage of 0.8
> See:
> http://www.equusbicycle.com/
>
> Jeff Holt
> West Deptford, NJ
> USA