thanks i didn't see but a mention in the archives, though i did find a recent post i missed from ny bike jumble mogul Harry Schwartzmann; it is an advertisement from the shop featuring the same model Atala i ended up with..
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cool !
andrei padlowski brooklyn, ny
On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 12:58 AM, John <jtperry330@me.com> wrote:
> List,
> I've posted about Mangano's before (look in the archives):
>
> -according to the grandson Larry (now in his mid 60's), they were the first
> to import Campagnolo into the U.S. of A.
> -Imported Legnano and Umberto Dei. These brands and their logos appear on
> an early business card for the shop.
> The nearly full remains of one of these cards was found by Kevin
> Stimpson (still on list?) in the bottom bracket of one of his Bianchi's
> about 10 years ago. I had pictures; long misplaced and lost in an old
> computor.
> -That location was THE meeting place (from what I was told by the old
> timmers 35 years ago) for the start of the days ride.
>
> There's more but I'm tired,
>
> John Pergolizzi