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06-20-07, 11:11 AM

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m. diablo

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Bikes: '85 bianchi fixie conversion, rusty old appollo coffee-fetcher, the polo bike, centurion ironman (being rebuilt), and the queen limongi track bike

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Originally Posted by tuz

Yup CCM made fine bikes in the 50's-60's. In fact Mike Barry & John Palmer from Mariposa recuperated their Reynolds tubes! See http://www.mariposabicycles.com/about.html

What I know about Gardin is that he had a fork lift compagny, he "imported" the Italian builder for the Cambio Rino bikes, and that apparently he labeled some tubes with Columbus decals while they weren't. I don't know for sure though.

We should start a thread about Canadian builders! There's Miele, Ryffranck, Marinoni...

So have you tried your beauty at the velodrome diablo?

thanks for the link! and now i'm glad i didn't fork out the cash for a gardin i saw on CL a few weeks back.

and yes, we should start a thread for the canucks.

and no, i haven't been to the velodrome. i've been sick with some sort of horrible plague since i got the bloody bike-- so unfair. i'm on the up and up now, though.

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