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Old 05-22-10 | 07:00 PM
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Bikes: 1959 Capo Modell Campagnolo; 1960 Capo Sieger (2); 1962 Carlton Franco Suisse; 1970 Peugeot UO-8; 1982 Bianchi Campione d'Italia; 1988 Schwinn Project KOM-10;

Originally Posted by Wogsterca
AT is Austria, so it's an Austrian site....
In an email reply, Vienna-based Harald "Harry Capo" Cap referred to my bikes as "oldtimers," so perhaps that is a common Austrian expression.

I just assumed that Germany focused on cars and Austria focused on bicycles, not having its own auto industry. Of course, Steyr-Daimler-Puch made plenty of firearms as well as parts for German cars. Capo was always a much smaller company, focused on bicycles, which they still make.
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Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
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