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Old 11-28-15 | 08:14 AM
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From: Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada - burrrrr!

Bikes: 1958 Rabeneick 120D, 1968 Legnano Gran Premio, 196? Torpado Professional, 2000 Marinoni Piuma

Why on earth would they? They're not Italian, they're Canadian. In any case, they're not as nicely built as the good Pinarellos, or the better Guerciottis, from what I've seen. They're good donor frames for gruppos and frame resale.
You should have a good look at this one. Italian, all the way, built in Italy and built by an Italian, for a Canadian bicycle manufacturer...



The lesser Miele bicycles, were, often times, very nicely built, also...



The lower end units, nice but pretty much like lower end Italian, French and English offerings...



All that said, who said that Italian bikes are so special? In my book, some of the nicer riding bikes came from France and, for what it is worth, the nicest riding vintage road bicycle, I have ever owned and ridden was/is a Canadian built Cyclops...

One thing I have learned - country and citizenship have little to do with a really nice bike. Make and model mean little also(guess that is actually two things learned:-)
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