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Old 10-15-20 | 05:24 PM
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Markeologist
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Bikes: Our all steel stable: Rodriguez, Ritchey & Bruce Gordon road tandems; Burley pub crawler tandem; two XO-1s, two Fishers, a Comp & Mt Tam; two Gitane TeamPros; 60s Carre; 69-70 Gitane TdF and

Like I said [MENTION=527157]Matador6[/MENTION], the catalogs are IDENTICAL except for name on cover. Here is a photo of my original Geminiani catalog and an enlarged copy of the cover of the Gitane catalog pulled from GitaneUSA website. Folks have long speculated who actually made Geminiani bikes but at least in the mid-60s, MICMO clearly was. Those are a couple original Geminiani decals (stickers, not water transfer) as seen on the 1966 Ford-Hutchinson and 1967/68 BiC Geminiani team bikes. Some team members were assigned to ride Geminianis (e.g., Aimar, Jimenez) while others rode Anquetils (e.g., Anquetil, Denson). That suggests to me that both Geminianis and Anquetils were made by same manufacturer.

Post some pix of frame, in particular the seat stay caps as well as head tube, I’ve got lots of photos to compare against.

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