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Old 07-21-21 | 07:49 PM
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From: Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada - burrrrr!

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

Originally Posted by onyerleft
Great scores, all of them. Although, in the past, I've jokingly said that Torpado was the poor man's Olmo, while Olmo was the poor man's Bianchi, your bikes are beautiful examples of a fine marque.
Very nice of you to say so but, to be honest, I just keep running across them. I do, however, really like the chrome windowed lug work...

Most of my Torpados, and that number is approaching double digits by now, were LUXE models or less. But I did score something special, when forced to leave Jamaica early at the start of the pandemic. Something special, my future project, an early sixties Torpado Professional. A build I hope to start as soon as I find a proper fork for the bike...
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