Originally Posted by
clubman
It seems a little ironic that Eon D'Ornellas (owner manager of D'Ornellas Bike Shop) was sponsored by Bloor Cycle. Back when I bought an Orbea at D'Ornellas in ~72, there was a cultural divide between the Italian and English clubs in Toronto. Eon was a very accomplished rider in his day.
Still on Lawrence Ave E.
The D'Ornellas shop goes back to 1972? I wasn't aware about it until the very late 1980s and thought he had opened it just about the time that the Kent family sold Bloor Cycle and the race team was dissolved, which would have been circa 1988-1989.