I have wondered about that, myself. Perhaps Germany was too busy profitably exporting automobiles, starting with Mercedes diesels, VW bugs, and BMW Isettas, to the U.S. With no automotive industry, Austria exported guns (Steyr) and bicycles (Steyr[DaimlerPuch] and Capo). (Sounds a bit like the Public Television series, "Guns, Germs, and Steel."
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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