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07-07-09 | 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by iab

Ernesto Colnago apprenticed at Gloria. Presumably, he built frames, but then again, he could have just been an assembler too.

I wouldn't presume that Ernesto built frames at Gloria. I'm sure he would be pleased at the presumption, though. His time at Gloria surely accelerated his peerless bicycle industry savvy as much as anything else.

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