Any info about BRM cycles?
Interesting looking bike on ebay from a BRM? Never heard of it and google was not my friend...
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Well, I'd think Italian. The M being stylized differently makes me wonder if it's not related to a location, Milano? Or maybe the "M" for Motta and "B" for Bergamo?
Clearly a crapload of work went into all the etching/panto stuff, whatever, brain not function. Would appear a spendy bike or passion build. Never seen anything like it but I bet someone else here has! Thanks for sharing. |
Originally Posted by francophile
(Post 21136859)
Well, I'd think Italian. The M being stylized differently makes me wonder if it's not related to a location, Milano? Or maybe the "M" for Motta and "B" for Bergamo?
Clearly a crapload of work went into all the etching/panto stuff, whatever, brain not function. Would appear a spendy bike or passion build. Never seen anything like it but I bet someone else here has! Thanks for sharing. |
Originally Posted by jdawginsc
(Post 21136890)
That's the type of bike that tempts me...eek!
Then I started thinking about this in Italian. The really ornate nature made me think of Rauler. Cicli and Bici being two words for our two wheeled friends. So I went to FrameTeller just to peruse and see if maybe - with this being BR-m maybe Bici R-m. Like Bici Rauler / Marastoni, since Rauler was a student of Marastoni, who also did some really ornate builds. Then I realized I'm probably thinking about this too hard. But damn that is really ornate for a shop or in-house brand. I love it. |
The bidding is at $26.00 plus shipping at the moment...I stopped there. Someone in Europe must want it.
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I really like it...the engraving on the rear of the DO is different.
Edit - now that I see more of it on ebay, it definitely looks italian. |
Although I’ve seen a BRM labeled frame (once) before, I’ve never found out what those letters stand for.
I ran across this red frame a few months ago: https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...2850326706.jpg https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...cffef887a9.jpg I’ll have to guess that 'BRM' either an acronym of a cycling team or of a shop (and not necessarily in Italy). I won’t have to guess about the frame though, as that is definitely a Patelli (of Bologna), likely built by Luigi Patelli (but from Umberto’s shop). They (Umberto/Luigi) did some contract builds but not a lot. Aside from these unidentified BRM frames and another unidentified frame marked “DP,” I’ve only seen a handful of contract builds Patelli did for Baldi, Marchesini, Castriotta, Marini and one non-Italian - the Swedish Flamingo brand. Flamingo (I think from around 1985/86): https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...63232695b3.jpg One of several standard Patelli fork crown pantos: https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...0db456504c.png The following two show the lug pantos: https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...e267a25b96.jpg https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...f5839d2dbf.jpg A less common Patelli fork crown panto: https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...92b5dc96b9.jpg |
Originally Posted by MauriceMoss
(Post 21139438)
Although I’ve seen a BRM labeled frame (once) before, I’ve never found out what those letters stand for.
I ran across this red frame a few months ago: https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...2850326706.jpg https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...cffef887a9.jpg I’ll have to guess that 'BRM' either an acronym of a cycling team or of a shop (and not necessarily in Italy). I won’t have to guess about the frame though, as that is definitely a Patelli (of Bologna), likely built by Luigi Patelli (but from Umberto’s shop). They (Umberto/Luigi) did some contract builds but not a lot. Aside from these unidentified BRM frames and another unidentified frame marked “DP,” I’ve only seen a handful of contract builds Patelli did for Baldi, Marchesini, Castriotta, Marini and one non-Italian - the Swedish Flamingo brand. Flamingo (I think from around 1985/86): https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...63232695b3.jpg One of several standard Patelli fork crown pantos: https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...0db456504c.png The following two show the lug pantos: https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...e267a25b96.jpg https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...f5839d2dbf.jpg A less common Patelli fork crown panto: https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...92b5dc96b9.jpg |
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