carabela
 

Anybody know what carabela frames were made of? Looking at one now with serial # is 040476, 10-spd road bike, suntour parts, no tubing sticker, chromed lugs (nice), 56 cm. top-tube, about 30 lbs.

It might be a bike that was manufactured in Brazil, of all place, the the 1980'2. I do not believe that they exported many bikes to the U.S. A. Could be totally wrong on this , but I think that is where they came from.

I've got one of these! Mine has a "made in Mexico" sticker on it. It is lugged steel, with just straight gauge mild steel tubing and painted lugs. I believe it is mild steel because it bends so easily. It is my understanding that they were made by the same company that made Windsor frames. See the "Mexico" section of http://www.classicrendezvous.com/Mexico/Mex_classic.htm for a brief history of Winsor, Acer-Mex, and a short blurb about Carabela