carabela
11-12-05 | 12:09 AM
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From: between the Popeye's, the liquor store, the funeral home, and the strip club
Bikes: 1992 Miyata Nine 14; 1971 Raleigh Super Course fixie conversion; 2006 Jamis Nova (853 version); 2001 Diamondback Topanga (SS conversion); 1956 Rudge Sports; 1971 Raleigh Competition (processing); 199? Schwinn World Sport (processing)
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.
11-12-05 | 11:03 PM
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Bikes: Trek 7.5 Hybrid, Trek 1.1 Road, Holdsworth touring,Raleigh International,Ritchey Commando,Italvega Speciallissimo,et.al.
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.
11-15-05 | 07:46 PM
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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 https://www.classicrendezvous.com/Mexico/Mex_classic.htm for a brief history of Winsor, Acer-Mex, and a short blurb about Carabela
