Vintage Italian Boutique bikes
 

I Love my Daccordi and plan on buying more when the funds are there. But i've also only found out about them in the last year or so. What are some other Italian boutique companies that i may have not heard of?

Here is a link with many brands to look into.

http://www.classicrendezvous.com/Italy/Italy.html

great list! the problem is most of those brands are unattainable

How so? I personally have seen out on the road maybe half the makes listed, and know personally several people that have a few. Suppose it depends on the year you're looking for.

I bought a mid-80's Guerciotti SLX on ebay earlier this year. I didn't pay a fortune for it so I would say that many of those names are certainly not unattainable. Though I'm sure plenty are.

Nonsense! You are just not looking in the right places. Of course, know where the right places are is the trick.

In my little city, I have found a 1971 Masi "Criterium, a top of the line hand built Panasonic, a Saronni, several high end Bianchis, lots of top dog Raleighs, three Miyata 1000 Touring bikes, a near mint 1971 Carlton "Professional", a 1971 Atala "Professional", and many others that I cannot recall at the moment. Actually, I can recall many others, but I do not want to appear to brag.

So, do not snivel just because the perfect bike does not show up on demand. Look for bikes and you will find something to your liking. I do and I can do it almost on demand these days. You just have to know how to look and this is how I do it. How To Find Vintage Road Bicycles.

Let's just say my bike fund disagrees.

I am constantly amazed by the cool bikes I see in our Metro area.

I am also amazed how many are just sitting in basements and garages.

They are out there.

fix'd that for ya ;)

can anyone explain what " The legendary Fiorenzo Magni" is eating in that pic on the CR link? AbbaZabba?
http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=174563

Maybe don't limit yourself to Italian. There are a lot of great old marques out there from other places.

I have a Paletti, and didn't break the bank to get it. I got a good deal on E-Bay, probably because many bidders didn't have the brand in their search list. There were few people to drive the price up like more popular brand names.

Pictures???

Howell is not the place to find vintage Italian steel. Try Birmingham and Grosse Pointe. Fall is a great time for garage sales. Make a day trip and hit some good restaurants/bars while you are in the big city.

Worth every penny.

http://www.zullo-bike.com/story.html

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/Talus/003.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/Talus/005-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/Talus/006-1.jpg

Fiorenzo Magni broke his collar bone in the 1956 Giro. Unable to pull on the handlebars, but determined to continue because he had won it the preceding year he got his mechanic to attach a bandage to the handlebars and pulled against it with his teeth so that he could use his back muscles. In spite of this handicap he still finished second at 3:30 behind Charly Gaul!

So it's not a new type of performance enhancing pasta!

wow thats pretty amazing.

^ Indeed. That's a great photo. Obviously quite the competitor.

Impressive, indeed! Puts some of the modern racers to shame. Thanks for the info, Oldpeddaller. Btw, I've just learned (according to this article: link) that Faliero Masi (yes, that Masi) gave him the idea to use the inner tube. He broke his collarbone on just stage 12 of 25, and continued on this way for nearly half the Giro, despite a subsequent downhill crash on stage 16.

Sorry, hijack over. Now let's get back to boutique Italian framebuilders...

I bet so those bikes are killer!