I was so excited to learn that FB stood for "Fratelli Brivio", I rushed out to Northern Lights and did a search. Lead me straight to the Fratelli Brivio website:
However, it wasn't quite what I expected! I tried another one:
http://market.thecity.it/
That wasn't it too. I gave up after:
http://www.mondoweb.it/
(vintage bike content) Anyway... who made the all steel Campagnolo hubs for sale on eBay?
and when were they made?
Aldo Ross
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mark Stevens <m.stevens@camb.linst.ac.uk>
> To: <vahdia@att.net>
> Cc: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 6:23 AM
> Subject: Re: [Classicrendezvous] G and F
>
>
> > So that is what FB stands for.! Can you enlighten us on any other
> > contacts in the Italian cycle industry.? Mark Stevens in London.
> >
> > vahdia@att.net wrote:
> >
> > > The Giant and the File is a charming read , translated
> > > into English from florid Italian . The photographs are
> > > just the kind we like to see .A Campagnolo obsessive
> > > will find that the historical and technical info is very
> > > vague with no hard date facts .One fact is mentioned
> > > fairly often : Fratelli Brivio were indeed the actual
> > > producers of the early mozzi calibrati .A strong
> > > precedent for later subcontractors . I found my copy in
> > > unread condition at the local flea market offered by
> > > someone who was apparently an industry insider judging
> > > by his spread of Euro parts . Seth Finkelstein of Santa
> > > Cruz CA