Hello Mark -
The message below was passed on to me a year ago concerning a seatpost that may be the same as yours. Have a look at the picture in link below.
Cheers,
Skip Echert Renton, WA Vintage-Trek.com
---------------- Hi, Skip,
Wrong "G.P.", methinks. I have a post like that, like the one that
appears on this saddle box graphic:
http://www.ventoux.com/
Here's the explanation that was given to me: ======================================================================= Subject: Re: [CR]Can you ID this seatpost? yes, GPM Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 23:23:33 EST From: Bikerdaver@aol.com
Lee- I have seen several of these over the years and they are great posts. I think I even have one stashed away some where. I have a feeling that someone will bash me for my poor spelling efforts, but these seatposts where made by Giovanni Papillardo de Milano. Before he got the idea to call his company GPM (Gipiemme).
Cheers, Dave Anderson =======================================================================
Lee Berg Palo Alto, Calif.
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At 03:54 PM 8/24/02 -0400, Mark Agree wrote:
>Hello all,
> A) I have tire savers on what I believe to be a late 1970s Torpado. They
>look kinda like black 14 or 16G electrical wire, but seemingly professionally
>bent, covered on the sides with a clear tubing like fish tank air line. The
>tubing is about 1/4" o.d., but is kinda thick...enough to fit snugly on the
>two sides of the wire. It looks like the intent is to have the curved front
>edge of the wire scrape the tread of the tire, and the tubes on the sides to
>hit the sidewalls. This one is also mounted under the brake caliper.
> B) The aforementioned Torpado has a single bolt style seat post that I
>cannot identify. It has what appear to be lower case initials on the back
>side, with a 26.8 size marking on the drive side, and BREV. on the front
>side...all at the top of the shaft. I will now attempt to duplicate the
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> Well, perhaps I should simply have taken a pic of it, but the camera I
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>is not currently available. Sorry for the poor craft work! If any of you
>know this post, please let me know of it's maker, or anything else relevant
>about it. Thanks very much!
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>Best regards,
>Mark (stick to writing) Agree
>Detroit MI