Re: [CR]Ten Speed Drive

(Example: History:Ted Ernst)

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To: LouDeeter@aol.com, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: "Sheldon Brown" <CaptBike@sheldonbrown.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Ten Speed Drive
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 23:07:42 -0500

LouDeeter@aol.com wrote:
>In addition to Guerciotti, Woodrup and Tommaso, I also show in the
>Used Bike Buyers Guide that Ten Speed Drive imported Rossin. I
>don't know which frames got the U.S. paint, but I suspect only the
>Italian frames as I think Woodrup was "properly" finished at the
>factory. As I recall, in the early 80s, the U.S. customer wanted an
>Italian frame with nice glossy, clearcoated decals and this wasn't a
>specialty of most Italian framebuilders. Ten Speed Drive was trying
>to satisfy a niche market with their offerings.

We also used to get Cilo from them, including Cilo-badged aluminum Viti.

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