I think they did other parts too, My Lewis came with an Agrati /Garelli motor. If I remember right, the special bottom bracket axle is stamped "Agrati"
Steve Birmingham Lowell, Ma ------------------------------
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Subject: [CR] Agrati ?
Bruce asked:
>I've been unable to get through to the archives for several days now so
can't check to see if much has been written about >Agrati on the list.
>A 1949 Hobbs I picked up recently has Agrati brakes which look particularly
nice. I know of Agrati dropouts but can >anyone shed any light on the
company, its range of products and their quality?
They are (or were) a northern Italian company better known for lugs, crowns, and shells than for dropouts. They supplied most of the production parts needed by Italian bicycle manufacturers such as Bianche, Olmo, etc.
I imported some boxes of sample parts from them back in the early 1960's. Some of their lug designs had colorful names like "basket of fish" to describe the design of the cut outs. Being a packrat, I probably still have catlogs and the odd lug or crown kicking around in my shop.
Hugh Enox