RE: [CR]Vintage spokes - whatever happened to Torrington and Robe rgel???

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From: "Mark Bulgier" <mark@bulgier.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: RE: [CR]Vintage spokes - whatever happened to Torrington and Robe rgel???
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 00:12:45 -0800


Steve Neago asks:
> ... whatever happened to spoke manufacturers
> such as Torrington (England) and Robergel (?Germany?)

Hmm, I might be wrong, but I always thought Torringtons were made in Torrington, Connecticut, USA. Robergel was definitely French. Don't know what happened to either company.

Mark Bulgier
Seattle, Wa
USA