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>Bryant Bainbridge wrote:
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>I figured I'd clear up the questions about Dinucci and Strawberry by calling
>Mark up. Here is what Mark had to say.
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>Andy Newlands started a business importing framebuilding supplies and tools
>in the early 70's. Mark was the first framebuilder there, followed by
>Matteo Martinoni and later Robert Blaedel. Andy did not build frames at this
>point and didn't start until long after Mark had left. DiNucci built the
>bulk of the early Strawberrys, and at the peak churned out up to 5 frames a
>week, which he painted in addition to building them. <snip>
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Nice post, Bryant and thanks!
There are only a couple of little pieces I could add (other than having
drooled over Strawberries and the catalogues of tiddly bits in the mid
70s when we lived in Corvallis).
I don't think it was apocrophal that the associated racing team was "shortcake" This avoided, among other things, a $500 ABLA sponsorship fee.
Matteo Martigioni (Teo to everyone) went on to work for an uncle (I think) as a sculptor's assistant, and then spent years (continuing now?) working on self-propelled (bike technology) devices for the third world. I haven't seen much, but good stuff. As a high school student, he was an active racer in Corvallis, with Kenny (Harry) Phinney, Mike and David Adams, Eileen McMahon (?), and Jim Papadopoulos. Beloved Spouse and I used to take the gang to races in Portland or wherever, and would sometimes ride the Town & Country tandem on training rides with them. It was very short wheelbase, we were young, and we'd sprint up the hills with them...
Jim Papadopoulos went on to get a Ph.D from MIT in mechanics, and has done very subtle mathematical work on bicycle wheels, geometry and stability, and similar stuff, contributed to the upcoming Wilson Bicycling Science edition. Still has his love for the vintage bikes -- and I still have the Schwinn Paramount I got from him in '75 or '76. Kenny Phinney found my pre-war Paramount at a Corvallis filling station, and was nice enough to sell/swap it to me.
Ah, nostalgia, what a weak substitute for being there again...
harvey sachs
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