Re: [CR]FB hub enigma

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Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 10:58:53 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Fred Rafael Rednor" <fred_rednor@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]FB hub enigma
To: Jan Heine <heine@mindspring.com>, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
In-Reply-To: <a0501040ebac08af8cf4a@[66.167.139.53]>
cc: chuckschmidt@earthlink.net

> I am not saying that FB was a French company, but that > at least they tried to create that impression. It is > noteworthy that the ad only refers to F.B., never > to "Fratelli Brivio." Jan, This is wild conjecture but is it possible that the Brivio brothers were from an Italian family that immigrated to France? It might also explain why they went to such lengths to prove their "Frenchness". Such was the case with the famous automobile manufacturer, Ettore Bugatti, for example. Best regards, Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia

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