Re: [CR]Framebuilder Gino Milani

(Example: Framebuilders:Dario Pegoretti)

To: wa2vuy@mindspring.com
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 23:37:34 -0400
Subject: Re: [CR]Framebuilder Gino Milani
From: "Richard M Sachs" <richardsachs@juno.com>
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

i think if you go back in the cr archives you'll read opinions that there were scores of top builders that never got the "acclaim" that the well known high-end builders got - mainly due to the machinations of the u.s. bike boom of the 70s. lots of distributors becames "starmakers" simply due to the marketing machinery they put in place to promote the brands they imported. in the wake of all this, the many "other" builders that didn't have representation in the states stayed in their regions and did work as fine as many of the so-called "legendary" and "brilliant" builders whose names are common now. e-RICHIE chester, ct

"Angel M Garcia" <wa2vuy@mindspring.com> writes: In reading several websites about PEGORETTI frames there have been references to builder Gino Milani. A quote from one of these sites: "Pegoretti has long been a formidable behind-the-scenes presence. They acquired their knowledge and expertise from legendary Gino Milani. Milani was never famous to the cycling world at large, but he was one of the most brilliant framebuilders of the 1970's. His work was a major influence on every high-end framebuilder of the time." Curiously there isn't any mention of Gino Milani (other than as they relate to Pegoretti) in the archives. Could a "legendary" and "one of most brilliant" builders of the 1970s have escaped attention? Which high end builders did he influence? Or there is some marketing hype at play here?
Angel Garcia
Long Valley, NJ