You got the decals from a Cuevas rider, eh? Didn't Señor
Cuevas build for Paris-Sport in the late 1960s or early '70s?
His son once told me the entire history (this was in the early
'80s). It included several marques on three continents, so I
doubt I could have kept it straight even if it pertained to my
own family (which it decidedly didn't).
Hasta luego,
Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia (Estados Unidos de Am.)
> Ahhhh, it all makes sense. The guy who gave me the decals
> rode a Cuevas, but had ridden for the Paris-Sport sponsored
> team in the late 70's, IIRC. Maybe I was the one who was
> confused. So, I guess Paris-Sport bikes were Frenchy bikes
> from New Jersey and Vigorellis were Italio-fied bikes from
> New Jersey, but they were all the same bikes, and perhaps
> imported from some undisclosed European location?
>
> Tom Dalton
>
> Nick Zatezalo <nickzz@mindspring.com> wrote:
> The Vigorelli was identical to the Paris Sports made in
> Jersey. Just different decals.
> Some one was selling NOS frames from Vigorelli and Paris
> Sport several years back.
> I bought a Vigorelli and sold it soon after receiving it. The
> workmanship was adequate
> at best.
>
> Nick Zatezalo
> Atlanta,Ga
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Dalton
> Sent: Sep 15, 2005 3:11 PM
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: [CR]Vigorelli bike on Ebay
>
> In anyone familliar with this make? About a million years
> ago, a friend gave me a set of decals identical to those on
> this bike. He said that he got them from Cuevas, and this it
> was simply a different brand that they used to sell frames
> under. It seemed to me that he was probably mistaken; it just
> sounded wrong. In any case, the Vigorelli decals looked cool
> on my repainted Trek-orelli, until I broke a rear dropout and
> the frame went back to Trek.
>
>
http://ebay.com/
>
> Tom Dalton
> Bethlehem, PA
>
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