Apparently the links to the images in the post I made below are now dead. My apologies, if anyone would like I'd be happy to email them off-list.
Again sorry, Kurt Sperry Bellingham WA USA
On 12/18/06, Kurt Sperry <haxixe@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Viners seem common as city bikes in the Arno valley- Arezzo, Firenze,
> right down to Pisa and Lucca. I spotted one in Pisa sporting a 1st gen
> Super Record derailleur!
>
> Here's a post I made in April with links to pics:
>
> I really enjoy city bike spotting in Italy. One bit of advice: Don't
> bother in the hill towns, there are hardly any. So... Siena, Perugia,
> Gubbio bad; Pisa, Lucca, Firenze (Arno river towns) good.
>
> Here's a bike that for some reason caught my eye in a bikerack near the
> train station in a rather run-down section of Pisa- just another rusty ol
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> Viner:
>
> http://members.atlasf1.com/
>
> So I move in for a closer look... is that a Super Record clanger...?
>
> http://members.atlasf1.com/
>
> Yep! 1st generation no less!
>
> http://members.atlasf1.com/
>
> And for those who think one cannot obtain a sufficiently upright posture
> sans a hideous extended head tube I offer into evidence this ape hangered
> classic Gianni Motta I found in Città di Castello. Note the elegant
> umbrella mount too.
>
> http://members.atlasf1.com/
>
> You must see a bereted old gentleman tooling around cobbled city streets
> with an extended umbrella in one hand and a load of groceries in the othe
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> in the rain to appreciate fine bike piloting!
>
> Kurt Sperry
> Bellingham WA