I think you're right about the common identity of Belleri & BF, Charlie. I have similar dual-branded bars. As for Belri?... perhaps they were another company hoping to cash in on the familiar brand name. Examples of Belri stems which I've seen look much simpler and more crudely cast.
There was also a "Belleri Inc." which was an importer of Sutter (French) bikes in the mid 1970s, with their US & Canadian distribution center in Rivera Beach, Florida. I wonder if this was the same company, as well? The Sutter top-end Super Competition model (circa 1975) also used the gold anodized Belleri bar & stem.
Bob Hanson, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Was BF definitely a separate entity from Belleri?
Examining the gold anodized bars fitted to my PX-10, the engravings state "Belleri" framed by laurels with "France" on a banner below on the right hand side of the bar (left when viewed from the front of the bike) and "BF" inside a double diamond on the left hand side with "Manufacture De Guidons St. Etienne France" within the nested diamonds.
I always thought BF was shorthand for Belleri Fabrique or something to that effect. The bars happen to be fitted to a gold anodized "Belri Course" stem.
So does Belleri = BF = Belri = one former or extant manufacturing concern in
France?
Charlie Young
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