Ole Ritter and Francesco Moser also rode Benottos or at least Benotto badged bikes in 1976 at Paris-Roubaix according to "A Sunday in Hell," so it wasn't just while they were in Mexico.
Eric Goforth Durham, NC, USA
devotion finesse wrote:
> I am watching Jorgen Leth's film "The Impossible Hour", which documents Dan
> ish racer Ole Ritter's 1974 attempts to regain the hour record from Merckx
> in 1974.
> Ritter (and his teammate/training partner/future hour record holder Frances
> co Moser) are shown training in Mexico City in Benotto team kits and riding
> on Benotto bikes.
> I am wondering what year Benotto relocated from Italy to Mexico, and whethe
> r or not there is any connection to the time spent training there in prepar
> ation for The Hour.
> Did Ritter ride Benotto bikes because they were local? Or did Senor Benotto
> fall in love with Mexico while his team was training there? Or are these t
> hings completely unrelated?
> At any point, was there Benotto production in both Italy or Mexico? Or was
> the entire company "relocated" all at once?
> I always assumed that the Mexican Benottos were simply outsourced. Was thi
> s not the case?
>
> Matthew Bowne
> Again, trying to connect the dots in...
> Brooklyn, New York