Juvela, Thank you for all parts of this info.
While there is no transfer indicating where he purchased it, the tire on it is a 27 x 1 1/4/ 32 x 630. And, like me, the owner lived just north of the city. Thanks to this lead, I've just read a wonderful thread here on Stuyvesant Bikes. It makes good sense that he would have purchased it from Salvatore Corso.
Thoughts about whether the bicycle is desirable and what I should look for/know to help value it. I've got a bunch of photos but no way to upload! There is a set of mudguards, but I forgot to look at whether they are made by Atala (they aren't currently on the bike).
You've guessed that while I love to ride them, I don't know much about bikes.
Thank you for your help!
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juvela
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Hello and welcome to the forum!
It would have been better to commence your inquiry as a new thread rather than appending the question to an existing one.
AFAIK the Turista 5 is a model which was not regularly imported to the U.S.
what is the bicycle's wheel size; if 700c it is a european model likely brought in by a traveler; if 27" then it is likely a model constructed for export to anglophone lands
here is a 1971 Atala catalogue for the U.S. market -
one U.S. agent who may have brought in such a model as the Turista 5 is Salvatore Corso (Stuyvesant Bicycle) of New York City
does the subject machine carry a transfer from the shop which sold it?
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