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Of the major Italian builders, where would you put each in regards to hierarchy?

Old 09-19-17, 11:20 AM
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Originally Posted by IVARR
green white and red
Green:
[IMG]P1020156, on Flickr[/IMG]

White:
[IMG]P1020159, on Flickr[/IMG]

Red:
[IMG]P1020153, on Flickr[/IMG]

With Patina!

And for some reason, there is always Blue:
[IMG]P1020157, on Flickr[/IMG]

They called it Spumoni.
[IMG]P1020127, on Flickr[/IMG]
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Old 09-19-17, 12:02 PM
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People just love to make lists. And rank things. What's better?
Who knows?
Oh right. The experts do.

I have only one Italian bike. So I'll say it. Frejus.
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Uhmmm.....I think I need two of those water bottles for my blue Montello......
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Originally Posted by rootboy
People just love to make lists. And rank things. What's better?
Who knows? Oh right. The experts do. I have only one Italian bike. So I'll say it. Frejus.
People just love to post on bike forums. sometimes 3-4 times a day. On average. For over a decade.
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Old 09-19-17, 04:59 PM
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Ignore Function:

Did you know that BF has an "Ignore" function so the endless prattling of the smug, insulting and generally clueless can be rendered Blank?

This message is hidden because robertorolfo is on your ignore list.
Nice.

Edit:

This message is hidden because robertorolfo is on your ignore list.
Two in one day, this Ignore function really works well.

Is that the faint unintelligible sound of desperate frantic smugness trying to get an insulting and/or ignorant "last-word-in"?

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Old 09-19-17, 05:17 PM
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Did you know that BF has an "Ignore" function so the endless prattling of the smug, insulting and generally clueless can be rendered Blank?

Nice.

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Originally Posted by iab
Crap. There I go again.

I'll just go with the blue ones.
Damn.

I was right on page 1.

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Originally Posted by iab
Damn.

I was right on page 1.

No you weren't!

Green is best.
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DeRosa
Cinelli
Pinarello
Bianchi
*Edit Colnago should be here as well for top five

Still around and well regarded.

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Has anyone heard of "Freschi"?
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Originally Posted by papaStrudel
Has anyone heard of "Freschi"?
Yes...he worked under Pogliaghi. I've seen some pretty cool stuff they did...and some is quite distinctive.
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Originally Posted by papaStrudel
Has anyone heard of "Freschi"?


I saw a road racing tandem that they made in the late 80's that was really pretty spectacular.
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Originally Posted by El Chaba
I saw a road racing tandem that they made in the late 80's that was really pretty spectacular.
Interesting... I ask because there is a Freschi in my size sitting on the local CL for about $400. Trying to determine if it's worth checking out.
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Originally Posted by El Chaba
I saw a road racing tandem that they made in the late 80's that was really pretty spectacular.
I saw that tandem too...it was certainly pretty, but I wouldn't have wanted to ride it.
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Galmozzi. My grandson calls it the chicken bike.

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Originally Posted by rootboy
People just love to make lists. And rank things. What's better? Who knows? Oh right. The experts do.
I would not be surprised if, among the best builders, there is more difference between a bike built by one guy on a Wednesday and the one he builds on Thursday, than between builder A and builder B.
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Amazing that a thread like this has legs to go on for six years. Many bicycles produced by builders of various nationalities that I like. Attempting to rank never results in agreement, and serves more as an exercise in "look what I have". I do appreciate seeing the really fine bicycles and learning some things about history that I hadn't known before, but ranking? Not so much.

Me? I'm partial to Guido, Mario, Luigi, Dominic and Sofia.
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Amazing that a thread like this has legs to go on for six years. Many bicycles produced by builders of various nationalities that I like. Attempting to rank never results in agreement, and serves more as an exercise in "look what I have". I do appreciate seeing the really fine bicycles and learning some things about history that I hadn't known before, but ranking? Not so much.

Me? I'm partial to Guido, Mario, Luigi, Dominic and Sofia.
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Just thought it was time to stir it up again. Don
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Sort of like fine Italian wines....

No matter how you rank them, you still get a pleasant buzz.
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I would have a hard time ranking them, but I'm curious where people put Torpado. There's a 70's Torpado with full Campagnolo that has been in my local classifieds for months. I'm convinced nobody is buying it because of the brand.
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#1 is Cinelli because I think it's the best riding Italian frame I've ever owned.
#2 is De Rosa because I think it's the second-best riding Italian frame I've ever owned.
#3 is Bianchi because the first halfway-decent frame I ever owned was a barn-find Bianchi.
#4 is everybody else because I have never owned or ridden them,
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Liotto...

Because the best parts of all these bicycles come out of Vicenza... Ha
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