Nice Old Gardin Special...
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Nice Old Gardin Special...
Every now and again, something kinda neat comes along, and today's offering was a Gardin "Special". Full Columbus SL, Campagnolo drops, Modolo Speedy black anodized brakes, Rino transmission, seat post and pedals, all anodized black. What I believe is a Rino cranks set with black anodized rings and a Rino leather saddle.
And, of course, the bike, at 59cm (c-c) is just too big for me:-(
The black anodized stuff will go on my ALAN, freeing up a near perfect Shimano 600 grouppo. Perhaps the black anodized Rino hubs will also find their way there. Pretty soon, I will have to use night vision, just to find that old Italian beauty. I really like that bike, both in appearance and ride quality.
Anyway, thought you might like to have a peek at what I think might be an early Gardin.
Oh, I almost forgot. The bike was equipped with a beautiful, all chrome Colnago embossed hand pump. It, too, is too big for any of my rides.
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And, of course, the bike, at 59cm (c-c) is just too big for me:-(
The black anodized stuff will go on my ALAN, freeing up a near perfect Shimano 600 grouppo. Perhaps the black anodized Rino hubs will also find their way there. Pretty soon, I will have to use night vision, just to find that old Italian beauty. I really like that bike, both in appearance and ride quality.
Anyway, thought you might like to have a peek at what I think might be an early Gardin.
Oh, I almost forgot. The bike was equipped with a beautiful, all chrome Colnago embossed hand pump. It, too, is too big for any of my rides.
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I myself have a later Gardin Special, and it is a wonderful ride. Shame that this one doesn't fit you - Or me for that matter!
My joy is in finding the black Italian components and the grouppo is in great shape, as is the bicycle itself.
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I am facinated by the RINO parts, have never seen them.
So often, asian manufactured items are "knock-offs" of a western brand but RINO seems to be a european knock-off of suntour parts.
https://www.disraeligears.co.uk/Site/..._style%29.html
So often, asian manufactured items are "knock-offs" of a western brand but RINO seems to be a european knock-off of suntour parts.
https://www.disraeligears.co.uk/Site/..._style%29.html
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I am facinated by the RINO parts, have never seen them.
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Have a look at my "found in the dump" Cambio Rino 2000, the predecessor to the Gardin line. The 2000 now lives in Thailand.
those are all awesome looking bikes. I am partial to your personal Gardin Special though. It looks perfect.
On this Cambio rino, is that a 3 speed on the hub?
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Nice bikes , I like the mix of chrome and paint on that 50th anniversary's fork. Interesting to know that Cambio Rino became Gardin. Since you seem to like these bikes, here is a picture of a Cambio Rino I found at the flea market.
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On this Cambio rino, is that a 3 speed on the hub?
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I was just gonna comment on the Rino rear derailleur till someone else brought up the sunTour knock off. Rino musta been pretty gutsy, wonder if they got hit with a copyright lawsuit infringement, that looks like it runs a slant parrelelogram, possibly before the patent was still running? Well, unless of course sunTour just built it for em/
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Rino did develop a slant parallelogram dérailleur in 1978 that was a blatant and butt ugly copy of Suntour's Cyclone and their later Crono dérailleurs also borrow heavily on Suntour designs... they may have paid licensing fees for these and the Crono series are a very nice shifting rear d that is also extremely lightweight.
The licensing makes some sense as Suntour, being Japanese, may have had some difficulty in the European market in the late seventies but an Italian company using Suntour designs would have had a considerable edge over much of the domestic competition.
The licensing makes some sense as Suntour, being Japanese, may have had some difficulty in the European market in the late seventies but an Italian company using Suntour designs would have had a considerable edge over much of the domestic competition.
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the Crono series are a very nice shifting rear d that is also extremely lightweight
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Too bad they screwed up the seat stay.
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