Marelli bicycle?
04-13-23, 06:20 AM
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Marelli bicycle?
Local ad mentions a Marelli bicycle - nasty campag steel mechs, ballila brakes.
Google shows no such beast.
I have a Gitane with a Magneti-Marelli spark plug, but that's pretty far from a bike-boom ten-speed.
Prhas the listing is a mis-spelling of something else?
Google shows no such beast.
I have a Gitane with a Magneti-Marelli spark plug, but that's pretty far from a bike-boom ten-speed.
Prhas the listing is a mis-spelling of something else?
04-13-23, 07:58 AM
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there is a retail cycle shop by that name
so it might be a house brand for them
https://www.facebook.com/marellibikes/
https://www.instagram.com/marellibikes/?hl=en
there is a Marelli marque of motorcycles
it was common in the past for makers of motorcycles to also offer bicycles
two examples have encountered are Tansini & Terrot
your description sounds like a machine which could have been contract produced by Chiorda
here is a bicycle bell marked with the name of the G. Marelli motorcycle enterprise -
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there is a retail cycle shop by that name
so it might be a house brand for them
https://www.facebook.com/marellibikes/
https://www.instagram.com/marellibikes/?hl=en
there is a Marelli marque of motorcycles
it was common in the past for makers of motorcycles to also offer bicycles
two examples have encountered are Tansini & Terrot
your description sounds like a machine which could have been contract produced by Chiorda
here is a bicycle bell marked with the name of the G. Marelli motorcycle enterprise -
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04-14-23, 08:49 AM
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seller seems to be trying to get the most out of it as a kind of part out...
they are offering the fittings as a lot without a frame or wheels
wonder if perhaps frame the recipient of a pretzlization and listing represents an attempt to extract a few dollars...
seller gives date of 1971 for machine from which fittings come
kitting lines right up with how a base model Chiorda product would have looked at that time
good possibility it may have been contract produced for the G. Marelli motorcycle firm
https://www.kijiji.ca/v-other-bike/b...971/1656335444
should you wish to explore further you could check to see if CA had an agent for G. Marelli motorcycles at this era
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seller seems to be trying to get the most out of it as a kind of part out...
they are offering the fittings as a lot without a frame or wheels
wonder if perhaps frame the recipient of a pretzlization and listing represents an attempt to extract a few dollars...
seller gives date of 1971 for machine from which fittings come
kitting lines right up with how a base model Chiorda product would have looked at that time
good possibility it may have been contract produced for the G. Marelli motorcycle firm
https://www.kijiji.ca/v-other-bike/b...971/1656335444
should you wish to explore further you could check to see if CA had an agent for G. Marelli motorcycles at this era
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04-14-23, 11:20 AM
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I asked (well of course I did):
"The frame was cracked in place where it could not be fixed and went in the garbage"
Mirella possible, Ballila was mis-spelt.
"The frame was cracked in place where it could not be fixed and went in the garbage"
Mirella possible, Ballila was mis-spelt.
04-14-23, 03:14 PM
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yes, certainly easy to do, even you have done it.
this retail cycle shop in Lambiate, Italy says it has been in operation for fifty-seven year so its launch would have been in nineteen sixty-six
possible subject cycle could have been a house brand one done for them...
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yes, certainly easy to do, even you have done it.
this retail cycle shop in Lambiate, Italy says it has been in operation for fifty-seven year so its launch would have been in nineteen sixty-six
possible subject cycle could have been a house brand one done for them...
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04-14-23, 03:43 PM
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It's a Mirella bike. Pretty rare. They were considered higher end back in the early 70s but they were heavy by today's standards.
Here's a pic of the Mirella I used to have. If you google Mirella images this pic and a few others of the same bike will show up.
To the best of my knowledge, this bike is now in the Tennessee Transportation Museum.
Here's a pic of the Mirella I used to have. If you google Mirella images this pic and a few others of the same bike will show up.
To the best of my knowledge, this bike is now in the Tennessee Transportation Museum.
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