Velopress is pleased to announce the release of the new book, italian racing bicycles. Trade enquiries on 07721 766904 for the torpado city models. Trade enquiries on 07721 766904 for the torpado mtb, mtb full suspension, corsa, superleggere, trekking, city and vintage models. Steel vintage bikes torpado classic road bike 1970s. Buy a huge range of new and used torpado bikes, from. Cavarzere, ve produzione di biciclette da corsa, mountain bike e city bike in carbonio e non. Torpado is an italian bicycle manufacturing company that was founded in 1895 in padua, italy. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page.
Between 1951 and 1962, torpado sponsored a professional road cycling team that competed in 11 editions of the giro ditalia. A torpado was built to last a lifetime, and like with most things, get better with age. Velonews will be posting new excerpts from the book. The torpado bicycle is one of those sleeper bicycles, so to speak.
List a bike that you want to sell or trade for free. Choppers magazine january 1978 history of englands bsa motorcycles, feature bikes of the us, more. The decals are worn, but we decided not to repaint or apply new decals as it takes away from the history of these now rare bikes. Ive owned this beautiful pink torpado for about five years. Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. Shortly thereafter, around 1987, bicycle production was ceased. Though well made and thought out, the bicycle never seemed to attain the popularity of other rides, such as colnago, pinarello and bianchi. For much of the 20th century, the history of the bicycle was muddied by the proprietary claims and myths of competing industrial nations. Easily share your publications and get them in front of issuus.
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