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Hinzufügen kann man noch, dass Pepe’s ominöser Lehrvager René Herse war bei dem er 10 Jahre lang arbeitete. Den 5. Anquetilsieg müsste man mal in den Rebourzeichnungen hervorholen, um zu schauen wie so ein frühes Limongi aussieht. .
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Posted: 26/10/2007
A friend mentioned he has a bike with french threading, I told him I had an old Limongi made in france with french threading. I also mentioned about Limongi’s history. That I was a sales rep for Limongi Bicycles in the early 90’s, which were distributed by PA Hutsebaut, also of french origin, who brought M.Limongi to Canada, to make frames in Montreal. Pierre Hutsebaut was Canadian National Team Road Coach at 1984 Olympics.
My friend was quite interested so I decided to write a little of what I know about him.
Just for reference, back in the old days, pre-1980 , but it continues a little, there was different thread counts & diameter for bicycle stems,headsets,& Bottom bracket shells. There was english, & italian which are still used in BB shells, also french and japanese. None were compatible with the other except English&Italian Headsets.
Giuseppe Limongi was born in France to Italian immigrants, as a young man in his late 20’s or early 30’s he was an apprentice frame builder with the man who supplied Jacques Ancquetil with his frames. M.Limongi eventually bought the enterprise & built the last bicycle used in his last Tour victory his 5th the first man to achieve 5 Tour de France victories.
M.Limongi also manufactured name brand bicycles for famous teams, although it was never officially known who rode them. He made bicycles used by the Renault Elf team of the early 1980’s which included riders Laurent Fignon, Greg Lemond & Pascal Jules. The only rider that it was known for sure who rode a Limongi was Pascal Jules tragically killed in 1987 in a car accident. Pascal Jules was also World Cyclo Cross Champion in the 80’s, & a Tour de France stage winner. Limongi was allowed to have the rainbow stripes decorate his frames.
In the late 70’s & early 80’s many hands on frame buileders were also great machines and carried out other manufacturing to have enough work. M.Limongi made some of the BB Shells that Ernesto Colnago used to make his 1st bikes. He also made BB shells for the 1st aluminum frames Vitus. Also for the 1st Ti bicycles out of the US in the 70’s Teledyne. With Pete Morelli( ?) an american based Italian innovator in cycling.
In Canada, Limongi biccles were made & used for elite racing as well by the 1989 Womens Team Trial Team that went to the World Champs, which I have 1.
They used a 650c Front & a 700c rear common in that era. Also Paolo Saldanha the top Canadian ever at Kona until Peter Reid podiumed. He had a 8h :51 Ironman in 1989 or 1990. M.Limongi & Hutsebaut used mostly Columbus tubing especially SL,SP,SLX, & MS, but used a little Reynolds like 531,653 & 753.
In the mid 90’s with the advent of aluminium, and it’s more elaborate manufacturing processes, including heat treating after frame was welded, spelled the death of the hands on frame builder using Cromo(steel) tubing. M.Limongi retired back in France. There are still great frame builders using Cromo but the demand is less and bicycles are less high performance oriented & more for touring, sport touring & commuting.
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