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Updated 1/9/2004               Click on images to see larger view

wpe1.jpg (29795 bytes)   Started out as Vittorio Rossi in 1902 and began producing bikes in 1906, bought out after WWI by Emilio Bozzi who also owned the Frejus & Wolsit labels. In the mid 1970s, Mr. Bozzi was assassinated by the radical Italian Red Guard party and the Bozzi thereafter family withdrew from business altogether. Later, in the 1980s, Legnano brand was acquired by Bianchi and given brief production including sponsorship of Maurizio Fondriests team..

History as described by Bianchi


Aldo Ross' 1962 Legnano
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(some of these pictures from the 2001 Cirque du Cyclisme.)

Aldo's Legnano photo album


Late 1960s~early 1970s (?) Legnano frame set (10 pictures)

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A very nice Legnano at auction on eBay in 2002.

         


Ted  Williams early 1970s bike.

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M. Barry's classic green bike...

  


Details of Tom Lauer's early 1970s bike..

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Rick Chafian's 1972 bike

           
 


1989: The last hurrah for Legnano in the pro ranks...
Maurizio Fondriest's team.

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1980s Legnano

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