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The ITALVEGA
brand bicycle line was designed, imported, marketed and sold
by Ben Lawee
(1926–2002)
in California from about 1970
until the late 1970s. Starting as a bike shop owner,
Lawee imported
Bianchi
and
Legnano
bicycles, and was a distributor for
Raleigh
and
Motobecane. Lawee also
created the
Univega and
Bertoni bicycle brands.
These Italvega bikes were built by
Torpado in Padua, Italy;
this company was owned by the Torresini family. When
Italvega ceased production, Lawee had his new brand, Univega,
made in Japan.
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