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PINO MORONI
Detroit Visionary!
Updated
2/10/2002
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Long before aftermarket lightweight gadgetry was
readily available,
Pino Moroni was working on innovative ways to lighten and improve bicycles. He is
pictured above with his lugged and brazed Titanium track bike, the only such bike in
existence! In cooperation with Cecil Behringer, he devised a special "silver
solder" type method to join the temperamental Titanium tubes!
All photos courtesy of
Mr. Moroni |
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Pino
Moroni passed away in 1999. His innovative mind and resourcefulness will be
remembered and missed in the world of sport bicycling.
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Pino holding rider beginning test
of his complete bike with Dr. Conconi.
Velodrome E.U.R. Roma |
Pino's brainchild! A bulbous
front wheel and made-to-fit front fork, all for aerodynamics....no sooner
constructed but then to be outlawed by the UCI! |
Pino watching
Rossi (32 times Champion
of Italy) & stoker test his radical prototype
Tandem. (look closely at the arrangement
of tubes.) |
Pino's special bottom bracket..
Ahead of his time again! |
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A recollection by David Patrick
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"Like an
airplane", complete with 3 green mice.
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