Fa un temps vaig comprar un joc de calques MIELE, pensava que algun dia toparia amb una bici d'aquesta marca i les faria servir per restaurar-la. Però no n'hi han. Eren fetes al Canadà i per aquí en deurien arribar amb comptagotes.
Com que tenia una bicicleta sense adhesius ni marca amb un shimano 105 gairebé complet per restaurar vaig decidir "fabricar" una Miele inventada. No pas amb ànims d'engatussar ningú sinó per donar a parlar sobre aquesta casa.
Aquí un petit escrit estret de Pedal Magazine:
Pedal Magazine wrote: The Canadian cycling community has lost Jim Miele, most famous for Miele bicycles, who passed away on January 12, 2003.
Born in Casino, Italy, Miele came to Canada with his family when he was six years old. His love of bicycle racing began at a young age under the guidance of his father, also a cyclist. Jim went on to be educated and work as an engineer in Toronto. Later, he returned to bicycles and with his father began the International Bicycle stores.
Inspired by Italian-made bikes imported into Canada, Miele began building his own frames. He sponsored the well-known Catena and Miele cycling teams and also introduced the weekday and weekend criterium series to Toronto.
Miele was instrumental in bringing the famous Carlsberg Grand Prix series to the streets of Toronto. In the early '90s, with an upsurge in mass-made bikes and weakened demand for companies such as Jim's, he returned to retail, operating various stores such as Peel Cycle and and the Bike Factory. Jim Miele has many long-time customers and friends who will always remember his stores, frames, teams and races. Miele is survived by his wife, Valerie, and stepson, Wayne.
El grup
shimano 105 golden arrow sorti al mercat al 1983, amb detalls molt cuidats i amb una fletxa daurada gravada a cada component.
- Quadre 56 x 57 cms (ctc)
- Direcció, pedalier, bieles y cambis : SHIMANO 105 "GOLDEN ARROW" (bieles de 170 mm)
- Cadena SHIMANO CN-HG70
- Ponts de fre: Shimano Dura Ace
- Manetes de fre: Shimano 600
- Rodes: carrets ZEUS , llantes MAVIC MODULE-E2 ARGENT, cobertes MICHELIN DINAMIC 700 x 23C
- Pinyó ATOM MAILLARD de 6 corones (14-16-18-20-22-24), plats de 52 x 42
- Potència 3ttt de 115mm
- Manillar Cinelli Giro d'Italia 64-40 amb cinta de manillar GEORGE SOREL blanca
- tija seient SIMPLEX? 26,0 mm amb seient "selle italiaTURBO SUPER"
- Pedals MAILLARD CXC, calapeus y corretjes CHRISTOPHE
A dia 30 de juny se n'ha anat, amb unes altres rodes, amb pneumàtics més gruixuts aptes per les rutes pedregoses menorquines, a viure l'estiu.
Bona sort, gràcies X.
