tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post5494162854200307281..comments2024-03-28T11:56:48.304-04:00Comments on The Retrogrouch: Ben Lawee DesignedBrookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12110998345857993287noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post-53024536532182419042022-04-08T15:30:58.037-04:002022-04-08T15:30:58.037-04:00Hi there: Does anyone know who might be interested...Hi there: Does anyone know who might be interested in buying my Italvega 10 speed? I have been the only owner since 1974 and the bike is well taken care of. Thanks. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15134632590152125955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post-50095320273798434752020-09-18T17:47:39.358-04:002020-09-18T17:47:39.358-04:00Your father Randy had me design that building on S...Your father Randy had me design that building on Signal Hill Long Beach 1985 or 86. I designed all of the foyer and the ceilings as well. Ben gave a bicycle Alpiona Uno as a gift. And I drove that chocolate ferarri to the building department to obtain the building permit. Your father was the greatest impact of my life and I thank Morris Group and Associates AIA for all he has done for me from the bottom if my soul. I miss your father and Mr Lawee immensely. Brian Corntassel in God's graceBrianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17529544492808241805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post-69217903424548588162020-06-29T17:10:27.125-04:002020-06-29T17:10:27.125-04:00Padua in Italian is Padova and the abbreviation or...Padua in Italian is Padova and the abbreviation or acronym TORPADO is thus not rough at all: TORresini PADOva<br />Some Italian cities' names are slightly different than an "international" historic version used in several languages, not just in English.<br /><br />Had a 1994 Via De Oro with fenders and SPD click pedals with a platform that I rode a lot for commuting, leisure and training, long before cross-over, cyclocross, gravel or hybrid became common terms.<br /><br />Thanks for this website!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post-77327045943617353992020-04-22T16:51:43.813-04:002020-04-22T16:51:43.813-04:00Hi, my dad designed a building for Ben in the eigh...Hi, my dad designed a building for Ben in the eighties and we got a couple of bikes from him. My brother got a Motobecane and I got a Univega. My dad also bought a couple of vintage cars from Ben that he had imported from Italy, a Ferrari and a Bugatti. I remember him as a really soft spoken humble man.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03732272319652269033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post-64028954684902303382019-12-12T13:17:41.756-05:002019-12-12T13:17:41.756-05:00I'm inclined to think that your bike with the ...I'm inclined to think that your bike with the Italian sticker and the catalog are right.Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07155391319606812982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post-34978679135491742752019-12-12T13:15:05.835-05:002019-12-12T13:15:05.835-05:00There was one year in 1980, where the Italvega nam...There was one year in 1980, where the Italvega name was dropped , but the two top Univega models were still made in Italy. My 1980 Univega Supelight was gold, is made with Columbus SL tubing , has a full chromed fork and other chrome accents, has all Italian componants , including Campy record and super record , and had a neat little decal on the seat tube that read "Made in Italy". Now I got into an argument a while back with someone who said he new Lawee who said they never had an Italian Univega , but I'm sitting right here next to mine. The salesman at Jone's told me it was Italian made and so does the 1980 catalog. Who do you think is right? Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08695739527247695836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post-85415571541220576902018-05-06T10:58:54.816-04:002018-05-06T10:58:54.816-04:00Most interesting. Thank you.Most interesting. Thank you.Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09710715433883677736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post-37642978718095108362018-05-04T13:32:06.759-04:002018-05-04T13:32:06.759-04:00Awesome. Thanks for filling in that hole in my kno...Awesome. Thanks for filling in that hole in my knowledge base. <br /><br />Oddly, for whatever reason I was just thinking of that last image "Lawee design" on a Univega last night, (haven't seen a Univega in the shop in a bit now though), so why? I cannot answer, but the universe works in weird ways. <br /><br />Saw the sticker more times than I can count in the shop I worked at that sold Univega BITD, never knew who the name was referring to, now, I do! =:)MendonCycleSmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02213406716238931069noreply@blogger.com