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I bet when you hit 55 miles per hour going down hill on that bike, a little spoiler flicks up :lol:

 

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No , but did you know , you can also buy corrado shoes ?.

 

I might get some to go with my Corrado pants and socks :dance::lol:

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But on a serious note not sure about the history of the Corrado bike, can't really find anything on Google.

 

There's a guy called Corrado Herin he sadly died in a plane crash in late March this year, looks like he was a mountain bike racing champion, not sure if they named the bike after him, he was racing in the early 1990s right up until 2016 I think.

 

Here's the link below:

 

https://www.wideopenmountainbike.com/2019/04/italian-mountain-bike-legend-corrado-herin-passes-away

 

Si

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Makes sense that he might have endorsed or otherwise lent his name to a line of bikes.

 

It would look cool in one of those ultra-rare Thule Corrado roof racks! Would be a great photo.

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Makes sense that he might have endorsed or otherwise lent his name to a line of bikes.

 

It would look cool in one of those ultra-rare Thule Corrado roof racks! Would be a great photo.

 

 

Definitely.

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I might get some to go with my Corrado pants and socks :dance::lol:

 

Hope you have deep pockets, they are Italian and look very expensive lol

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Hope you have deep pockets, they are Italian and look very expensive lol

 

My pockets Rob are always normally empty,

the joys of owning a Corrado for the last 17 years :lol:

 

:shocked!: No way those Corrado shoes are £££

Just had a look on Fleebay :shocked!:

 

Si

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The Bikes were made by a couple of guys in the med 90's from the Manchester/Liverpool area, I work in the cycle trade and have done for 28 years.

The shop I used to work at was approached by them for us to become a stockist but we didn't bother as they were similar to other brands around at the time.

 

They did sponsor a UK team at one point too and one of their riders John Tanner went on to win thew National Road Race Championships thus becoming a great advert for their bikes.

 

When they came into the shop I already had my 16v and my boss asked them about where they got the name from, They hadn't even heard of a VW Corrado lol! and they got the name from a suggestion of the name to use from a wind over a few beers aparantly

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The Bikes were made by a couple of guys in the med 90's from the Manchester/Liverpool area, I work in the cycle trade and have done for 28 years.

The shop I used to work at was approached by them for us to become a stockist but we didn't bother as they were similar to other brands around at the time.

 

They did sponsor a UK team at one point too and one of their riders John Tanner went on to win thew National Road Race Championships thus becoming a great advert for their bikes.

 

When they came into the shop I already had my 16v and my boss asked them about where they got the name from, They hadn't even heard of a VW Corrado lol! and they got the name from a suggestion of the name to use from a wind over a few beers aparantly

 

Great story - interesting to have some background on these!

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