Prinetti & Stucchi
Prinetti & Stucchi, later Stucchi & Co., was an Italian maker of sewing machines, bicycles and motorized vehicles, established in Milan in 1883. It was owned by engineers and politicians and Giulio Prinetti (1851–1908).
Cycle manufacture[]
In 1892 Stucchi Prinetti & Stucchi began manufacturing bicycles.
In 1914 Alfonso Calzolari rode a Stucchi to victory in the Giro d'Italia, and the 1919 Giro d'Italia was won by Costante Girardengo on a Stucchi.
Motor manufacture[]
In 1899 Prinetti & Stucchi started manufacturing motorized tricycles and quadricycles. The Tipo 1, a motorized tricycle utilizing two De Dion engines and a Rochet-Schneider frame, was designed by Ettore Bugatti. In 1900 Bugatti participated in the Targa Rignano in a quadricycle.
As appears in the magazine "El Fígaro" on September 3, In 1899, the first motorcycle entered Havana, Cuba. A Prinetti & Stucchi brand tricycle. I had a benzine engine, Prinetti patent, design simple, easy to maneuver, based on a frame that joined the three wheels or support points; its engine was placed in the center of gravity, looking this one that made it a stable motorcycle on any type of surface. At those moments the French-made DeDion Bouton engine, led the motorized market.
In 1901 the company was renamed Stucchi & Co. when Giulio Prinetti left to become Italian minister of foreign affairs 1901-03.[1] The reorganisation also triggered Ettore Bugatti's emigration to France where he established the Bugatti car works.
Automobile production stopped in 1906.[2]
Electrical company[]
The Stucchi-Prinetti family founded the Società Generale Elettrica dell'Adamello electric company in 1907.
Family[]
It is the owner of the castle in Tuscany.
See also[]
- List of bicycle parts
- List of Italian companies
References[]
- ^ John Salvi. "BADIA A COLTIBUONO" (2005). john.salvi.free.fr. Retrieved 2010-07-04.
- ^ pictures and short story from wheelsofitaly.com
- First motorcycle entered Havana, Cuba.
- Book: History of Motorcycles in Cuba.
- MOTOS EN CUBA - LAS MOTOS DE LA INDEPENDENCIA (1885-1940).
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