Bernardi cycles???

[FiveAlpha]

Not 'De Bernardi' but just 'Bernardi'. I've seen them about, here in Denmark, but I've just picked on up - a late 90s model made of Columbus Altec, with Bernardi stamped dropouts.

A Google search returns almost nothing. The frame declares 'Hand built in Italy' but I don't know much else. Does anyone have any knowledge to share?

Thanks

 

[jim haseltine]

This might be a bit of 2+2=5, but it's likely morphed into BRN Bike Parts.
https://brn.it/
"La storia di BRN ha inizio a Forlimpopoli, nel cuore della Romagna, all’inizio degli anni ’40. Una piccola bottega di riparazione di biciclette, che con il tempo ha continuato a crescere e ad evolversi, grazie all’abile e attenta visione imprenditoriale di Guglielmo Bernardi prima, del figlio Natalino poi e oggi dei suoi figli Marco e Gianluca Bernardi, nipoti del fondatore."
"The history of BRN begins in Forlimpopoli, in the heart of Romagna, in the early 1940s. A small bicycle repair shop, which over time has continued to grow and evolve, thanks to the skilful and careful entrepreneurial vision of Guglielmo Bernardi first, then of his son Natalino and today of his sons Marco and Gianluca Bernardi, grandsons of the founder."

Steel frames on pages 782/783 in the 'vintage' section of their catalogue. https://www.brn.it/BRN-Catalogo-Online-ITA.html

 

[chickendrumsticks]

Nailed it. Great research.