Just to add to Aldo's excellent post:
Girardengo, Constante (1893- ?) Italian road cyclist. He was the first rider to be declared a "campionissimo," or "champion of champions." He was Italian road champion a record nine times in a row. But for the intervention of World War I, when no national championship was held in Italy from 1915 to 1918, the record might have been even greater. He won the Milano-San Remo a record six times.
His palmarès include: 1913 Italian Road Championship 1914 Italian Road Championship; Milano-Torino 1915 Milano-Torino 1918 Milano-San Remo 1919 Giro del Piemonte; Giro d'Italia; Italian Road Championship; Milano-Torino; Giro di Lombardia 1920 Giro del Piemonte; Italian Road Championship; Milano-Torino 1921 Italian Road Championship; Milano-San Remo; Giro di Lombardia 1922 Italian Road Championship; Giro di Lombardia 1923 Italian Road Championship; Milano-San Remo; Milano-Torino 1924 Giro del Piemonte; Giro d'Italia; Italian Road Championship 1925 Italian Road Championship; Milano-San Remo 1926 Milano-San Remo 1927 Milano-San Remo
Chuck Schmidt
Aldo Ross wrote:
>
> Girardengo bikes were assembled in the prison in Alessandria, Italy. The
> company was started after WW2, and still existed until last year. Please
> see my Girardengo photoalbum at:
>
> http://albums.photopoint.com/
>
> Aldo Ross
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: D. Kennard <d.kennard@home.com>
> To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 6:57 PM
> Subject: [CR]Girardengo Art....
>
> >
> > Hi gang,
> >
> > What do you all know about the marque Girardengo?
> > Were these the frames built by the artists living
> > in "art colonies"? I just picked up a pretty crusty one
> > that I'm guessing was built mid-late '50s. It has Campy
> > dropouts, the early Record hubs that don't say "Record",
> > Gran Sport deraileurs with the cable adjuster on the rear,
> > Magistroni cranks, Ambrosio stem & bars. I felt sorry for it;
> > it looked lonely just sitting there (price was very right).
> > Where can I find some info. on them? Thanks again,
> >
> > Duane Kennard
> >
> > P.S.- it not only has a cool headbadge, but a cool seat tube
> > badge too....