Chuck's earlier post makes me agree that there may be questions about the brake levers. The bike in questions is however post-1952, so the brake hoods won't point one way or the other. In Augendre's book, you can also see Coppi with Vittoria donut ring 'full' brake hoods prior to 1952.
Steven
> Universal levers with full hoods and adjusting barrels date back to at
least
> 1952. See pgs 14, 70 and 133 of Jacques Augendre's book on Fausto Coppi.
>
> The Universal logo was included on the hoods at least as far back as
1958 -
> see pg 44 of the same book.
>
> Pictures from 1951 show Coppi's bikes equipped without full hoods or
> adjusting barrels. See pg 31 of the same book.
>
> Aldo Ross
> Skinner's Terrace, Ohio
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Kurt Sperry <kurtsperry@netscape.net>
> To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 8:25 PM
> Subject: [CR]Was eBay Bianchi, Now Universal Brake Dating
>
>
> > I stand corrected on the brakes being wrong, but that raises a couple of
> questions: Why are the front brake shoes ALL the way out in their slots?
> I've never seen a facory bike like that. When did the levers with the '60s
> '70s style Universal logo gum hoods and adjusting barrels seen on the
> Bianchi first appear? Again, I can't recall seeing that style of lever on
> such an old bike as OE before.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Kurt Sperry in now dark Bellingham WA
> >
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