Jim McCoin wrote:
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> Hi List members , recently mention was made of a Fausto Coppi Bianchi to be auctioned off and lot of comments were made about how unoriginal it was . Are any pictures available on the Web, the reason I ask is, after following the links from the Velo Retro site to the Fausto Coppi site there is a photo of the shrine with a very non stock Bianchi , could that possibly be the bike?
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> If its not the bike , how could something as unoriginal as that be at shrine . With as many fans as Fausto has , someone must have mentioned it to someone .
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> As they say on the street "what's up with that"
As you can imagine Fausto Coppi road a lot of bikes in his career. And he was a big deal from the late 30s til his death in 1960, so his bikes would have all been revered.
Here's his '49 TdF winning bike at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Ghisallo
at Como, Italy. Looks like the real deal to me:
http://netcowork.it/
Here's another at Coppi's monument:
http://www.geocities.com/
Not so real deal. I particularly like the Campagnolo Record brakes from post 1968. Frame fit Silca pump from mid 1970s. Also the Cinelli stem from '63 or later. Can't make out the rear derailleur. "What's up with that?" I couldn't even begin to guess. But I'm sure if not some of the parts, the bike however was ridden by Coppi.
Neither of these are the bike for auction.
Chuck Schmidt
SoPas, SoCal