Bless you Dave! The catalog (340 pgs), as you said, is more or less a time capsule of what racers were using in the early 1950s.
This is the truly epic era of Gino Bartali and Fausto Coppi post WWII and should be everyone's next period to concentrate on after they have become jaded with collecting and riding 1970s era bicycles we all love.
Everyone should buy a copy for themselves and one for a friend ;) (It's going to take quite a while for Steven and I to recoup our investment.)
Chuck Schmidt SoPas, SoCal http://www.velo-retro.com (REPRINTS REPRINTS REPRINTS)
Dave Patrick wrote:
>
> I just received my copy of the Emilio Bozzi catalog from Chuck/Velo-Retro
> and this item is a gem! The catalog is circa 1951-52, if I am not mistaken,
> and it's full of wonderful pictures of just about every damn bicycle
> component you could imagine from that era. Remember the discussion related
> to Universal brakes among CR members last month? Well, there are multiple
> sets of Universal brakes shown over multiple pages, showing all different
> caliper configurations etc. The Campy Corsa and Campy Parix-Roubaix are
> show in detail, with all separate parts listed for repair/replacement. And
> the quality of this reprint is the best that I've seen in the 8-10 reprints
> that I've received from Chuck over the past two years or so. No, I'm not
> working on commission here, but I did just pick up a '46 Legnano w/Cambio
> Corsa and this reprint is going to be extremely beneficial in the
> restoration of this bike. I would highly recommend this reprint to anyone
> on the CR list w/an interest in bikes of this era, as the information
> contained within is almost nonexistent anywhere else. And a special tip of
> the hat to Steve Maasland, who was the owner of the original catalog and
> worked a deal w/Chuck to allow this reprint.
>
> Dave Patrick
> Chelsea, Michigan