Mark,
No apologies necessary. In fact, no problem at all. Sorry to hear about your work situation. On my web site, you find the subscription info ($ 40 for overseas). I have access to all those mags, so thank you for your offer. People buy VBQ for the info, not just because of the Rebour drawings. If anything, they'd like your drawings to complement what they see in VBQ. There are so many great topics that I don't think VBQ can cover them all in the next decade or two! I just discovered an autobiography by André Leducq, from the 1970s, lots of great photos, and more, all in Le Cycle, over many months. If it is as great as it seems, it'll make its way into VBQ one day. Even a Rebour drawing of one of his bikes, variously labeled as 1920 or 1910s. Hmm, must have been drawn from a photo. And I doubt that the legend claiming a 20 kg weight for the bike is correct - although I have heard that racing bikes went backwards during that time. After all, 10 kg (22 lbs.) was considered OK for a good racing bike around 1900.
Campy - I wish we had some better sources from Italy. Seems like they just made stuff, but didn't document it much, or more likely, the documentation hasn't reached us yet. All the info on the first Gran Sport derailleurs comes from Le Cycle and other French sources. In France, the racers didn't care much either, it was the cyclotourists (like Rebour) who were fanatical about equipment.
Take care,
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Jan Heine, Seattle
Editor/Publisher
Vintage Bicycle Quarterly
http://www.mindspring.com/
First let me apologise to Jan. I did not intend to take custom away from your no doubt excellent magazine. (BTW how much is an overseas sub and could I paypal?) I did check your website and didn't see any reference to the pages from 1946-7. I had intended to send you scans or a disc for your site but I am currently out of work and what with eBay and a healthy dose of necessity I took the advice of a friend and listed them. They are 1st generation photocopies from bound volumes belonging to an old friend. The paper has stayed remarkably white considering the age and acid content. I guess they have been kept out of the light too. Secondly the object Bob refers to is a front luggage rack with twin headlights in hammered aluminium (dural martele) by Luxor. I hope you don't think I am drumming up trade here but drawing No9 from the November 1947 "Salon" shows a Campagnolo quick release with a cross-hatched texture to the lever, no Campag logo. Are there any earlier illustrations of ANYTHING Campagnolo? It seems hard to believe that Tullio and his albeit small company were making items from the mid 1930's and no photos or drawings exist apart from the patents.
Mark Stevens, Dingwall. Scotland