Re: [CR]Pic of the Day 12th June

(Example: Events:Cirque du Cyclisme:2007)

From: "aldoross" <aldoross4@siscom.net>
To: "r cielec" <teaat4p@yahoo.com>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <20040612191350.42698.qmail@web52008.mail.yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Pic of the Day 12th June
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 22:03:00 -0400


----- Original Message ----- From: r cielec <teaat4p@yahoo.com>
> Is that pump a Silca?
> Richard Cielec
> Chicago, Illinois

In the original magazine image it certainly looks like a period Silca Impero, with the correct handle shape and molded-in rings at the base.

Aldo Ross
Blue Ball, Ohio


----- Original Message -----
From: r cielec
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2004 3:13 PM
Subject: Re: [CR]Pic of the Day 12th June



> Is that pump a Silca?
> Richard Cielec
> Chicago, Illinois
>
> aldoross <aldoross4@siscom.net> wrote:
> (I'm re-sending this because it didn't go through correctly the first time.)
>
> Pic of the Day
> 12th June
> Long-levered Campagnolo cambio Corsa shifter.
>
> Finally found a picture of a professional racer using this shifter!
> Unidentified rider, unidentified event, but I think it's Mario Fazio at the
> 1948 Tour de France, with a mechanic examining the long-levered version of
> the Cambio Corsa. From "But et Club - Numero Special - Tour de France 50",
> June, 1950.
>
> http://www.birfield.com/nuke/modules/gallery/album17/Long2Lever
>
> Aldo Ross
> Blue Ball, Ohio