I picked up a copy of "Bikelore: Some History and Heroes of Cycling" at a local bookstore and it has some good racing/rider stories and pics.
The one story about "Charly Gaul-Angle of the Mountains" was written by none other then Jan Hein. I also noticed some familiar names in the back of the book too. ;-)
Though i guess it might be hard to find a copy. unless another print run was made, since my says only 500 were made.
Eric Acuna Santa Rosa, CA
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Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 18:29:38 EST From: PBridge130@aol.com To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: Re: [CR]Speaking of Faema - Pic of the Day Message-ID: <ac.6b353616.2f22ea62@aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: list Message: 4
In a message dated 1/21/2005 3:58:34 PM Mountain Standard Time, aldoross4@sis com.net writes:
http://www.wooljersey.com/
g.s. Faema rider Charly Gaul (Lux.) on his way to winning the 1958 Tour de France. Bike is a Learco Guerra... probably in the traditional silvery-beige metallic with cream panels and green pinstriping. Note the tiny bit of seatpost showing.
Spectacular, stylish photo. I would never claim to be knowledgeable about racing pre-75 or so, but this bike seems noticeably "modern" -- small flange Campy front hub, side-pull brakes with relatively short reach, large-curve fork blades, and what looks like a fairly tight rear end. I'm loving the downtube cage AND bar cage. Very handsome pic, complimenti!
Cheers,
Peter Bridge