The model name is written on the shifting fork - "Paris-Poubaix", similar to the "Paris-Roubaix", which was the back-pedal shifter.
Aldo Poss
BlueBall, Ohio
> Hi gang:
>
> Thanks for all the positive, friendly comments about my Cirque photos. I
> have culled the various posts about them and have updated the captions on
> the pages mentioned.
>
> Please don't bury me with requests, but if there's a bicycle pictured
> that REALLY merits a caption, please send it my way. Include the full URL
> of the page in question and I'll add your caption (probably).
>
> Also, is that Wesley Gadd riding the "Wesley Gadd" bike in some of the
> pix? If he or someone can enlighten me about him and his bike, it would
> be nice to give him a few lines since I tried to recognize all the frame
> builders that were in attendance.
>
> Finally, in the following link, is this also a Cambio Corsa or was this
> version called something else? I believe it doesn't require back-pedaling
> to shift, as the Cambio Corsa required. I loved the Ed Litton bike with
> the Cambio set-up on it and am thinking of asking Ed to build me a new
> bike around one of these systems. I think I'd rather have this set-up
> that doesn't require the back-pedaling, though.
>
> Cambio Corsa?
> http://www.adventurecorps.com/
> DSCN2412.html
>
> Me, Ed Litton, and his Cambio bike:
> http://www.adventurecorps.com/
> DSCN2522.html (For me, this photo sums up the entire Cirque Du Cyclisme
> experience: Ed Litton and I stand with his 2005 bicycle which I just took
> for a spin. Ed's bike is a bridge between old and new classic bicycles;
> with lugs resurrected from an old Italian bike, plus a Cambio Corsa
> four-cog gear changer, it appeals to me because it brings alive a period
> of time long gone by, but not forgotten. This moment wouldn't have
> happened without the Cirque providing a forum for meeting, hanging out,
> and riding with friends, peers, idols, riders, historians, and builders:
> all lovers of the craft and the sport whom I'm very grateful to have
> met.)
>
> Oh, one last comment: I am VERY DISAPPOINTED that the new Cirque date
> will preclude my attendance next year. At that time, I'll be in San
> Francisco to host the start of the Trans-America Cycling Classic, a
> 5,000km race from SF to DC without support vehicles (brevet style). I
> hate when these kinds of scheduling conflicts arise, but I know it's
> inevitable. Info at http://www.transamracing.org. I'll really miss all of
> you at the Cirque in 2006! I salute Dale for making this wonderful event
> happen every year!
>
> All the best
> Chris Kostman
> Oak Park, CA, USA