I own a 1961 german made "Rabeneick Campagnolo" that is made from Falk
Libellula type tubing. This was, as i understand it, the top level
tubeset of Falk. It has no decals, but each tube is engraved with the
Libellula sign that are more or less visible, possbly depending on the
skill of the guy who prepared the frame for chroming.
Pictures aof a very similar frame can be found at the wooljersey
gallery at
http://www.wooljersey.com/
there is also a picture of a Libellula decal shown here. Is that the decal one can find at the Frejus?
pic of mine are at
http://www.tourgalerie.de/
Martin Appel Munich, BY, Germany
joebz@optonline.net schrieb:
>I am more used to an understated small triangular decal for Falck
>tubing. In the US it is often seen on the Frejus Tour de France 2nd
>model and the comparable Legnano. Falck seems like a fine quality
>tube set.
>
>Boy does that Aquila in Italian Ebay look rough. Yuck.
>
>Joe Bender-Zanoni
>Great Notch, NJ
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Fred Rafael Rednor <fred_rednor@yahoo.com>
>Date: Saturday, January 28, 2006 7:58 pm
>Subject: [CR]Falck tubing decals!
>
>> There is an auction on Italian eBay, that Steven Maasland
>> pointed out, for some later Balilla brakes. Sadly, I can't
>> provide any answers to his questions beyong hearing stories
>> like this about other smaller Italian manufacturers all the
>> time. But I have no way of knowing which ones are completely
>> true, which ones are exaggerations and which ones are
>> misunderstandings.
>>
>> Anyway, what also intrigued me, was the 52cm frame this seller
>> had for sale. It's made from Falck tubing and has an actual
>> Falck decal:
>>
>>
>http://cgi.ebay.it/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7215217987&ssPageName=MERC_VI_ReBay_Pr4_PcY_BID_IT
>>
>> In the past, I've dealt with frames that were sold as being
>> made from Falck tubes but I don't remember seeing actual
>> insignias on the frame. (I've never felt there was a reason to
>> doubt the Falck representations. That is, if you're looking at
>> a frame that feels as light as a Columbus frame; and has all
>> the same dimensions; and whose steering tube looks like a
>> Columbus frame; and the vendor says "well it's from Falck", why
>> would I doubt it?)
>>
>> Perhaps the circa 1980s Oschner frames that were made from
>> Falck tubes had those decals but I've never handled one of
>> those bikes. The ones with which I'm familiar were Italian
>> bikes from the 1960s and '70s.
>> Cheers,
>> Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia (USA)
>>
>> --- The Maaslands <TheMaaslands@comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>> > The text that accompanies the following Italian ebay auction:
>> >
>> >
>> http://cgi.ebay.it/
>> >
>> > States that there ia a relationship between Balilla brakes,
>> > Galli and
>> > Sannino. Has anybody ever heard this before? The translation
>> > of the
>> > auction text says:
>> >
>> > Complete set of lightened racing brakes, made up of levers
>> > and calipers.
>> > They come from a racing bike from the early 80's, perfectly
>> > maintained
>> > and functional. The Balilla brand is part of the Italian
>> > cycling
>> > history: The launch ramp for Sannino products, through whom
>> > these became
>> > known throughout the world. They date from 1981, the year in
>> > which the
>> > Piedmontese company sponsored the Polish national team, as
>> > well as the
>> > juniors and women's team of the former USSR. In 1982, Cicli
>> > Sannino
>> > transferred to their new baase in via Montemagno in Turin,
>> > subentering
>> > into the company Galli, responsible for the famous Balilla
>> > bicycle
>> > brakes. A new look that permitted them to work throughout the
>> > whole
>> > production cycle, from brazing, to painting, up until the
>> > building up of
>> > the fianl product, the bicycle.
>> >
>> > Steven Maasland
>> > Moorestown, NJ
>>
>>
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