Re: [CR]A Bianchi replica

(Example: Framebuilding:Brazing Technique)

From: "ternst" <ternst1@cox.net>
To: "Nic Henderson" <nic.henderson@ntlworld.com>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <003001c642ea$8d337ca0$0100a8c0@nicd60e2c6b784>
Subject: Re: [CR]A Bianchi replica
Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 13:38:49 -0800
reply-type=original

That pump looks a little new to be on a Coppi replica bike. Hmmm.


----- Original Message -----
From: Nic Henderson
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 11:57 AM
Subject: [CR]A Bianchi replica



> Hello all, I paid a visit to the National Cycling Collection' (UK) the
> other day. Out of the many bikes there one had me intrigued - a Bianchi
> 'replica' of the type ridden by il 'Campionissimo'. The museum guide
> says '1950 Bianchi (replica) Ridden by Fausto Coppi in the 1959 G.P.
> Campagnolo. This was after his winning ride in the Paris-Roubaix that
> year'.
>
>
> Anyway my question is this, what makes this Bianchi a 'replica' ? Is it
> a replica of Fausto's race bike ie; a genuine Bianchi of that era with a
> race number on it to make it look like Fausto's racing bike or a
> new(ish) frame built from scratch and kitted out with old parts and made
> to look like an old Bianchi (a genuine replica). It looks old to me. The
> man looking after the museum at the time (he wasn't the proprietor)
> didn't seem to know too much about bikes, or at least he couldn't any of
> my (simple) questions about an Evans they had there so I didn't ask him
> about the Bianchi.
> Experts, over to you!
>
> The photos are here http://www.bikebrothers.co.uk/bianchireplica.htm