This bike in the Bartali museum, from the collection of Domenico Razzani, is purported to be one of Coppi's pursuit bikes (1953)... not once again the road (or road-style) dropouts:
http://www.ciclomuseo-bartali.it/
Aldo Ross Middletown, Ohio, USA
----- Original Message Follows -----
From: Fred Rafael Rednor <fred_rednor@yahoo.com>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Coppi bike - is it real?
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2006 09:13:33 -0800 (PST)
> Ws the use of ordinary, road-style, horizontal dropouts
> pecualiar to Coppi's track bikes, or were all Bianchi
> track bikes from the era built in that manner?
> Cheers,
> Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia (USA)
>
> --- aldoross4 <aldoross4@siscom.net> wrote:
>
> > The use of road drop-outs on the "Fausto Coppi" track
> > bike matches pictures of the pursuit bike he used during
> > 1949. I have not yet checked to see if the "F C" on the
> > head lug is visible in any of the magazines.
> >
> > Aldo Ross
> > Middletown, Ohio, USA
> >
> > ----- Original Message Follows -----
> > From: Jan Heine <heine94@earthlink.net>
> > To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> > Subject: [CR]Coppi bike - is it real?
> > Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2006 08:30:15 -0800
> >
> > > Sifting through the various Coppi bikes - the one in
> > > the Milan Technological Museum appears to be too
> > > small for the Campionissimo, the one at the Madonna
> > > del Ghisallo has a later Simplex derailleur - I
> > > wonder about Alex Clarke's machine, visible at
> > >
> > > http://www.vintagevelos.com/
> > >
> > > Are those card symbols really evidence for a Coppi
> > > provenance? Or were they used on a) top-of-the-line
> > > bikes for sale or b) on all team bikes at the time?
> > > What about the "FC" in the lugs? A true sign of a
> > > "Fausto" bike, or just a "commemorative" series?
> > >
> > > The bike does appear to be Coppi's size, and the
> > > thinned BB shell appears to indicate a
> > > top-of-the-line Bianchi of the time. I have not yet
> > > asked Alex about the history to see whether there is
> > > more to its provenance...
> > > Opinions appreciated.
> > > --
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