There is another putative ex-Coppi track bike with
road dropouts in the Museo di Campionissimi in Novi
Ligure.
I have posted some photos at:
http://tinyurl.com/
The Museo also has one of Coppi's road bikes, but it is in a rather annoying art installation that precludes getting a good view. I'll load a couple of photos with the track bike. When Morgan gets WoolJersey running smoothly, I will post these photos there.
DB
Ak
NZ
> 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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