Fred writes;
>> It's not surfacing just now. Roberto Visentini was _really_
famous in Italy during the mid-1980s.
I wasn't speaking of Roberto, I was talking about the subject of the article, Faliberto Esposito. This is the first I've heard of him, I've never seen any of his bikes, no one else I know has ever heard of him... so to me, for all practical purposes, he is "just surfacing."
The original question was something like "what *champion* would you like to build a bike for," so I guess that could mean the article dates from any time in Roberto's career when he was fairly well-known, right? I agree, '87 would have to be the top end, but that still leaves us with quite a range and it'd be nice to narrow that a bit. The bike's got SR gear which was produced over a fairly long period, so that's not much help.
One odd thing about the bike... did you notice that it is a road bike with round fork blades?
Bob Hovey Columbus, GA USA
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> http://www.wooljersey.com/
>
> Ill try to get back later tonite(if the Chianti gods wont
> stop me),to watch
> the CR crowd goin berserk! Otherwise,ill see youse all
> tomorrow!
>
>
>
> This is pretty cool stuff. I do see a definite family
> resemblance there (mo
> re to Alberto than Faliero perhaps). So I guess with this
> article and photo
> s of an actual bike, that kinda elevates it above the
> "rumor"classification,
> IMO. Still, I gotta say I'm a little skeptical... with all
> the "Masipliles
> " out there (OK, "Masilunatics" maybe), it is hard to believe
> that this is j
> ust now surfacing. I guess if one of his bikes turned up
> that would really
> put a lid on it.
>
> Steven Maasland gave a ballpark date for the article due to
> the mention of a
> pro racer who was hot in the 80's... Matteo, can you narrow
> the date any further? What ads or articles are printed on
> the reverse?
Bob,
It's not surfacing just now. Roberto Visentini was _really_ famous in Italy during the mid-1980s. After all, he won the Giro d'Italia in 1986 and had famous spats with his domestiques and then with Stephen Roche.
The article must have been written before the Spring of '87, because I think Visentini retired after losing the '87 Giro to his team mate Roche.
I found the language of the article quite circumspect, although
it definitely alluded to his connection with Faliaero and
Alberto Masi as if it were an open secret. My translation of
the important sentence is something like "Esposito is following
in the path of his father and step-brother who are noted frame
builders and mechanics in the Milanese scene...". ("...segue
nelle orme del padre...")
Ciao,
Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia (USA)