I have been to this shop as a young boy while attending a track meet at the Olympic Velodrome in 1976. In the photo I noticed one name Albert Schelstrate (SP) If this is him he can be reached at the Forest City Velodrome goggle it. Albert and his sons built this track recently. Albert did change his name ?but he could be reached. Albert also built many velodrome in Delhi, Chicago & Detroit I believe
The name on their decals is Baggio Cycles Sports ... now sadly out of business. Baggio/Torp60_Tour55cmBlue15.jpg.html>
I too would like to find some old timers from that shop, who could tell stories, etc., about the store's close involvement with Torpado. They sponsored racing teams, at least since the 1940s if I'm not mistaken, and used Torpados for their team bikes. I think these are some Baggio cyclists in a photo taken in the late 1930s or 1940s that belongs to list member Mike Short, along with the oldest Torpado that I have seen and been insanely jealous over :)
Ciao, Mark Agree Southfield MI USA ~ ~ ~
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 09:03:12 -0800 (PST) From: Jerome & Elizabeth Moos To: Sarah Gibson , classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: Re: [CR]six day racing etc
I think I may have visited the Montreal shop in 1974 when I was in Montreal for the World Championships (at which Merckx won the pro road race, outsprinting Poulidor in the final straight). It was a shop with an Italian name, may even have been called Baggio Cycles. The pro bikes for sale there were mostly Italian as I recall and Torpado seemed to be the "featured" marque. I've been back to Montreal a couple of time since, but not tried to find the shop, so I don't know if it still exists.
Regards,
Jerry Moos Big Spring, TX
Sarah Gibson wrote: greetings all recently rereading six days of madness and there are numerous references to racing at the american royal bldg in kansas city in 1937 is anyone on this list familar with six day racing in kc? or have any documents that attest to such? id love to have photocopies of any such things race flyers etc
also it mentions a bicycle shop in montreal owned by former six-day racer fioravanti baggio r any of our canadian brethern familar with this shop? any chance it still exists in some form or another?
thanks fer yr time peace sarahgibsonkansascity
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