Mauricio Rebolledo came to the Davis Bike Club in July and gave a power point presentation of his building process. He builds in the very traditional Italian style of pinning his tubes and he stated that he uses hand files and hand tools almost exclusively in his frame building process. One of our members has a bike built by him, and he brought a track bike and a touring bike to display. Very nice work.
Dave Joshel
Davis, CA USA
> Friends,
>
> Custom frame builder Mauricio Rebolledo has Luis "Lucho" Herrera's
> Colombian national team 1985 Tour de France bikes. Luis Herrera won the
> King of the Mountain jersey, setting a record in the process. Rebolledo,
> whose family is from Colombia, received the bike from his uncle, Rafael
> Herrera (no relation to Luis). who then worked for Colombia's National
> Federation of Coffee Growers, a major team sponsor, and won the bike in a
> post-Tour raffle.
>
> I met Mauricio at the first NAHMB Show in San Jose years ago, and found
> out about this bike and Mauricio's personal link to it. Mauricio is now
> looking for info on Luis Herrera's KOM bike, which can be seen here:
>
> http://www.rebolledocycles.com/
>
> Here is Mauricio's message from that page:
>
>
> In the 1985 Tour de France, a Colombian cyclist named Luis \u201cLucho\u201d
> Herrera won the King of the Mountains competition setting a record points
> total for the polka-dot jersey. He rode for Colombia\u2019s national
> twenty-two man cycling team that was sponsored by Varta Batteries and the
> National Federation of Coffee Growers. They were known as the Varta-Café
> de Colombia team. I got these details from Kings of the Mountains: How
> Colombia\u2019s Cycling Heroes Changed Their
> Nation\u2019s History, written by Matt Rendell. Please read this book\u2026
>
> My uncle, Rafael Herrera, no relation to Luis Herrera, was working for
> the National Federation of Coffee Growers when they sponsored the
> cycling team. Upon their return to Colombia, the team bicycles were
> raffled off to the employees of the National Federation of Coffee
> Growers. My uncle won one of the bikes that Luis Herrera road to victory
> in the mountains of France that year. When my uncle learned that I was
> building frames he decided to give the bike to me.
>
> It is a Vitus with a complete Mavic parts group and appears to have the
> original tubular tires. I plan to do a very minimal restoration, not much
> more than light cleaning and assembly. I\u2019m looking for information and
> any images of Lucho in the 1985 Tour de France to put
> together a detailed history of the bike and his victory that year. If
> you know of any good resources on the 1985 Tour de France, please contact
> me. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks for helping Mauricio out with this piece of bike racing and family
> history. You can reach him at:
>
> Rebolledo Cycles
> P.O. Box 1628
> Glen Ellen, CA 95442
> PH 707.293.3062
>
> http://www.rebolledocycles.com/
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Jon Spangler
>
> Alameda, CA USA