Fausto Coppi pics

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pete75
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Kaysbloke wrote:
Brucey wrote:
Kaysbloke wrote:Nice set of photos Brucey - but you forgot to mention the integrated headset that Bianchi built into their frames. And the Campagnolo Paris-Roubaix rear gear (see the levers on the seat stay).
-oh yes... tsk tsk obviously not trying... :wink: -that explains all the missing paint on the chainstay I expect....

I wonder if he's just been to the shop across the road in the second photo............................................ :roll:

surely he'd be carrying a big bag of some kind? :roll:

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Not necessarily, just for some cream for an insect bite.............................


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More Fausto Coppi photos here;

http://www.bikeraceinfo.com/photo-galleries/rider-gallery/coppi-fausto.html

plus lots of other rider galleries.

There is a picture of Coppi riding Paris Roubaix in 1950 in the link above. It appears to be the same season that the previously discussed picture was taken. Maybe even the same race. It seems the 1950 version of the P-R gear was the 'one lever' version. I'd seen the 'two lever' version before, (which allows you the 'luxury' of pedalling forwards whilst you shift). The 'one lever' version forces you to backpedal whilst shifting gear.... :shock: .


BTW there is a nice write-up on the Paris-Roubaix gear here;

http://www.classiclightweights.co.uk/campagnolo.html

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Re: Fausto Coppi pics

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Thanks Brucey great photos.Now along with Tommy Simpsons I would like to visit FC grave as well.
pete75
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Brucey wrote:More Fausto Coppi photos here;

http://www.bikeraceinfo.com/photo-galleries/rider-gallery/coppi-fausto.html

plus lots of other rider galleries.

There is a picture of Coppi riding Paris Roubaix in 1950 in the link above. It appears to be the same season that the previously discussed picture was taken. Maybe even the same race. It seems the 1950 version of the P-R gear was the 'one lever' version. I'd seen the 'two lever' version before, (which allows you the 'luxury' of pedalling forwards whilst you shift). The 'one lever' version forces you to backpedal whilst shifting gear.... :shock: .


BTW there is a nice write-up on the Paris-Roubaix gear here;

http://www.classiclightweights.co.uk/campagnolo.html

cheers


And here it is in action http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6UYOlN4FTU
'Give me my bike, a bit of sunshine - and a stop-off for a lunchtime pint - and I'm a happy man.' - Reg Baker
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cranky1 wrote:Interesting that Faustino in still the Campinisimo (full of drugs) whereas the next post down is all about what a right b******d Mr Armstrong was/is.

Is it because drugs were legal in Coppi's day?

Nice pictures though.

The drugs they used in coppi's day probably handicapped you more than helped. Amphetamines dehydrated them, alcohol and opiates sedated them, and the medical knowledge was more like witchcraft than science!
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Re: Fausto Coppi pics

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Great thread. Here’s the bike Fausto Coppi commuted 40km a day to college and back on.
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