Re: [CR]does Anyone Recognise this bike - possibly Fiorelli

(Example: Framebuilding:Restoration)

Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 17:01:36 -0800
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]does Anyone Recognise this bike - possibly Fiorelli
References: <000001c4e308$038d9370$3c5f8351@oemcomputer>


Norris Lockley wrote:
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> Fiorelli frames were very popular in the 50 s and, as a brand, reached the UK before Bianchi. At the time they rivalled frejus in the popularity stakes. i think it was the long-nosed Swiss rider Ferdi Kubler who pedalled a Fiorelli to win the T-de-F. (snip)

Ferdy Kubler won the 1950 TdF at 31 on a Frejus, hence the Frejus model name "Tour de France".

Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California

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