Kim Klakow wrote:
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> Hi Walter,
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> Rolf Wolfshol was the biggest rider to come out of germany in the sixties.
> He rode for Rapha-Gitane-Dunlop, Peugeot-BP, Gitane-Leroux,
> Mercier-Hutchinson, Bic, Rokado and Ha-Ro.
> He is/was the outstanding Cross-racer of Germany. He won the National
> Championship 14 times. In WC he was also very successful: 3xgold, 5xsilver,
> 4xbronze. The biggest rivals were Renato Longo Erik de Vlaeminck and Andre
> Dufraisse.
> His biggest achievement is winning the '65 Vuelta.
> I posted pictures of my and listmembers Dustin Nordhus' visit to Wolfshols
> shop. The bike is the one he won the Vuelta with. Others he kept were the
> ones he won his TdF stages with and the first Cross WC.
> View under: http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/
> Nice guy but his wife told the better stories! Hope this helps.
The Brooks Professional Team saddle stamped on the top in French "Selle Rodee Main" is pretty unusual! Must have been made to compete with Ideale's hand treated Daniel Rebour line of saddles?
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Chuck Schmidt 7/4 South Pasadena, Southern California
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