[CR]Cirque captions; Cambio question

Hi gang:

Thanks for all the positive, friendly comments about my Cirque photos. I have culled the various posts about them and have updated the captions on the pages mentioned.

Please don't bury me with requests, but if there's a bicycle pictured that REALLY merits a caption, please send it my way. Include the full URL of the page in question and I'll add your caption (probably).

Also, is that Wesley Gadd riding the "Wesley Gadd" bike in some of the pix? If he or someone can enlighten me about him and his bike, it would be nice to give him a few lines since I tried to recognize all the frame builders that were in attendance.

Finally, in the following link, is this also a Cambio Corsa or was this version called something else? I believe it doesn't require back-pedaling to shift, as the Cambio Corsa required. I loved the Ed Litton bike with the Cambio set-up on it and am thinking of asking Ed to build me a new bike around one of these systems. I think I'd rather have this set-up that doesn't require the back-pedaling, though.

Cambio Corsa? http://www.adventurecorps.com/chronicles/2005/2005cirque4/pages/ DSCN2412.html

Me, Ed Litton, and his Cambio bike: http://www.adventurecorps.com/chronicles/2005/2005cirque6/pages/ DSCN2522.html (For me, this photo sums up the entire Cirque Du Cyclisme experience: Ed Litton and I stand with his 2005 bicycle which I just took for a spin. Ed's bike is a bridge between old and new classic bicycles; with lugs resurrected from an old Italian bike, plus a Cambio Corsa four-cog gear changer, it appeals to me because it brings alive a period of time long gone by, but not forgotten. This moment wouldn't have happened without the Cirque providing a forum for meeting, hanging out, and riding with friends, peers, idols, riders, historians, and builders: all lovers of the craft and the sport whom I'm very grateful to have met.)

Oh, one last comment: I am VERY DISAPPOINTED that the new Cirque date will preclude my attendance next year. At that time, I'll be in San Francisco to host the start of the Trans-America Cycling Classic, a 5,000km race from SF to DC without support vehicles (brevet style). I hate when these kinds of scheduling conflicts arise, but I know it's inevitable. Info at http://www.transamracing.org. I'll really miss all of you at the Cirque in 2006! I salute Dale for making this wonderful event happen every year!

All the best
Chris Kostman
Oak Park, CA, USA