According to Marcel Calborn, whom I met in Boulder, Colorado when I lived there in there in the early 80's (and had the honor of being a domestic/gofor on his 1983 team during the Coors' Classic), he had worked with and learned from Ernesto in the 60's & 70's in Cambiago. Marcel liked to talk a lot and he said that essentially all of his frames from those classic years were made in the Colnago factory. Marcel's frames were 'Celo Europa' and 'Calborn'. Whether or not he was actually an apprentice or just a good friend, his early Celos could have passed for Colnagos. Marcel had a bicycle shop in Manhattan Beach, CA,(Celo Europa) which I believe he sold years ago. I think he is has some kind of bicycle business in Laguna Hills currently.
Dan Johnson Houston, TX USA
Marty Eison <meison01@gmail.com> wrote: Charles Andrew's post got me to thinking who were the shop workers who brazed for the likes of Ernesto, Sante, Cino etc? We know that Mario worked for Falerio, and set in motion the careers of such veloluminaries as Brian Baylis, Jim Allen and all the others who worked at Masi California (in all its incarnations), so who did Sante launch? Ernesto? Ugo or Iro?
curious minds want to know
Marty Eison Frisco, Texas USA
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