Re: [CR]1941 Bianchi with cambio corsa gear

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From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]1941 Bianchi with cambio corsa gear
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 21:17:12 -0800
To: CR RENDEZVOUS <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>


Steven Maasland wrote:
> I am just completing this bike after having stood in my garage for too
> long. Ted Ernst was super helpful in coming up with appropriate
> tires. I
> figure the wood rims are the best fit to a war-time bike. If you
> have a
> cambio corsa, you should compare the lever logos on your bike to the
> ones on this.
>
> The bike is a 54 cm C/C with a 58 cm C/C top tube.
>
> http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/maasland/Bianchi-1940/

Steven, it is my understanding that the five pin crank shown in this photo <http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/d/207551-1/Bianchi+Folgore +chainset.JPG> came on the Bianchi city bikes and not the racing bikes; that the Bianchi racing bikes came with the three pin (three arm) crank?

Chuck Schmidt
South Pasadena, CA USA
http://www.velo-retro.com (reprints, t-shirts & timelines)