[CR]Norris' La Perle

(Example: Framebuilders:Dario Pegoretti)

From: "Aldo Ross" <aldoross4@siscom.net>
To: <norris.lockley@talktalk.net>
Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 00:42:49 -0500
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]Norris' La Perle

Norris,

I've noticed quite a few inconsistencies between your bike and the bikes used by Hugo Koblet during the 1951 Tour de France:

Note the different headbadge shown on Koblet's 1951 TdF winner in this picture: http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/aldoross/pd/koblet51/19510730+BC02.JP G.html?g2_imageViewsIndex=1

This bike has cable stops for the rear derailleur cable - on Koblet's 1951 TdF bikes the cables had full-length housings which were taped to the frame. See: http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/aldoross/pd/koblet51/19510730+MS03.JP G.html?g2_imageViewsIndex=1

Koblet's bike for the 1951 TdF had Universal brake levers with gum hoods. In fact, most of the riders in the 1951 TdF used gum hoods. See: http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/aldoross/pd/koblet51/19510730+MS03.JP G.html?g2_imageViewsIndex=1

Koblet's 1951 Tour de France bikes were equipped with Universal "Extra" brake calipers. See: http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/aldoross/pd/koblet51/19510727+BC02.JP G.html?g2_imageViewsIndex=1

Note also the different shape of the fork crown in this picture: http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/aldoross/pd/koblet51/19510730+BC02.JP G.html?g2_imageViewsIndex=1

Koblet's 1951 TdF bikes were equipped with Campagnolo Gran Sport front derailleurs with the bolt on the top of the chain carrier. This is a Valentino from the 1960/1970s. See: http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/aldoross/pd/koblet51/19510730+MS02.JP G.html?g2_imageViewsIndex=1

Most important of all, Koblet's 1951 TdF bikes had long Campagnolo toothed dropouts as used with cambio Corsa and cambio Paris-Roubaix derailleurs. http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/aldoross/pd/koblet51/19510719+BC01.JP G.html

Aldo Ross
Middletown, Ohio, USA


----- Original Message -----
From: Norris Lockley
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 8:43 PM
Subject: [CR]Hugo Koblet's 1951 La Perle T-d-F bike



> Some weeks ago in aburst of writer's enthusiasm I introduced this bike to members of the List...but never finished the second half of the story, about it's provenance.
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> Any way..to get the show on the road again, so to speak, I have put a dozen or so photos of it, in a set, on my Flickr pages. The address is
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> http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclecrank/sets/721576037933218821.
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> If you want a slightly quicker address you can find the photos along with some others of a MECACYCLE Turbo frame on:-
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> http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclecrank
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> and then thumb through the phots and sets.
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> By the way, I would like to thank those members who replied off-List to my request for advice about taking photos. Recently some look as though they have had a film of minute frogspawn or bubblewrap over the lens...No really they're not that bad..and worth a look.
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> Norris Lockley...Settle UK
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