ITALIAN TAILORS OF BICYCLES
Bicycles and frame builders after Fausto Coppi
by PAOLO AMADORI, PAOLO TULLINI
Description
The Italian frame builders of the 1960s and 1970s
were the great “tailors” of bicycles and worked not
only for the Italian champions of the time, but also
for non-Italian ones, such as Eddy Merckx. Starting
from Faliero Masi, who built the frame for Fausto
Coppi after he left the Bianchi team, the books
tells the entrepreneurial stories of Cino Cinelli,
Ernesto Colnago, Ugo de Rosa, Francesco Galmozzi,
Aldo Gios, Licino Marastoni and Sante Poliaghi,
and describes the bicycles they produced both for
the general public and for champions. The text,
richly illustrated with photographs, also includes
an analysis of the Italian industry of racing bicycle
components and of the companies (Ambrosio,
Campagnolo, Cinelli, 3ttt, Universal, Columbus) that
dominated the international scene of the time.
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Reviews
A story of passion and precision. The skills of these craftsmen turned Italian bicycles into museum masterpieces.
Il Venerdì di Repubblica
The Armani and Valentino of bicycles.
Sport Week
Author Biography
Paolo Amadori lives in Savignano sul Rubicone and has beencollecting antique bicycles for more than 20 years. During thepast ten years, he has been collecting documents and dataabout the Bianchi bicycles used by Fausto Coppi. His passionfor historical research led him to discover the Bianchi racingteam’s production registers, a crucial archive about the historyof Italian cycling. He has a blog about bicycles in history, literature and the arts: www.bicicloide.blogspot.it
Paolo Tullini lives in Bologna and is an enthusiastic scholar of Bianchi bicycles and of Italian frame building from the 1970s. In the past, he worked as a constructor of titanium components and light alloys for bikes. He contributed to this book with his technical know-how and with his boundless admiration for Fausto Coppi. Tullini is the author of La Bianchi Tour de France (2011).
Ediciclo Editore SRL
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- Publisher EDICICLO EDITORE SRL
- Orginal LanguageItalian
- ISBN/Identifier 9788865492000
- Publication Country or regionItaly
- FormatHardback
- Primary Price 32 EUR
- Pages192
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- Original Language TitleITALIAN
- Original Language AuthorsITALIAN
- EditionFIRST EDITION
- Copyright Year2017
- Dimensions28X21 cm
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