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Help identifying a bike, please. ~1968 or so.

post #1 of 6
4/21/04 at 4:01pm
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I have an old bike that used to be my mom's. She got it in
the late 60's/early 70's. I have no idea what kind it is or
what it is worth. If anyone would like to take a look at
pictures, I've made a page available at:
http://again.liquiddata.org/bike/bike.htm Any help would be
appreciated.

Thanks! Dave ns_sevre@ns_liquiddata.org remove ns_ to email
me.
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post #2 of 6
4/21/04 at 8:00pm

Re: Help identifying a bike, please. ~1968 or so.

Wed, 21 Apr 2004 18:56:12 GMT,
<gtzhc.35081$Rj7.23066@fe14.usenetserver.com>,
<ns_sevre@ns_liquiddata.org> wrote:

>http://again.liquiddata.org/bike/bike.htm Any help would be
>appreciated.

The chromed cutout lugs and Campagnolo equipment would focus
my initial search in the Italian pages here:
http://www.classicrendezvous.com/Italy/Italy.html

It doesn't look like any of the Torpado bikes on the site. I
thought it might be one of their production bikes from the
early 70's which did have chromed head lugs.

Any other clues? Thread sizes stamped on BB cups or shell?
Any engraved or stamped names on lugs, stays fork end or
dropout? Any guesses where was it purchased?
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post #3 of 6
4/21/04 at 11:42pm

Re: Help identifying a bike, please. ~1968 or so.

Wed, 21 Apr 2004 17:48:45 -0600,
<BLDhc.731$v6.388@fe02.usenetserver.com>,
"Dave Eckstein" <ns_sevre@ns_liquiddata.org> wrote:

>I'll swing by again tomorrow and get some more pictures
>of details, but there isn't really much stamped on it
>that I recall..

It is, according to its decals, a Di Campli Super Corsa.

It could be a name the dealer chose for his bikes produced
by a larger manufacturere or just some lesser known brand.

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/vrbn-a-f.html
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post #4 of 6
4/22/04 at 1:00am

Re: Help identifying a bike, please. ~1968 or so. -- Just another Ebay plug???

"Zoot Katz" <zootkatz@operamail.com> wrote in message
news:40962da9.32354534@news.individual.net...
> Wed, 21 Apr 2004 17:48:45 -0600,
> <BLDhc.731$v6.388@fe02.usenetserver.com>, "Dave Eckstein"
> <ns_sevre@ns_liquiddata.org> wrote:
>
> >I'll swing by again tomorrow and get some more pictures
> >of details, but there isn't really much stamped on it
> >that I recall..
>
> It is, according to its decals, a Di Campli Super Corsa.
>
Indeed it is, Zoot. Apparently, we've been had by a guy
plugging his Ebay item. Isn't this it? http://cgi.ebay.com/-
ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=7298&item=3672375013&rd=-
1&ssPageName=WDVW

http://tinyurl.com/2mhlr

Even the story matches:

"Nick DiCampli was the owner of a bike shop in Philadelphia
that was one of the top sellers of cinelli bicycles. Because
of this Cinelli sent him this bike as a 'thank you for your
good work'. A year or two later, the bike was given to a
girlfriend when Nick got a new bike."

So my question to the original poster: Why play so dumb when
you already know what bike it is and have already put it up
for auction? And, now that I'm curious, why did you withdraw
it from auction?
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post #5 of 6
4/22/04 at 5:42am

Re: Help identifying a bike, please. ~1968 or so.

>As the story goes, she was living in Philadelphia in the
>late 60's/early 70's and was dating the owner of a local
>bike shop. Supposedly he was one of the top sellers of
><something> at the time and that manufacturer sent him
>this bike.

It wasn't uncommon, IIRC, that smaller European
manufacturers would sell in the USA under an importer's
"house" label. I can't find any reference to DiCampli but
obviously it exists, there's an interesting mix of
components on that bike.

The Stronglight crankset is pretty high-end, the derailleurs
are looking like mid-range Campy out of the late Sixties,
and Universal center-pulls were used nearly everywhere.

Tubular racing tires of course, headset might be a
Stronglight, stem obviously a 3ttt, bars probably Cinelli.
No idea on the rims or hubs, hubs MIGHT be Normandy's or
Campy, can't tell.

Very nice condition if the frame is straight, well worth the
work of cleanup and perhaps restoration, IMHO. The spokes
are crap and I can't tell which rims they are.

Overall it looks like a bike that might be equivalent in
price to a $1200 road bike today, at the time it was
probably considered the equivalent of a PX-10 and priced
accordingly, say $400 in 1970 dollars.

JMHO.

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post #6 of 6
4/22/04 at 6:00pm

Re: Help identifying a bike, please. ~1968 or so. -- Just another Ebay plug???

Thu, 22 Apr 2004 14:53:27 GMT, <H%Qhc.2824$IW1.360814@attbi_s52>,
"Blah" <none@none.net> concluded:

>I guess what I'm trying to figure out would be who made the
>bike, not who branded it, although that seems much more
>difficult the more I hear.
>
Without contacting your mom's old boyfriend, the shape
and cut-outs of the lugs are the best clues to its
possible origins.

>Finally, unfortunately for me, I'm not 'playing' dumb. I
>seriously don't know much about bikes and am trying to
>find out as much as possible. Not just about this bike,
>but in general.

You can type sheldonbrown.com/ into your browser and find
out almost everything about bicycles, in general and detail.
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