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1950's Frejus track bike?
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juvela
Riding a '38 Autocycle Deluxe
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Thank you very much for sharing this arrival!
Are you able to read any marking on frame ends?
Have you checked the tubes for any hallmarks?
Owned an early 1970's example which was fabricated of Libellula.
headset, chainset & seat binder collar appear to be Magistroni (Giostra) products. bottom bracket fittings markings may include "nicrom." original cog may have been from this firm as well.
pedals are a road model Sheffield, perhaps the Corsa 655.
both wheels appear to be replacements. original hubs would have likely been made by Fratelli Brivio, regardless of how marked.
a most excellent find!
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BTW - in case you have not as yet visited it there is a wonderful resource here for vintage Bozzi products, not only the cycles but the fittings suppliers as well. It is nominally anent the Leggy marque but includes some Frejus as well:
webmaster is Mark.
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Thank you very much for sharing this arrival!
Are you able to read any marking on frame ends?
Have you checked the tubes for any hallmarks?
Owned an early 1970's example which was fabricated of Libellula.
headset, chainset & seat binder collar appear to be Magistroni (Giostra) products. bottom bracket fittings markings may include "nicrom." original cog may have been from this firm as well.
pedals are a road model Sheffield, perhaps the Corsa 655.
both wheels appear to be replacements. original hubs would have likely been made by Fratelli Brivio, regardless of how marked.
a most excellent find!
---
BTW - in case you have not as yet visited it there is a wonderful resource here for vintage Bozzi products, not only the cycles but the fittings suppliers as well. It is nominally anent the Leggy marque but includes some Frejus as well:
webmaster is Mark.
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Looked it over this afternoon. It has faint triangle markings but not legible through the chrome plating. Magistroni senior bottom bracket and crank. Stronglight chain ring. Diamond 56 chain. Brooks b17 saddle.-----
Thank you very much for sharing this arrival!
Are you able to read any marking on frame ends?
Have you checked the tubes for any hallmarks?
Owned an early 1970's example which was fabricated of Libellula.
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headset, chainset & seat binder collar appear to be Magistroni (Giostra) products. bottom bracket fittings markings may include "nicrom." original cog may have been from this firm as well.
pedals are a road model Sheffield, perhaps the Corsa 655.
both wheels appear to be replacements. original hubs would have likely been made by Fratelli Brivio, regardless of how marked.
a most excellent find!
---
BTW - in case you have not as yet visited it there is a wonderful resource here for vintage Bozzi products, not only the cycles but the fittings suppliers as well. It is nominally anent the Leggy marque but includes some Frejus as well:
webmaster is Mark.
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juvela
Riding a '38 Autocycle Deluxe
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Thank you.
That is the Libellula tubing mark.
See that the Magistroni fittings include the NIKROM mark.
Have never heard tell of a Bozzi road frame built of Libellula but there certainly may have been some.
Replacement transfers are available if interested; but then you probably know that already.
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Thank you.
That is the Libellula tubing mark.
See that the Magistroni fittings include the NIKROM mark.
Have never heard tell of a Bozzi road frame built of Libellula but there certainly may have been some.
Replacement transfers are available if interested; but then you probably know that already.
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juvela
Riding a '38 Autocycle Deluxe
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Libellula -
tube sets from this maker are quite rare
information regarding the tubing is difficult to locate
have no knowledge of its technical specifications nor how it compares with other brands
it is well thought of by the enthusiasts familiar with it
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the Stronglight chainwheel is quite early
chainwheel makers ceased the fabrication of chainwheels with that reinforcing lip about three generations ago
before Verot-Perrin settled on the Stronglight name they used Strong Light
before that they used names such as Acier Diamant for some of their products
there is some company history here -
fr.wikipedia.org
the cycle's original chainwheel would have been Magistroni brand
the chainwheel bolts which are on there look to be hardware store items. you may discover them to be fractional rather than metric.
a previous rider must have been quite strong in order to make good use of a 56T chainwheel
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information on Magistroni products is rather limited; here is a bit in case you have not found it already -
Officine Mecchaniche Giostra ceased the manufacture of Magistroni badged products in 1965 and launched the OFMEGA/Of.Me.Ga./OMG badges in 1966.
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lugs -
AFAIK the frame's lug pattern is proprietary with Bozzi. have never encountered it on another marque. most likely manufacturer is Agrati but have no hard information. Agrati ceased manufacture of cycle fittings ~1985 but continued on with their motorbike & moped business through the Agrati-Garelli entity.
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Libellula -
tube sets from this maker are quite rare
information regarding the tubing is difficult to locate
have no knowledge of its technical specifications nor how it compares with other brands
it is well thought of by the enthusiasts familiar with it
---
the Stronglight chainwheel is quite early
chainwheel makers ceased the fabrication of chainwheels with that reinforcing lip about three generations ago
before Verot-Perrin settled on the Stronglight name they used Strong Light
before that they used names such as Acier Diamant for some of their products
there is some company history here -
Stronglight — Wikipédia
the cycle's original chainwheel would have been Magistroni brand
the chainwheel bolts which are on there look to be hardware store items. you may discover them to be fractional rather than metric.
a previous rider must have been quite strong in order to make good use of a 56T chainwheel
---
information on Magistroni products is rather limited; here is a bit in case you have not found it already -
Officine Mecchaniche Giostra ceased the manufacture of Magistroni badged products in 1965 and launched the OFMEGA/Of.Me.Ga./OMG badges in 1966.
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lugs -
AFAIK the frame's lug pattern is proprietary with Bozzi. have never encountered it on another marque. most likely manufacturer is Agrati but have no hard information. Agrati ceased manufacture of cycle fittings ~1985 but continued on with their motorbike & moped business through the Agrati-Garelli entity.
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juvela
Riding a '38 Autocycle Deluxe
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when you service the machine's head fittings you may discover the dragonfly on the steerer as well
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it was fairly common for Sheffields to get stamped with the name of the bicycle, especially in the case of major marques such as Bianchi...
can see from the new pictures that pedals are not model Corsa 655
they are one of the Sprint series models
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one simple check you could make is to pull one of the axle locknuts on the Campag hub to learn its date. might be interesting to see how close it is to that of the cycle...
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one small fitting which might be fun to add would be a set of Gaslos, they were offered with the name of the bicycle -
advert of 1955 -
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when you service the machine's head fittings you may discover the dragonfly on the steerer as well
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it was fairly common for Sheffields to get stamped with the name of the bicycle, especially in the case of major marques such as Bianchi...
can see from the new pictures that pedals are not model Corsa 655
they are one of the Sprint series models
---
one simple check you could make is to pull one of the axle locknuts on the Campag hub to learn its date. might be interesting to see how close it is to that of the cycle...
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one small fitting which might be fun to add would be a set of Gaslos, they were offered with the name of the bicycle -
advert of 1955 -
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GiovanniLiCalsi
Riding a '38 Autocycle Deluxe
1956?
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