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Legnano Corsa years 1920-1930

Museum of Cycling Gino Bartali

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Room: Bicicletta

Description

Bicycle produced by the famous Legnano in the days of Emilio Bozzi along with other brands such as Wolsit, Perla and Aura. Dating from the period when great champions such as Binda and Brunero raced . It mounts wooden rims , made of beech , reserved for the wealthiest cyclists , which allowed the use of tubulars and had an extremely reduced weight compared to iron rims . It has the hub with double threads for "wheel turning" and wing nuts for quick disassembly . All metal parts are nickel-plated , at the time chrome-plating was not yet done .

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