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Route et Piste 26th July 1949 - Simplex advert

Route et Piste 26th July 1949 - Simplex advert main image

This advert has Simplex celebrating Fausto Coppi's victory in the 1949 Tour de France race using the Simplex Tour de France derailleur. This was a crucial event in derailleur history. The story goes that Tullio Campagnolo was so embarrassed that the Italian Champion of Champions was using a French gear system, that he buckled down and produced the epoch-defining Campagnolo Gran Sport.

(Source gallica.bnf.fr/ Bibliothèque nationale de France)


Route et Piste 26th July 1949 - Simplex advert main image