Vintage Martelly-Coppi versus Fiorelli-Coppi road frameset
Martelly-Coppi vs Fiorelli-Coppi. Every now and then you see a bike with a very special fork crown.
A 'Coppi' bike... These bikes were made in Belgium by Martens (Martelly) and in Italy by Fiorelli.
We try to find out if and how you can detect the difference between the two.
The seatstay and the lugs seem to be the places where we can possibly spot differences.
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The forkcrown can't tell us the difference between Martelly or Fiorelli
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Headtubelugs are not consistent enough to see a difference between Belgian or Italian
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Fiorelli bracketlugs seem consistent, Martelly has a different bracketlug
Overal conclusion: the seatstay and the bracketlug may be the biggest hint wether it's a Fiorelli or a Martelly. Needs further investigation ...
Year
1950
Brand
Coppi
Country
Italy
Comments
Fiorelli Masi
WAW! What a fabulous film! As a Belgian I will have to look at it several times to understand every word there are saying. To be continued. Many thanks!
So if I understand well…
So if I understand well Faliero Masi build 5 racing frames just for Fausto Coppi, the rest of the team got frames from Fiorelli. The story of the Coppi bike is really beautiful! And the Raleigh connection is also a surprise. Thanks !!
Fausto Coppi's Tricofilina bikes of 1959 were built by Masi. Here is a short film about one of these bikes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ5xSZLoSok&t=27s