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On Wednesday, three of us Capo owners converged at my company's headquarters in Silicon Valley to oogle over the original components (except rims, spokes, and front hub), paint, decals, and chrome (except the stays, which had been painted after the chrome rusted) on John Nielsen's 1960 "Modell Campagnolo." What's cool about this:
1) John N. is the first and only owner of his Capo.
2) Mike S. inherited his from his late father.
3) The company, founded in Austria in 1930, is still in business, operated by the founder's son.
4) The company name is a very clever Italianate anagram of founder Otto Cap's initial and surname.
5) There are very few of these bikes in California, where they were imported from 1959 into the early 1960s, and even fewer elsewhere in the U.S.
6) I know of only two other Capo owners in San Diego County.
7) The frameset, including fork and stays, is full Reynolds 531, with a butted main triangle.
8) The craftsmanship is intricate and first-class.
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"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." --Theodore Roosevelt
Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069