Rigi Corta - Capodivento 1978 road bike

RIGI is the short name for Giorgio Rinaldi, a bicycle builder and innovator who invented the "Corta" or shorter wheel base road bike by using thinner twin tubing on the seat tube rather than a standar tube, thus allowing the rear wheel to spin between the two tubes, and so creating a shorter wheel base for the bike. This would allow for better acceleration and reduced weight on the final bike.

 This bicycle is beautifully branded Capodivento, which is another italian brand, probably the bicycle was build by RIGI for Capodivento as a higher...