I´m sorry, but unfortunately I didn´t manage to find more hints and facts on that. Thus leads to the situation that I will point out only the facts I´ve came along without an collaborating time line or really structured and approved history.
Friedrich von Loeffelholz, born in 1955, was a co-founder of the RSG Nuremberg (Rennsportgemeinschaft Nürnberg e.V.) in 1972. The RSG Nuremberg was a co-working project of the RC 1950 Erlangen and the Verein Sportplatz Nürnberg 1903.
The RSG was renamed several times: RSG Paintco Franken (1973), RSG Franken Katzwang (1975) and RSG Hercules Nürnberg (1980), RSG Nürmberg (1990).
Starting at 1996 they became a individual professional team founding the RSG Nürnberg Profiradteam GmbH until 2002. The RSG was closed in 2010 finally.
At the end of the Seventies or start of the Eighties Hercules seems to have supported german (amateur) team with frames and material. May be the missing link is Freidrich von Loeffelholz, who started to work at Hercules or who joined forces with them after his won championship in 1978. Obviously he earned a living at Hercules in 1982 as shown in the following catalog scan.
Nevertheless Hercules produced their Ajaccio called Champion Replicas between round about 1979 and 1987. First the frame was made out of "noname" high mangan 0.9/0.6 tubes, starting in 1980 with Reynolds 531 double butted tubes and finally in 1986 Hercules switched to Columbus SL tubes.
These lightweights (9,2 kg) were equipped with Campagnolo Super Records components for Brakes, Levers, Shifters, Bottom Bracket, Crankset and Headset. Gearing was achieved with Huret Jubilee derailleurs; Campagnolo Super Records Derailleurs were optional for a long time.
What you see in the follwing is a 1980 frame waiting for its reassembling to its original standard:
Stay tuned for next steps with more information about RSG and hercules history as well as pictures of the upcoming Ajaccio build.
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