Re: [CR]531 "Free Spirit" Bicycle?

(Example: Framebuilders:Norman Taylor)

From: "Ivan Shukster" <shukster@memlane.com>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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Subject: Re: [CR]531 "Free Spirit" Bicycle?
Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2002 17:09:35 -0600


The first bike I had as an adult (if you do not count motorcycles). It was a 70 or 71 hand be up from my younger brother who replaced it with a Sekine (later replaced by an Astral aluminium real bike and my wife had the Sekine while I had the Doniselli) Had not rode bikes for over a decade and only rode the Free Spirit around our neighbourhood which was good. After every ride something needed to be repaired, brakes, derailleur, brakes again, crank etc. If the one on eBAy is like the one I rode even $25 Canadian would be too much.

Ivan Shukster
Medicine Hat, Alberta
1963/4 Doniselli
2002 Specialized Hard Rock
1986 BRC Columbus for running the dogs


----- Original Message -----
From: ltbradley
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Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2002 11:02 AM
Subject: Re: [CR]531 "Free Spirit" Bicycle?



> I had one of these; it was my first ten speed bicycle. It was indeed made
> by Puch. (Puch/Daimler according to the transfer (decal) on the seat tube.)
> I purchased mine in the mid 1970's in Canterbury, England. It was heavy and
> really quite ugly. Cottered chainset (crankset) bottom of the line Simplex
> derailleurs (that actually worked very well) those funny auxillary "safety"
> brake levers. It was the cheapest ten-speed I could find but it served me
> well: I used it daily to commute across central London. I am no expert but
> I wouldn't pay more than about forty dollars for it.
> Lawrence Bradley Tacoma, WA, USA