Dale Brown wrote:
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> << It also has the large and very English caps on the stays .
> Speaking of those large caps on the stays , I first became really aware of
> them when Raleigh released the first of the 753 frames . >>
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> That treatment is not necessarily uniquely English. Many bike makers have
> used that method. The first bikes I saw using that technique (brazing an oval
> or tear drop shaped stamping atop a angularly cut seat stay top) were the
> LeJeune team bikes.. Then Gitanes as well, both in the early 1970s, well
> before 753 was introduced...
On page 98 of The World of Daniel Rebour is a small drawing of Jacques Anquetil's Gitane from 1967 with the oversized (overlaping) seat stay cap. Has a small "J A" stamped on the cap; kewl.
Chuck Schmidt SoPas, SoCal http://www.velo-retro.com (The World of Daniel Rebour copy and more reprints)
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