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I had a Gazelle tour de L'avenir years ago. I picked it up for $40 with another frameset at the hershey auto show. It was Huret equipped and I used it to beat around downtown Harrisburg for deliveries. It was perfect because it looked beat up around the edges and no one gave it a second thought to steal it(except for the headbadge which disappeared once). I know it was low on the line of quality and I remember the tubing stickers reading "Continental lugs and tubing" but the huret components worked well for the bike and it road very nicely and comfortably. My friend Bertrum had a very nice Gazelle with half chrome rear stays and a chrome fork. Not sure on the tubing of that model. It was very nice in a pearl white and he had it campy equipped.
Walter Skrzypek in Falls Creek, Pa
RaleighPro531@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 3/17/2002 9:16:35 PM Eastern Standard Time,
tedfords@attbi.com writes:
> I know nothing about these frames other than a guy I used to race with swore
> by them. Does anyone have have any information or an opinion on these?
> Positive or Negative info is welcome! I just want to know more. They seem
> like a second tier name (maybe third tier) but I would look to the experts
> to say otherwise.
> thank you for any info you can provide!
>
I don't think they're considered second or third tier in Holland.
Gazelle is still in business in the Netherlands.
Once belonged to Raleigh, then Derby, then sold to I don't know who. Now
seems to be a separate company once again.
They have a website: http://www.gazelle.nl/
Pete Geurds
Douglassville, PA