[CR]Gazelle

Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2002 16:12:17 -0600
From: "Ron Cooley" <cooleyr@duke.usask.ca>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Organization: University of Saskatchewan
References: <CATFOODEYMLR6utNNYU00005182@catfood.nt.phred.org>
Subject: [CR]Gazelle

Hi Gang

I thought I'd try a reprise of a question that didn't elicit any replies a month or so ago. I recently received this 70s vintage Gazelle racing frame.

http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1827526708

There's little information on the web about Gazelle, save that they were once the largest Dutch bicycle manufacturer, and built a lot of sturdy speeds and single speeds. It also seems they were acquired by TI for a time in the 1970s. Can anyone tell me more? Has anyone seen a Gazelle racing bike? Mine is Reynolds 531, has nice long point lugs with cutouts, campy dropouts, mostly clean brazing, and a beautiful leaping gazelle embossed in the fork crown.

Ron Cooley
Saskatoon, Canada