Re: [CR]Gazelle

(Example: Framebuilding)

From: "Richard Rose" <rmrose@toast.net>
To: "Ron Cooley" <cooleyr@duke.usask.ca>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <CATFOODEYMLR6utNNYU00005182@catfood.nt.phred.org> <3CFD3B40.4240D2CA@duke.usask.ca>
Subject: Re: [CR]Gazelle
Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2002 21:07:04 -0400


When I first started riding, around 1976, I got my PX10. I started riding with the local racing club & tried a few races. Another newcomer to the group rode a Gazelle. It was most definitely a "road" bike. I saw this guy recently & he still has the bike, along with several others. Wants to keep it too. Richard Rose (Toledo, Ohio)


----- Original Message -----
From: Ron Cooley
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 6:12 PM
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