Re: [CR][Astra maybe French maybe Belgium made

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Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2003 19:48:25 -0500
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: "H.M. & S.S. Sachs" <sachs@erols.com>
Subject: Re: [CR][Astra maybe French maybe Belgium made
cc: jswan@optonline.net

Jamie Swan wrote

Here on Long Island, New York, Astras were pretty common. I'm pretty sure they were a private label used by Service Cycle, a Long Island company, that later came out with the Mongoose line. I am under the impression that Astra bikes were built by Motobecane. I could track down the details if any body really wants to know.

My first parts bike purchase was a repainted Astra, lugless, bought in Providence RI about 1968. Every once in a while I run into one of the oversprayed bolts in the parts bin, and just smile. It was not a very classy model.

harvey "bottom feeder" sachs
mcLean VA