Steve, Gazelle was owned by Raleigh and made some of the lower end models to be badged as Raleighs. They had a 'made in Holland under license' /or/ for Raleigh decal low on the seat-tube. Steel Brompton and Resilion flip/flophubs were used regularly on these models. Matt Gorski Gazellemont Shore, CA
----- Original Message ----- From: Steve Birmingham <sbirmingham@mindspring.com> To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 7:25 PM Subject: [CR]RE: Gazelle ,Raleigh and Brampton?
> I started working on a bike in the shop today that at first seemed
> pretty average, but once I started, it raised lots of questions.
>
> It's a Gazelle Tour L'Avenir, pretty typical bike boom stuff. But...
> The wheels, which looked original from a distance, have Brampton hubs,
> and a flip flop hub on the rear with a regina freewheel. The rims are
> unmarked, and have a
> patterned sidewall, so I assume they're not track rims. The tires are
> labeled
> "Raleigh racing" and are only rated at 70 psi.
>
> So what I've been wondering
> 1)Were Gazelle and Raleigh close enough to use the same tires etc?
> 2)Are these Brampton hubs relatively nice, or low end?
> http://www.mindspring.com/
> 3)who made the rims? I haven't seen this sidewall pattern before
> http://www.mindspring.com/
>
> 4)The combination of a road bike using a fixed/free hub (I'm assuming
> fixed/free,
> rather than double fixed) with a freewheel seems weird, Perhaps it's
just
> a bike boom
> parts shortage thing?
>
> 5)If the wheels aren't actually right for the bike, did Raleigh make any
> cheap track
> bikes?
>
>
> Probably some silly questions, but I have to learn somehow.
>
> Steve Birmingham
> Lowell, Ma