I think this bike is from around 1965. I've asked the seller if there's # on the back of the crankarms that might help in the dating.
I also think that the concept of Frejus using sequential serial numbers is still sound. What we see when we look at the numbers is muddled by too many years and too many owners (for the most part) and given the variance in when a bike left the factory and when it made it into the first owners hand I think if we plotted a graph we'd see approximate correlation, but we'd never get anything too exact.
David Bilenkey Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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> Bender-Zanoni
> Sent: January 8, 2003 1:27 AM
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> Subject: [CR]Nice E-bay Frejus Tour de France
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http://ebay.com/
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> In this size I think this will go to Japan. It's also one more
> data point on
> the serial numbers. While it can't be a 1950, I think it is clear that my
> sequential serial number theory is hogwash.
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> Just when I think E-bay is drying up- lots of nice stuff when I looked
> today. A set of the Campagnolo pedals with toe loops and the <C> markings
> only found on Raleighs.
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> Joe B-Z
> Too close for comfort to itsamall.com home base