Good for you! I saw this on eBay back when it was sold. You got a very good deal on it, too! My size, but then I figured, why one more ... Diapers are more important now.
have a good ride.
Kim klakow berlin, germany
> http://www.birfield.com/
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> (Second click gets you the BIG picture.)
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> I recently got this bike on German Ebay. It was purportedly Gregor Braun's
> Moser, raced in the Giro d'Italia. He raced for Famcucine in 1981, on
> Moser
> bikes. (alongside Francesco) All other years he rode for teams not using
> Moser bikes. So I am figuring it's from the 1981 Famcucine team. Notice
> the
> "BRAUN" on the top tube. The seller says he knows Gregor, and I'm hoping
> to
> get in touch with him, maybe ask him some more questions about the
> bike. Gregor Braun rode the Giro D'Italia in 1981 and wore the pink jersey
> for a day, I think after the first TT. The next German to wear the pink
> Jersey was Jens Heppner in 2002.
>
> http://www.cyclofiend.com/
>
> BB just has a "2" stamped in it. Rear derailleur has a PAT 81 on it. After
> Gregor raced on it, a German amateur named Christian Goldschack owned it
> and raced on it. "Christian Goldschack wurde auf diesem Rad deutscher
> Meister bei den Kriterimsfahrern und bestritt auch eine Saison genau auf
> diesem Rad." One of the the GP4 rims has "GOLDI" on it in marker, and the
> Look pedals would fit with mid-80s use. It's also got a 7spd twist-tooth
> Dura-Ace freewheel. The paint is in pretty rough shape. The stenciled
> graphics are amazingly bad, but seem to fit a true race bike pretty well.
>
> It came without a saddle, so a used Unicanitor from my friend Vlad seemed
> to suit. Were Turbos in use circa 1981?
>
> I will get a chain on it and take it for a spin ASAP. Just thought I'd
> share.
>
> Morgan Fletcher
> Oakland, CA
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Kim Klakow
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