Most importantly... how does one pronounce Groene Leeuw? I don't want to dig through the pile of magazines this evening reciting "groonie loo" to myself if it isn't correct.
Aldo Ross
Bleeuw Ball, Ohio
> The spelling is Groene Leeuw (Green Lion) built by A. De Kimpe of
Kruishoutem, Belgium. My very first exposure to a quality bike was a Groene
Leeuw owned by one of my dad's friends. It was bright and shiney, struck an
impressionable 6 year old as one of the coolest things around and set me off
on a lifetime around bikes. I believe the Groene Leeuw that was part of the
Wiels-Groene Leeuw team is/was a grocery chain and wasn't connected to the
bike builder. Also, cool to see the name "Julien" on the list.
> Julien 'Jay' Van De Velde
> Seal Beach, CA
>
>
>
> Angel Garcia <veronaman@comcast.net> wrote:Do you have the spelling of the
first name correct? Googling turns up
> several hits if you use Groene Leeuw. Appears to have been a team. One
> quote:
> "If you speak about key-positions in the US Postal-Berry Floor team, you
can
> take that very literally when talking about Julien De Vriese. In 1963
> already, at a time most of us still had to be born, Julien took part in
the
> Tour as a mechanic for the first time with Wiel's-Groene Leeuw, a team
that
> has long since been forgotten"
>
> Angel Garcia
> Long Valley, NJ
>
>
> Subject: [CR]Greone Leeuw information, anyone?
>
>
> Any on the list have information that he or she could share with me about
a
> Belgium bike manufacturer named, Greone Leeuw? The example I have is a
> 1950's (I think) track bike, painted green (what else, huh?), twin-plated
> fork crown, nervex lugs, French threads, and no tubing marker. Very cool
> headbadge. This particular one came from Michigan; I am the third owner;
> the first raced it and he was of Belgium heritage. There does not appear
to
> be a serial number; the bottom bracket has the old Nervex lug engraving
with
> the various degree markings; there is a, however, a "3" stamped in another
> away from the Nervex lug engraving.
>
> Any information on such a bike manufacturer would be appreciated.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Cheers.
>
> Tom Hayes
> Chagrin Falls, Ohio
>
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
>
>
>
> ---------------------------------
> Do you Yahoo!?
> Yahoo! Mail is new and improved - Check it out!