Hello Lynn and welcome to the list. I can't answer your questions but wanted to comment on Lejeunes in general. A couple of friends I used to race and train with back in the 1970's rode top of the line 531DB Lejeunes (one guy actually had his bike stolen out from under him in Detroit!) and those to me back then were as neat a looking bike as anything else out there at the time. Both bikes were red incidentally. I fell in love with a sky-blue Lejeune track bike ridden by French sprinter Daniel Morelon which was pictured in an early 70's Sports Illustrated. Perhaps others here will recall the photo? To this day its still one of the most beautiful bikes from that era I ever saw. At anyrate I've never understood why the better Lejeunes have not commanded more respect and attention.
Larry Hakim,
Oxford--now home to a quarterback controversy--MS
>From: LTravers <lat7575@swbell.net>
>To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>Subject: [CR]Intro
>Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 08:27:50 -0500
>
>Greetings:
>
>I have recently been reinfected with riding and am the proud owner of a
>Lejeune which I purchased used from Walt's Bike Shop in Columbia, MO in the
>early 1970s. The bike itself is what brings me here. I have never seen
>another Lejeune in person, only pics, and none are like mine. I know it is
>a lower end model, but that is all.
>
>It has a 531DB frame and 531 forks. IIRC, it had Simplex Criterium
>derailleurs. Lower end Stronglight cranks, MAFAC brakes, Normandie hubs
>with sewup rims that I do not recall. It was, of course, blood red with
>Lejeune on white fields on the seat tube, the down tube, and the forks.
>Forks and stays were chromed and it does not have, AFAICT, the Simplex
>ends. All of that is upgraded, I still have the crankset.
>
>Anyone recognize this model? I find it a sweet ride and those who have
>also ridden it are impressed. In a fit of insanity about 20 years ago, I
>repainted it and am now considering returning it to more correct colors.
>Is there usually any problem obtaining replacement Reynolds decals?
>
>I have also inherited a wrecked Trek 410 which I am considering
>transferring the Campy components to another Trek frame. It features the
>Triomphe cranks and deraileurs. If I were to do this, I will go all Campy
>as it originally came with other components
>
>Looking forward to learning..
>
>--
>Lynn Travers
>Hazelwood, MO