The long top tubes are annoying also. I have a 53 cm AD SuperLeicht with a 57 cm toptube.
Regards,
Jerry Moos
Steve Maas <stevem@nonlintec.com> wrote: Just for the record, mine has Shimano dropouts.
I've seen several of these, but never with any uniformity in the component set. I read somewhere that many were sold as bare frames, which is conistent with the wide variety of parts on the ones I've seen. (Sorry, I just can't remember where I read this, so it should be taken as apocryphal.)
In any case, you can buy one today for a very modest price, and you get a very nicely built frame with chromed stay and fork ends, deep, sexy maroon paint, and hand-painted pinstriping and lug outlining. I'm surprised that there isn't more interest in them. I suppose that the mystique is diluted by the large number of lower-end bikes that AD injected into the US market.
Steve Maas Long Beach CA
Joe Bender-Zanoni wrote:
> These were the bottom of the AD all Reynolds 531 DB line. Below the Vent
> Noir and above the SLE. Probably with Huret dropouts. I suspect the
> components changed with the year but here's a go circa 1975: Stronglight 49
> cranks, Lyotard pedals, Huret Success deraillers with titanium rear,
> Wienmann Carrera brakes, GB bars and stem. Normandy competition hubs with
> Rigida clinchers.
>
> This model was very difficult to sell at around $300 but in retrospect was
> great stuff. I suspect that few bikes offered better dollar for dollar
> performance, comfort and versatility.
>
> Like the Vent Noir, these came in a 531 DB Mixte! The problem was they had a
> very long effective top tube length so they were usually a poor fit for most
> shorter riders.
>
> Joe Bender-Zanoni
> Great Notch, NJ
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Maas"
> To:
> Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2005 5:42 PM
> Subject: Re: [CR]Austro Daimler Inter 10
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>>Yes, it is strange--all the documentation I've seen on ADs seems to
>>ignore the very existence of the Inter 10. I'd like to know more about
>>where they fit into the grand scheme of Austro Daimler, too. I think
>>it's an extremely nice bike, thoroughly underrated.
>>
>>My Inter 10, with original finish, has Reynolds 531 labels on the forks.
>> You can see them in some of the pictures at
>>http://www.nonlintec.com/austrodaimler/.
>>
>>Finally, I've seen a couple Vent Noirs on eBay. I think there was one
>>just a few weeks ago. Keep watching!
>>
>>Steve Maas
>>(A nice, warm, bicycling day in)
>>Long Beach, California
>>
>>
>>Patrick Lay wrote:
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>>>Hello..i've been scouring the archives trying to figure out if the circa
>>>1978-1980s Inter 10 model was a full 531 including the fork. I know that
>>>the Ultima and Superleight differed primarily in colors and components,
>>>but i can't for the life of me find specs on the Inter 10. While I'm at
>>>it I might as well ask my usual AD question. Does anyone know of a nice
>>>condition 57 or 58 c to c plated Vent Noir for sale? Patrick
>>>(shoulda bought it when I road tested it new) Lay in Chicago
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