> Why would it be necessary to have french threading? > Well, since I suspect that most-if-not-all LeJeune race bikes were built by sub-contractors (but high quality ones, no doubt), I would think that the minimum standard for a LeJeune would be that it was built in Frane to French specifications.
> Far as I am concerned, Boyers bikes ain't LeJeunes, > but still have an interest/mojo factor up the yinyang. > Well, to be honest, they're probably both more special and more valuable than any real LeJeune you could dig up in any size.
> "What makes a LeJeune" ... for "my" interests, would > be what Fred says, but original finish, 60's vintage > (hard to verify) and 61cm...apart from that, I'd > likely not care > I have 2 bikes that I would consider real LeJeunes even though they're both from the 1970s. When did Monsieur LeJeune actually start having bikes built under his own name? Lucien Van Impe raced on one in the very early 1970s but I wonder who did beforehand?
Please don't misunderstand my comments about these bikes. Although I have no illusions about them, they have a lot of class. Also, they are highly representative of an aspect of the French bicycle industry that is long gone. Amitiés, Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia (USA)
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