Well, you guys don't care because I ride a '87 Italian, but what's interesting is back when I bought it, it was a entry level $475 frame (SLX). Battaglin was still new in the US and was keeping his pricing affordable. These where Pinarello built in those days. Well back then nobody cared, but now 18 years later there isn't a ride go by that one or more riders comment on the bike. The one big factor in this is that I polished 80% of the components. From the bars & brake levers, shifters, crank arms, rims, seat post, down to the spokes. What I've come to the conclusion is that it's the 'shine factor' What happens when you hold a shiny object in front of a baby?? Yep, goo goo gaa gaa.
It's really not a bike, it's a rolling piece of candy
-----Original Message----- From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of Jerome & Elizabeth Moos Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 5:27 AM To: gpvb1@comcast.net; classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: Re: [CR] what did you ride today?
I have a LeJeune F-70 also, a 1973. In fact, it is on the CR site. The F-70 was pretty much the exact equivalent of the Peugeot PX-10. However, unlike the PX-10, LeJeune didn't publicize the F-70 model name much. I bought my F-70 in 1974 from Heinz Linke's shop in Lakewood, OH (some here remember him). Heinz never showed me a LeJeune catalog, nor did I ask. I never knew the name of the model until a few years ago, when a CR member copied and mailed be the pages from an old LeJeune catalog.
Regards,
Jerry Moos Houston, TX
gpvb1@comcast.net wrote: Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 18:44:54 -0500 From: L Travers To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: RE: [CR] what did you ride today? (Duncan Granger)
1972 LeJeune F70 for just under an hour.
-- Lynn Travers Hazelwood, MO
What's an F70 model?
Greg "LJs are cool" Parker
Ann Arbor, Michigan