Re: [CR]Mystery french frame. Renault???

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Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 21:59:50 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Fred Rafael Rednor" <fred_rednor@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Mystery french frame. Renault???
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
In-Reply-To: <20060824033521.31431.qmail@web82202.mail.mud.yahoo.com>


One thing's for certain: it's not a LeJeune!
     Au revoir,
     Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia (USA)


--- Jerome & Elizabeth Moos wrote:


> I don't think Renault ever made bikes, unless they breifly
> owned Gitane. Gitane supplied bikes to the Renault pro team.
> This bike could easily be a Gitane, in fact that would be a
> very good guess.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jerry Moos
> Big Spring, TX
>
> Todd Simeone <tsimeone@gmail.com> wrote:
> Sorry to ask the CR list but, I have been trying for months
> to
> determine the make of an old french lightweight I picked up.
> So far
> there has been no concrete results. Some people seem to think
> it is a
> Puegeot, but I can't seem to find any Puegeots that look
> exactly like
> it- especially with the same dropouts. I have made a crude
> website
> with all the details and pictures. Any help would be truly
> appreciated.
>
> The person I bought it from said it was a Renault, but I
> can't seem to
> find any indication they made decent bikes. This one is nice.
> Nice
> steel, light, and with what I think are plain nervex lugs.
>
> All the known info is on this site:
> http://www.crawlspacegallery.com/misc/mysterybike.htm
>
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
> Todd
> Chicago, Illinois (just moved from seattle)
> tsimeone@gmail.com
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