[CR]FAQ: What make is this green tourer?

(Example: Component Manufacturers:Avocet)

From: "Morgan Fletcher" <morgan@hahaha.org>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 11:00:36 -0800
cc: Robert Schenker <ris@schenkerdesign.com>
Subject: [CR]FAQ: What make is this green tourer?

I apologize for adding to the din. I have recently picked up a "French touring bike" with what a nice green metallic respray and no decals. I would like to know what make the frameset is, and maybe when it was made. Here are pics:

http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/green_tourer

It's got an approximately 60cm seat tube, I haven't yet done any other measurements. Components are an interesting mix:

Campagnolo steel headset SR bar, stem, seatpost and pedals Phil Wood hubs, Rigida 1320 27" clincher rims, Avocet quick releases, 36 3x DT spokes f & r (still remnants of a Phil Wood sticker on the rear hub) Specialized Touring II 27x1 tires Ideale 90 saddle Galli sidepulls and levers with drop bolt rear TA triple cranks and bb (half-step + granny) Suntour Cyclone long cage rear and band-on front derailleurs, Campagnolo NR downtube shiftsers Eclipse handlebar bag thorn scrapers and a front wheel grabber to keep it from jackknifing Didn't catch chain, cassette, bottle cage, toe clip or strap makes.

Frame has very interesting scallopped, square-cut seat stays at the seat tube, Campagnolo drop-outs with eyelets front and rear, semi-sloping fork crown. Braze-ons are; top-tube cable guides, bottle cages, big old L-shaped pump peg, shifters, cable guides on top of the bb shell, rear derailleur housing stop. Haven't yet checked frame and fork threading. Geometry looks... sport-tourer? It has long-ish chainstays. There's a serial number (297X or 297XX) on the drive-side rear drop-out, but no markings on the bottom bracket shell.

What is this bike? The component set is eclectic, seems like it could have been individually sourced. Guy I bought it from didn't know much about it. (I had a non-bikie friend pick it up, so got very little information.)

Thanks,

Morgan -- Morgan Fletcher, morgan@hahaha.org Oakland, CA, USA