Re: [CR]Frejus track bike on ebay

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From: "Ken Sanford" <kanford@comcast.net>
To: "David Bilenkey" <dbilenkey@sympatico.ca>
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Subject: Re: [CR]Frejus track bike on ebay
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 08:03:20 -0400
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cc: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

David

they are 151 mm cranks. Can't tell if they have the raised pedal lip or not but they are definitely 151 bcd cranks.

You can tell cause: a) the gap between the chainring bolt and the edge is larger b) inch-pitch chainrings were only made for the 151 bolt circle

Ken Sanford
Kensington, MD


----- Original Message -----
From: David Bilenkey
To: 'CR'
Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 7:53 AM
Subject: RE: [CR]Frejus track bike on ebay



> Wouldn't an early 60's bike have 151mm BCD cranks? (when did 144mm BCD
> start
> again?) The stem seems newer than early 60's to me as well, I'd expect
> something like an Ambrosio Champion.
>
> David
> --
> David Bilenkey
> Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
> dbilenkey@sympatico.ca
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org
>> [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of
>> joebz@optonline.net
>> Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 12:11 AM
>> To: The Maaslands
>> Cc: CR
>> Subject: Re: [CR]Frejus track bike on ebay
>>
>>
>> Looks very original although I am not sure about the bar and
>> stem. My 1959 or '58 had Ambrosio. Early '60's seems right.
>> Probably the oversize Libiella forks and stays. Probably the
>> original block chain (Regina or Caimi?). I'm sure the current
>> messenger types will pass because the fork is drilled (like
>> all these were) and thus it can't be a real track bike and it
>> would mark you as a poseur. The 27/7 gear might gain you
>> stature though (gadzooks, what would be the actual use of
>> such a gear on the track except behind a motor).
>>
>> Joe Bender-Zanoni
>> Great Notch, NJ
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: The Maaslands <TheMaaslands@comcast.net>
>> Date: Thursday, April 20, 2006 11:40 pm
>> Subject: [CR]Frejus track bike on ebay
>>
>> > Check out this neat Frejus track bike from the 1960's:
>> >
>> >
> http://ebay.com/<blah>
>> >
>> > Steven Maasland
>> > Moorestown, NJ