I have a sixties Frejus track bike (can be seen at:
http://www.wooljersey.com/
Perhaps catch some of you at Trexlertown tomorrow, where, according to weather reports, sixty percent chance of rain.
Cheers.
Tom Hayes Chagrin Falls, Ohio
On 4/21/06, David Bilenkey <dbilenkey@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
> 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/
> > >
> > > Steven Maasland
> > > Moorestown, NJ
>
> _______________________________________________
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Tom Hayes
Chagrin Falls, Ohio