Re: [CR] Motobecane catalogs: now online.

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From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [CR] Motobecane catalogs: now online.
Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 16:11:20 -0700
To: Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>


On Sep 22, 2007, at 3:27 PM, Stronglight49@aol.com wrote:
> Folks,
> Here are complete scans of 3 original mid-1970s Motobecane
> catalogs, each
> published in the US by the importer. This means (in my
> experience) that some
> of the model names, graphics or specifications for any European
> models may
> vary (only slightly), but these bikes are what most of us in the
> US come
> across. Dates are approximate, but very close.
>
> Best navigation is to (1) click onto a catalog image (2) under the
> set's
> title heading on the thumbnail page, click on "Details" which will
> give larger
> images and name the model shown on each page, (3) click onto a
> page image and
> go from there to view larger sizes.
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/stronglight/collections/
> 72157602068140820/
>
> Interesting details, including some photos of the huge multi-level
> factory
> complex in France (in the catalog with the black cover) and a
> worker hand
> lining a head-lug with a paintbrush. The images were scanned at
> 300 dpi and
> should enlarge clear enough to view online and at the largest
> sizes should
> transfer nicely to save in your own PC files or for printing.
>
> Enjoy!
>
> BOB HANSON, ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, USA

I always thought the guy on the left in this picture bore a striking resemblance to CR listmember Mark Ritz: http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1174/1385058800_9d83fad489_o.jpg

CHUCK SCHMIDT, SOUTH PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, USA