I just want to add to this week-old message, that by the early 80's Alpine later was actually making their own frames... but this is not one of them. I'm with Dale that it's a rebadged British bike. In addition to the brands Dale mentions, I think some Alpines were MKM. Of course, the decals were stuck on anything that any GTCS employee or Alpine Team rider was using, and that included plenty of Serottas, a Cotten, an Aschemacher.... So, there are "actual Alpines," from the 80's, earlier bikes that were re-badged and sold as Alpines, and bikes that were never sold as Alpines but that simply bore the decals because of team or shop affiliations. When Alpine closed shop, a friend of a friend eneded up with a bunch (all) of the old decals. Some went to my froiend, and then to me, and ended up on a Centurion that I sold to a Mennonite kid at a swap meet. Anyway, look closely once you see the decals.
By the way, it's my understanding that GTCS provided a bunch of spare Alpine bikes to the Junior World's Road Championships held in Washington D.C. in 1978.
Tom Dalton Bethlehem PA USA
The Ebay Alpine:
Dalr wrote: I am betting that is a Condor or Mercian... This was the MO for Georgetown Cycles, the shop where Larry Black started his career & the shop who owned that brand....
Dale Brown Greensboro, North Carolina USA
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