Hi Jim. The other day I was looking in the bike section of the San Francis co Craigslist, and spotted a beautiful Bob Jackson touring bike! My bike s are also 25" or 62 cm, and part of what caught my eye was that it is ou r size. The lug work, paint, and parts appear to be in really good con dition, and the seller is asking 900$ dollars. Parts are Shimano 7 speed group from the mid 1990's.
I really hated to pass up this bike, but I just can't afford it right now . Hopefully you, or whoever buys this bike will give it a good home for many years to come.
Tom Harriman
San Francisco, Ca.
> Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 16:07:58 -0400
> From: james.booth@ubs.com
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: [CR] WTB: 1979 Motobecane Grand Touring (25") frame and fork or
a complete bike.
>
> > Hi list,
> >
> > I was hit by a car while riding my reconditioned 1979 Motobecane Grand
> > Touring on July 30th. I am still recovering from the accident (broken
> > bottom of the tibia at the ankle). The frame was badly damaged - I
> > have the catalog page with frame specifications in PDF format. I am
> > looking for this bike or something that would give me a similar ride?
> > The 3 main tubes were made of VITUS 172 double butted and heat
> > treated. The frame size was 25" ctc, with a head tube angle of 74
> > deg., seat tube angle of 73 deg. and a down tube angle of 61.01 deg.
,
> > and had longer oval chain stays to lengthen the bicycle and make room
> > for fenders.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Jim Booth
> >
> > Email to: James.Booth@ubs.com
>
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