Re: [CR]Mystery Bike: L'Abeille Bruxelles

(Example: Framebuilding:Brazing Technique)

Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 06:18:44 -0700
From: "Peter Craig Martin" <petercraigmartin@gmail.com>
To: M-gineering <info@m-gineering.nl>
Subject: Re: [CR]Mystery Bike: L'Abeille Bruxelles
In-Reply-To: <4885D7A0.9090609@m-gineering.nl>
References: <c70f68b90807220300o11548865qfed17449ba75899d@mail.gmail.com> <f5a556900807220507u4a2a1cfq78a724d52a5c0587@mail.gmail.com>
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

You're probably right -- it was probably a house brand or private label applied in such small numbers that no mention of it ever reached the Net, even in "used bikes for sale" classified ads. I wonder if the tire size is going to end up being something as mundane as 650B -- hardly exotic for a Continental bike of that era, but something most bike stores wouldn't have in stock (at least not here in the States).

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On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 05:50, M-gineering <info@m-gineering.nl> wrote:
> Peter Craig Martin wrote:
>>
>> I hate to do this to you, but since there seems to be absolute
>> *nothing* on the Web -- in English, French, or Dutch/Flemish -- on
>> L'Abeille bicycles, it's the best I can do
>
>
>
> There is always a chance it is just a generic bicycle made for a wholesaler,
> dressed up with a fancy name to sell in the local market
> --
> mvg
>
> Marten Gerritsen
> Kiel Windeweer
> Netherlands