Re: Re: [CR]Gazelle Champion Mondial

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Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:02:50 -0400
From: "G L Romeu" <romeug@comcast.net>
To: Freek Faro <khun.freek@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Re: [CR]Gazelle Champion Mondial
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cc: Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>

I have both the 531c (rec'd from you Freek recently) and a 731, 61 c-t. so far concerning the ride, though not conclusive, I am finding the 531c preferable. I will have to exchange wheels for making some legitimate claims...
> I personally believe that many riders preferred the 531C (or DB) over
> 753. Maybe they didn't trust 753, maybe the reason was fact based:
> 531 is (perceived?) stiffer. I have a 1986 Gazelle Amstel Bier
> teambike (Michel Cornelisse, now team-manager of the new Vacansoleil
> pro-team), its 531C. On the other hand, in my stable is Marc
> Dierikcx' Gazelle, from the 1981 DAF-Cote d'Or-Gazelle team, its 753,
> and pretty big too: 60 c-t. Special order?

went to NYC yesterday and saw some carbon fabrications shaped like scorcher bars in a shop in soho...probably track bars with a sweep from the stem... but now writing from chesterfield new jersey usa gabriel romeu -- G L Romeu
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