Marten-
Not familiar with the Gazelle Sprint, but this is a large (25 in.) frame with thin seatstays that wrap around the top tube. I actually did ride it a couple times, but much too big for me. Don't recall a shimmy, but I pr obably wasn't going that fast!
Rick Olson
Rhododendron, OR
> Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 21:37:36 +0200
> From: info@m-gineering.nl
> CC: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: Re: [CR] Colnago museum and Gazelle question
>
> Richard Olson wrote:
>
> > Now a question if I may. All the recent Gazelle posts caused me to pul
l ou
> > t my old Raleigh frame. A lower tier Grand Prix with 2030 tubing. The b
it t
> > hat interested me was the decal that states:
> >
> > Manufactured under licence by Gazelle Ruwielfabriek Holland Raleigh Com
pany
> >
> > Were these subbed out for cost saving measures, pre Japanese? Low gra
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> > rames only? I'm not a Raleigh expert, but I don't recall these being
disc
> > ussed in the past.
> >
>
>
> Is it one of those sold here as Gazelle Sprinter? Pencil seatstays with
> a full wrap around the toptube with 1/4" bar? Especially the 65cm
> version was horrible, shimmying at very moderate speed. When Gazelle wa
s
> owned by TI, they built a lot of cheap misery for the US market
> --
> mvg
>
> Marten Gerritsen
> Kiel Windeweer
> Netherlands