[CR] About Frejus Track Bikes

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From: <NHell39123@aol.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:16:13 -0400
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: [CR] About Frejus Track Bikes


One of the reasons that Frejus enthusiasts love their track bikes is that they are actually pursuit bikes, more comfortable than the tighter geometry of a sprint bike. I did see a Frejus sprint bike hanging on the walls of the Lazzaretti bike shop in Rome in the 1970s. It had tighter geometry and no
   drilling for a brake in the fork. It was in the traditional team colors of
   champagne-grey and dark red. The Lazzaretti family told me it was not for sale. Please note that the credit for this information about Frejus track bikes came from Tom Avenia himself.. He told me that it was his idea to have a hole drilled in the front fork and the factory acquiesced to his request. He also stated that he thought that sprint bikes would be too harsh to ride so he worked with the factory to have pursuit track bikes imported to the USA. I made many visits to both his shops and spent a lot of time with him. It was Tom who gave me the address of the Frejus/ Legnano store in Milan and encouraged me to visit this shop. I hope he is in cycling heaven, a true guru of the New York City bike scene back in the day. Norm Hellman, Bronx, N.Y- a fanatical Frejus fan.