thanks for the reply,
rik van looy must be bigger then 1.70 meters then, well if you know the framesize from Rik i'm very interested to hear about it. In the meanwhile i will contact plum vainqueur in Gent and ask the old mechanics of they build a bike for rik van Looy.
cheers
Arno
To: arnovolkers@hotmail.com Subject: Re: [CR] Rik Van Looy & plum vainqueur Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 14:24:28 -0400 From: milanospt@aol.com
Arno, It looks too small to be Vsn Looy' personal bike. Rik just bought a new Masi this year. I'll ask Alberto Masi what size it is. Photos of Van Looy riding a Superia labeled Masi are in the Vigorelli.
Greg Honn
Milano sport
milano3v.com
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From: Arno Volkers <arnovolkers@hotmail.com>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Thu, Oct 1, 2009 11:16 am
Subject: [CR] Rik Van Looy & plum vainqueur
Hello everybody,
to continue the Rik van Looy subject, Friday i bought a plum vainqueur bicycle in Asperen (near Gent, Belgium), this 14 year old girl told me that het grandfather bought it from Rik van Looy. She was just enthiousastic and told me the story that it belonged to Rik van Looy, her grandfather, father and now me! Could this be possible?
The size of the bike is 53 cm, i don't know for sure if it has the right decals, maybe it's not a plum vainqueur, i don't know, and the girl didn't know it to. She even didn't know if he was riding races with it or that it was a training bike.
well maybe there are some people who recognise it from pictures!
the link is here:
http://www.wooljersey.com/
thanks in advance
cheers
Arno VOlkers
van 't hoffstraat 9a
4834 XD Breda
The Netherlands