Hi Freek,
Here's a pic of Criquielion on his Hitachi-Splendor team bike at the 1986 Tour de France.
http://www.wooljersey.com/
Click on pic for larger image.
Aldo Ross
Middletown, Ohio, USA
Daily Post #1
1985/86
> Good day all,
>
> As some of you know, I am the lucky owner of two ex-pro bikes, a probably
> 1986 Splendor-Hitachi and a 1989 ADR-Bottecchia (fully Mavic equipped).
> Most
> of you will remember that Splendor-Hitachi was the team of Claude
> Criquelion
> and ADR-Bottecchia was the team that Greg Lemond won the TdF with, in
> 1989.
> I am now (at last!) ready to build up/finish both bikes (there was some
> work
> to be done), and since they both fit me, I am looking forward to riding
> them. Once spring sets in!
>
> I've googled till my head was aching, but couldn't really find good
> pictures
> of both team bikes. This could help in the finish of course, and would
> also
> motivate me no end.
>
> So, if anyone has pictures of the Splendor-Hitachi teambikes, and or the
> ADR-Bottecchia bikes and could scan and mail them to me, I'd be very very
> happy. These could be magazine pcitures or from a book, in a race or
> posing
> for PR.
>
> thanks in advance!
>
>
> Freek Faro
> Rotterdam Netherlands