Re: [CR] My Lejeune (now French bikes w/Campy)

(Example: Framebuilding:Brazing Technique)

Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 13:51:37 -0800 (PST)
From: "Scott Gabriel" <slipangle2@yahoo.com>
To: Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>, Owen Wrigley <owen_wrigley@hotmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <BAY157-w14BACDED27F3826A846906F8F80@phx.gbl>
Subject: Re: [CR] My Lejeune (now French bikes w/Campy)


That's a nice bike Owen,

But moreover...what about those toe straps ? I've never seen anything like them.

Scott Gabriel
Cape Cod


--- On Fri, 1/21/11, Owen Wrigley wrote:


> From: Owen Wrigley <owen_wrigley@hotmail.com>

\r?\n> Subject: Re: [CR] My Lejeune (now French bikes w/Campy)

\r?\n> To: "Classic Rendezvous" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>

\r?\n> Date: Friday, January 21, 2011, 1:22 PM

\r?\n>

\r?\n> My 1971 Gitane Super Corsa remains 98% as it came from the

\r?\n> shop in 1971.

\r?\n> (Original pedals swapped for safe keeping, new brake pads,

\r?\n> bullseye pulleys.)

\r?\n>

\r?\n> All Campy, including the brakes.  I know Chas will

\r?\n> chime in to insist that

\r?\n> they didn't come with the expensive Campy brake option

\r?\n> directly from the

\r?\n> factory, but were added by the shop that sold them.

\r?\n>

\r?\n> This could well be.  BUT, my '71 came that way when

\r?\n> purchased new.

\r?\n>

\r?\n> <a href="http://s120.photobucket.com/albums/o191/LeicaLad/?action=view&current=IMG_2036.jpg"

\r?\n> target="_blank"><img src="http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o191/LeicaLad/IMG_2036.jpg"

\r?\n> border="0" alt="SC rebuild Aug2010"></a>

\r?\n>

\r?\n> [IMG]http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o191/LeicaLad/IMG_2036.jpg[/IMG]

\r?\n>

\r?\n>

\r?\n> Owen Wrigley

\r?\n> Vienna, VA

\r?\n>

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\r?\n>

\r?\n> Message: 12

\r?\n> Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 09:30:10 -0800 (PST)

\r?\n> From: Scott Gabriel <slipangle2@yahoo.com>

\r?\n> Subject: Re: [CR] My Lejeune

\r?\n> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org,

\r?\n> scott davis

\r?\n>     <francopedia@yahoo.com>

\r?\n> Message-ID: <596858.28558.qm@web111313.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>

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\r?\n> Cool bike Scott,

\r?\n>

\r?\n> I wonder, not being very well versed in the subject, just

\r?\n> how many French bikes came with a full Campagnolo NR or SR

\r?\n> gruppo. I have a circa '73 Motobecane Team Champion, and

\r?\n> here is your Lejeune.  Were there others?

\r?\n>

\r?\n> Scott Gabriel

\r?\n> Cape Cod

\r?\n> US