Plum Vainquer is a bike shop in Ghent by English standards its pretty large. Last time I was there about five years ago I picked up a pair of leather cycling shoes which were about an English size 1 for my son to use when he was four no that makes it six or seven years ago. The Ghent 6-day in November is definitely worth going to and has a very large contingent of English fans going. Regards Hilary Stone
Richard M Sachs wrote:
> plume vainquer was/is a belgium made frame.
> the name translates to 'featherlight'.
> when i was new to racing, i saw many top professionals
> racing road and track on this brand. other similar frames
> of the period were RIH, Gazelle, and Zeileman. where
> are they now. probably at the old artist's home.
> e-RICHIE
>
> On Mon, 20 Nov 2000 12:35:30 -0800 "benshaw" <benshaw@attcanada.ca>
> writes:
>
>> The other is a 700c Plum Vainqueur, with Cinelli bar/stem, Modolo
>> Speedy brakes, Battaglin or Gipiemme drivetrain, matching frame
>> pump, and diamond-shaped cutouts in the lugs and bottom bracket.
>> It's fairly obviously Italian, but other than that I have no idea
>> where it came from or how old it is, and I'm really curious. All I
>> know is that it is a dream to ride. Does anyone have insights on
>> this one?