Re: [CR]Re: Dream mix-n-match gruppo

(Example: Production Builders:LeJeune)

Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 09:57:09 -0500
From: "Leonard Bulger" <bulger@erim-int.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Re: Dream mix-n-match gruppo
To: chuckschmidt@earthlink.net, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
References: <F40IEoPXCFbN4TZyabY0001d999@hotmail.com> <3C453628.5B7D1510@earthlink.net>


I've always likeds that Mavic group, but the headset worries me. It has aluminum bearing races. Does anyone know how it holds up?

Leonard Bulger Icy Ann Arbor, MI

Chuck wrote:
>
> A no brainer! Tout MAVIC (all Mavic) from 1979. All sealed bearings,
> everything held together with circlips®, Sean Kelly and Greg Lemond...
> great stuff.
>
> The company dates to 1890 (Manufacture d'Articles VĂ©locipediques Idoux
> et Chanel), first aluminum rim in 1926, TdF Neutral Support since 1973,
> Sean Kelly King of the Peloton for a decade, Greg's 8 second victory in
> the 1989 TdF... ya gotta luv it!
>
> Chuck Schmidt
> South Pasadena, California