[CR]Re: Motobecane Grand Record

(Example: Framebuilding:Tubing:Falck)

Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 08:30:44 -0400 (GMT-04:00)
From: "Rick Cool" <cool12@earthlink.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]Re: Motobecane Grand Record

Steve Simon wrote, in part:
>Due to some abuse and neglect, most of the decals are gone,
>including the Grand Record label. What I have read here says the GR was
>distinctive black and red, but mine is silver/black. Any feedback on
>this? What other clues to the model?

My comments: I once had a '70 Grand Jubile that was black with red and gold pinstriping -- beautiful paint job. I looked very carefully at a silver with black Grand Record that was, unfortunately, too big for me. Most of the Grand Records I have seen since have likewise been silver with black. I recall that the Grand Record hubs were Normandy, the stem Phillips, the front & rear deraileurs Campy NR, and the crankset TA Comp (3-arm, 52-42). And I'm pretty sure that the Grand Jubile and Grand Record names were painted, rather than decals.

Rick Cool
City of Fairfax, VA
Schwinn World Voyageur, Atala pro