[CR]Re: Help Identifying a Mystery Tandem Frame

(Example: Framebuilders:Masi)

Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2006 18:41:22 -0500
From: <ritzmon@aol.com>
References: <MONKEYFOODNvD7hI1vP00003cd9@monkeyfood.nt.phred.org>
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To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]Re: Help Identifying a Mystery Tandem Frame

Looks to me like the rarer high end Gitane tandem from the mid-seventies, based on the shape of the stay caps and lateral tubes. It had 531 (single bike) tubing and was more than a bit flexible.

Mark "old tandemist" Ritz finally with power again in Arcata, CA

Steve Demchak wrote:
> DISCLAIMER: I'm a neophyte to the KOF world.
>
> I bought this mystery tandem frame yesterday. It wasn't fun carrying it home on my fixie. Fortunately, two of Seattle's Finest didn't harass me about taking a whole lane. It has Shimano rear dropouts with a 122-mm spacing. The fork has Brev. Campagnolo dropouts. The rear bottom bracket shell is 68-mm. Supposedly it takes 27-inch wheels, but the distance from the dropouts to the cantilever brake posts are 290-mm, which matches my beater 700-wheeled hybrid.
>
> Would anyone have any guesses as to the maker of the frame?
>
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