Re: [CR]Mysterious LEJEUNE markings?

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From: "Galen" <gvpoole@bellsouth.net>
To: "devotion finesse" <devotion_finesse@hotmail.com>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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Subject: Re: [CR]Mysterious LEJEUNE markings?
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 06:10:44 -0600
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Matthew,

Just on pure speculation, the sloppily scrawled number on the bb sounds like a social security number, probably placed for ID if the bike was stolen. Sorry, but I can't help with the other questions.

Galen Poole
Jackson, MS


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From: devotion finesse
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Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 10:13 PM
Subject: [CR]Mysterious LEJEUNE markings?



> Greetings.
> I used to own a Lejeune track frame which I believe to have been built
> roughly around 1973. It was red with a blue head tube and marked with a
> "Vainqueur du Tour de France" sticker on the head tube as well.
> I have always wondered about a couple of markings on the frame and thought
> this list might finally lay to rest some of the mysteries surrounding this
> frame I once had.
> The stay caps were stamped "B.Carre". Is this a common stamp on Lejeune's
> of this period? Perhaps this is the name of a rider? a builder?
> Also, the underside of the bottom bracket cluster had what appeared to be
> a serial number sloppily hand scrawled on it. It read "098-32-7607".
> Does this number fall into sequence of other bikes built around the same
> period indicating that it is in fact a serial number? Or was this some
> sort of identification number scratched on at a later date by an owner?
> Matthew Bowne
> Brooklyn, New York