Re: [CR]Jacques Anquetil's frame dimension

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From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Jacques Anquetil's frame dimension
Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2006 20:58:57 -0800
To: CR RENDEZVOUS <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>


Norris Lockley wrote:
> No this isn't another of those emails asking if anyone knows who made
> Jacques Anquetil frames per se, but an enquiry whether anyone on the
> List is an "Anquetil" fanatic who can tell me exactly the
> dimensions of
> Maitre Jacques frames.

Jacques Anquetil's 1961 Helyett in Le Cycle magazine, as measured by Daniel Rebour

Seat tube -- 570mm Top tube -- 570mm Seat tube set back -- 170mm Fork rake -- 50mm Fork trail -- 50mm Front center -- 600mm Chain stay -- 440mm Bottom bracket height -- 270mm

(Seat tube set back is measured from center of seat lug along top tube to a line perpendicular to top tube and intersecting center of bottom bracket.)

Chuck Schmidt
South Pasadena, Southern California
United States of America
http://www.velo-retro.com (reprints, t-shirts & timelines)