Re: [CR]re: the ultimate death bike, also mystery frame

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Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2007 11:19:24 -0500
From: "Steven Willis" <smwillis@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]re: the ultimate death bike, also mystery frame
To: "Baron von Drais" <draisienne@hotmail.com>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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cool can we have pictures?
Steven Willis
The Bike Stand
1778 East Second Street
Scotch Plains NJ 07076
908-322-3330
http://www.thebikestand.com


----- Original Message -----
From: Baron von Drais
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Friday, December 07, 2007 10:38 AM
Subject: [CR]re: the ultimate death bike, also mystery frame



>
> Hi all,
>
> I'd like to add a good start for a vintage "ultimate death bike". I have
> a frame and fork from the 70's that is all aluminium. I do not know the ma
> nufacturer but it looks like a Vitus or Alan except that all the tubes -
> in
> cluding fork blades to crown and fork crown to steerer tube are bolted
> toge
> ther! Every single intersection is secured by machine screws, some big,
> som
> e small. Oh, and the fork dropouts are secured with 2 pop rivets each.
> Scar
> y. Very very scary. I don't know much about the bike other than it's
> french
> , from the 70's and it's light and was built to be a racer. I bought it
> for
> it's "interestingness" but have yet to ride it. So how about this mystery
> french frame and fork, Hi-E rims, AVA stem, and something delron in the
> shi
> fter department as a basis for a vintage death bike. Someone else want to
> a
> dd to the build?
> If someone is familiar with this frame I'd like to learn what it is. Her
> e in Montreal everyone into bikes is familiar with the bolted frames but
> li
> ke legendary Loch Ness sightings no one has any real information. Mine
> does
> not have any decals. I know of one other and when I saw it the only origin
> al decal was a small one on the head tube. The decal is an upper case H
> sit
> ting in a castle shape and below was "Dix Vitesse" (10 speed). Needless to
> say this wasn't a great help in identifying the bike.....
>
> Cheers,
> no pop-rivets for
> Peter Schwar
> in Montreal Canada