[CR]Diamant road frame(rebrand?)

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From: "Mikael Gustafsson" <mikael.gustafsson@saunalahti.fi>
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 11:38:59 +0200
To: mikael.gustafsson@saunalahti.fi
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]Diamant road frame(rebrand?)

Hello again,

The "Designer 86, Diamant, Micro FC 40" decal buggered me, since I was sure I had seen it before.

http://velospace.org/node/2601

compared to:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v159/narri/diamant013.jpg

Does this have something to do with the tubeset? Or could it be rebranded?

Thank you all! This email list is pure gold.

Regards, Mikael Gustafsson
> Hello,
>
> First I would like to thank you all who helped me identify the
> mysterious B
> ianchi I posted about some weeks ago. The bike was identified and
> has now f
> ound a new owner. It was far too special for my riding needs, it
> felt like blasphemy commuting with it on our salted, rainy roads.
>
> I have come across a new bike now. A 80's Diamant road frame. As
> far as I know it's Belgian. If anyone knows anything more about the
> tubeset, or the bike in general, I would be really happy if you
> could tell me something abo
> ut it.
>
> Here is all the details I am aware of this far:
>
> Frame: Diamant decals, Columbus frame decal (80´s?), Designer 86,
> Micro F
> C-40 decal.
> Headset and fork: Campagnolo, Nuevo Record?
> Dropouts: Campagnolo (1010?)
> Bottom bracket: Cinelli
>
> Bought it from Ebay, apparently never used.
>
> Here are links to the original sellers images:
>
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v159/narri/diamant002-1.jpg
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v159/narri/diamant003.jpg
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v159/narri/diamant004.jpg
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v159/narri/diamant005.jpg
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v159/narri/diamant009.jpg
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v159/narri/diamant008.jpg
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v159/narri/diamant011.jpg
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v159/narri/diamant014.jpg
>
>
> Thank you very much, it's been interesting and educating reading
> all the po
> sts from CR.
>
> Regards,
> Mikael Gustafsson