Re: [CR] Colnago museum and Gazelle question

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Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 21:37:36 +0200
From: "M-gineering" <info@m-gineering.nl>
Cc: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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Subject: Re: [CR] Colnago museum and Gazelle question


Richard Olson wrote:
> Now a question if I may. All the recent Gazelle posts caused me to pull ou
> t my old Raleigh frame. A lower tier Grand Prix with 2030 tubing. The bit t
> hat interested me was the decal that states:
>
> Manufactured under licence by Gazelle Ruwielfabriek Holland Raleigh Company
>
> Were these subbed out for cost saving measures, pre Japanese? Low grade f
> rames only? I'm not a Raleigh expert, but I don't recall these being disc
> ussed in the past.
>

Is it one of those sold here as Gazelle Sprinter? Pencil seatstays with a full wrap around the toptube with 1/4" bar? Especially the 65cm version was horrible, shimmying at very moderate speed. When Gazelle was owned by TI, they built a lot of cheap misery for the US market -- mvg

Marten Gerritsen
Kiel Windeweer
Netherlands