Re: [CR] Rick van Looi / plum vainquer

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From: "Arno Volkers" <arnovolkers@hotmail.com>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 12:38:48 +0000
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Subject: Re: [CR] Rick van Looi / plum vainquer


Hello Lou,

i know Paganini was a brand of plum vainquer, i figured out yesterday. but do you know the connection between Rick van Looi & plum vainquer?

greets

Arno Volkers Van 't Hoffstraat 9a 4834 XD Breda The Netherlands


> >
> From: loudeeter@aol.com
> To: arnovolkers@hotmail.com
> Subject: Re: [CR] Rick van Looi / plum vainquer
> Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 08:13:59 -0400
>
> Paganini was also a house brand of the pv shop which was founded in
> the 1920s. Lou
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Aug 3, 2009, at 7:27 AM, Arno Volkers <arnovolkers@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >
> > Hello everybody,
> >
> > I have a chance to pick up a bicycle owned by rick van Looi,
> > it's a plum vainquer made in the city Gent in Belgium.
> > I tried to figure out which teams were connected to Rick van
> > Looi but i could not find any matching information.
> > Maybe it's a trainings bicycle, i just don't know.
> > I know that this woman who's is selling the bike is not making
> > just a nice storie, because the "rick van looi" thing was never
> > told in the advert, she was just excited because i'm the 4th owner
> > after rick van Looi. Before that it was the bike of her grandfather,
> > father
> > and herself.
> >
> > this are the teams were Rick was riding for:
> >
> > 1953 - l'Avenir1953 - Gitane-Hutchinson1954 - Gitane-Hutchinson1954
> > - Touring-Pirelli1954 - l'Avenir1955 - Van Hauwaert-Maes1955 -
> > Girardengo-Eldorado1956 - Faema-Guerra1957 - Faema-Guerra1958 -
> > Faema-Guerra1959 - Faema-Guerra1960 - Faema1961 - Faema1962 -
> > Flandria-Faema1963 - G.B.C.-Libertas1964 - Solo-Superia1965 - Solo-
> > Superia1966 - Solo-Superia1967 - Willem II-Gazelle1968 - Willem II-
> > Gazelle1969 - Willem II-Gazelle1970 - Willem II-Gazelle
> > does anybody know if there are teams riding with plum vainquer bikes?
> >
> > here are some pics of the bike, they are not made by me because i have
> > to pick up the bike this week.
> >
> > http://www.flickr.com/photos/studiobeeldruis/3784883202/
> >
> > cheers
> >
> > Arno Volkers
> > Van 't Hoffstraat 9a
> > 4834 XD Breda
> > The Netherlands