Re: [CR] Gazelle champion mondial semi race

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Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:47:48 +0100
From: "M-gineering" <info@m-gineering.nl>
Cc: classicrendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <4B580C62.1090201@devoti-kuenne.com>
In-Reply-To: <4B580C62.1090201@devoti-kuenne.com>
Subject: Re: [CR] Gazelle champion mondial semi race


Marc Oliver Künne wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> a few days before I saw a Gazelle Champion Mondial on a flea market.
> I was fully built of Reynolds 531 tubing - but what I never saw before
> it had a stay for a dynamo on the front fork, was equipped with fenders
> and racks and had a handlebar like the Nitto moustache or the 80s
> french citybikes. On a website with material about gazelle I found out
> it was a Semi race but the scanned catalogues onlxy are reaching back to
> 1982.
> There are some details that make me consider this bike older than 1982.
> I'd be glad if someone could give more details about the gazelle
> champion mondial semi race.
> I' thinking abeout buying the bike but I don't know if its possible to
> restore it for a reasonable effort. Does anybody know more about these
> bikes?
>
> Thank you
>
> Marc Oliver Künne
> 41844 Wegberg
> Germany

Touring versions were available early on, probably right from the start. , certainly from '73. It should be possible to date the frame by the framenumber, there is a list somewhere on the net.

-- mvg

Marten Gerritsen
Kiel Windeweer
Netherlands