Re: [CR] Bikes Used By The Pros

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From: "kevin sayles" <kevinsayles@tiscali.co.uk>
To: "Norris Lockley" <nlockley73@googlemail.com>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <29cfc1e01003061606k25def839jf7f0ec6c5a03632e@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <29cfc1e01003061606k25def839jf7f0ec6c5a03632e@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 10:03:07 -0000
Subject: Re: [CR] Bikes Used By The Pros


Hi Norris, I agree with you in that I think the chrono bike claimed to be Hinaults looks way too large for him........and if I'm not mistaken the chrono aerodynamic bike I remember was in Gitane blue, and wasn't the front brake on the reverse of the forks......I used to have a big poster of him on it........which is funny really, because despite his unquestionable class and ability....I was never really a fan, don't know why....just never endeared himself to me.......ovbiously I must have liked the bike! [I was however a big fan of Jan Francoise Bernhard.......perhaps because I was told I looked very much like him, [when I had hair] both in looks and in style on the bike........one thing is certain....I never went as quick!!]

cheers Kevin Sayles....wishing I was riding the Yorkshire RC reliability trial... Bridgwater Somerset UK


----- Original Message -----
From: Norris Lockley
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2010 12:06 AM
Subject: [CR] Bikes Used By The Pros



> >From time to time on the List there are enquiries about where the actual
> bikes used by Pro riders end up, and I recall that during the last twelve
> months a handful of machines and frames that pruported to having been
> ridden
> in anger by Pros have turned up.
>
> French Ebay has more than its fair share of such machines and this week
> has
> come up with an odd selection. However I think that a couple of them bear
> very close scrutiny as to their actual provenance. None of the machines
> are
> really and truly within the List's time-frame..are only just outside..and
> both the riders dis start their careers within the timescale..I think.
>
> The first two bikes, it is claimed, belonged to and were ridden by none
> other than Bernard Hinault; they are:
>
> *item 1303700899026 - a prototype chrono machine*. This is transferred up
> as
> a Bernatd Hinault frame..all aero tubes and shaved components. It is
> claimed
> it dates from 1984/85. To my mind it looks a tad too big for Hinault, but
> as
> he had long legs for his height and accordingly a short torso, this might
> exp[lain the design of the frame. At 1000 euros and something like 16
> hours
> to run, the auction has not yet attracted any bidders. The second machine
> is:
>
> *item 130370091298 - a prototype cyclo-cross machine.* Hinault did
> actually
> take part in cyclo-cross races during the closed season, and this machine
> looks to be more his size..around about a 55cms. However the seller states
> that the frame is the only one of its type..which is not true. The frame
> is
> a MECACYCLE TURBO, with the twin seat tubes..or at least a copy of that
> design. At 1000 euros and about eighteen hours to run, the auction still
> has
> no bidders. The third machine is;-
>
> *Item 230443398748 - a Maxi-Sport lugless frame in Castorama Team blue.*
> It
> is claimed that the frame belonged to Fabien Jeker and he used it during
> the
> 1993 season. The asking price, without a fork is 99 euros..with no bids on
> its second outing.
>
> Apologies, Dale, if I have compromised the List's time frame slightly, but
> I
> thought some of the List's members might well be interested in these
> items,
> particularly as there is such a healthy interest in Gitane machines ( and
> of
> course Hinault rode Gitane machines, but these two might just be into his
> La
> Vie Claire period).

>

> Norris Lockley

>

> Settle UK