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stunning- love this even with the OTT campy stuff, it works well
skolioza":hegrfbe9 said:Hey Mel
beautyful bike
I'm wandering about stuff - never seen Shimano/Campa combination as oryginal equipment... Gazelle was selling framesets to indyvidual builds, or whole bikes? Or is it just Your indyvidual way to build this frame?
Cheers, Marcin
Elev12k":2o2lqt5c said:Thanks for the kind words people. The Gazelle is sitting here blushing now.
The Champion Mondial made its 1st appearance already in the 1984 race catalogue. The CM ATB's were individually crafted in Dieren by Gazelle's small race department. From an ex worker I understood Gazelle built only a handfull of them during a period of about 7 years. Basicly the only modifications through the years were that they went from flat crown fork to brazed unicrown, the gear cables moved to the toptube and a 2nd pair of bottle bosses was added. My Champy has all, so will be a later example.
That rareness will probably also the reason why you haven't encountered one before, Jamis Diablo.
Elev12k":c6fj0czu said:Yes, I do know the website Ivo.
A fellow Retrobiker created a link with A LOT Gazelle racing brochures. I see that the last year the Champy ATB made its appearance in a catalogue was 1992.
http://jvs.webklik.nl/page/gazelle