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I knew the guys from Flanders personally. It's a Belgian brand from Oudenaarde. Frans Assez was the founder, his brother Luc was shopkeeper and Frans' son Ronny used to be a pro in some obscure mid-nineties teams. They had about everything, going from kids' bikes to high end road frames. Never had any own production, bikes came from different Belgian frame builders (and later from Asia). They had lots of crappy bikes but also some nice steel frames in the nineties. I used to have one that was made from Columbus crimped tubing (cfr. Colnago Master from the nineties).
That's great information thanks so much. Mine has the crimped tubing almost identical to my buddy's Colnago, and a similarly rad paint job.
I'll try post a picture later on. Thanks again!
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You're welcome!
They were copycats, yes. I used to have a cheaper aluminium one too and that came with a fake Merckx paint scheme. :)They used to have an amateur club too (my brother raced for them) and several UK cyclists were in it. Guys that came to Belgium to race and earn some money (from May till September one could race nearly on daily basis and some of the better guys earned up to 1500 € a month with it).
WimVDD
@spiderpie,
I knew the guys from Flanders personally. It's a Belgian brand from Oudenaarde. Frans Assez was the founder, his brother Luc was shopkeeper and Frans' son Ronny used to be a pro in some obscure mid-nineties teams. They had about everything, going from kids' bikes to high end road frames. Never had any own production, bikes came from different Belgian frame builders (and later from Asia). They had lots of crappy bikes but also some nice steel frames in the nineties. I used to have one that was made from Columbus crimped tubing (cfr. Colnago Master from the nineties).
http://flandersfietsen.be/wp/