Giovanni Professional frameset built by Jan van Dalen (Duell) 52cm £150

Beautiful and rare Giovanni Professional frameset for sale. Made out of Reynolds 531C tubing and build by master frame builder Jan van Dalen. As you may know Jan van Dalen was one of the best frame builders in the Netherlands, he also builded frames for his own brand Duell and later on for Presto. Frames build by Jan were among the best frames that money could buy in the 80's and 90's. I contacted Jan van Dalen because I suspected that this frame also was build by him.

He told me that Martelly who normally builded the frames for Giovanni had delivery problems at the time. Therefore Eddy Martens, owner of Martelly asked Jan if he could help them, therefore he builded some frames with the so-called "pecked" four-leaf clover .... "I engraved it myself in the lugs ... 1000 years ago.! " He also told me the following :"I always used that square brake bridge. Was not really necessary with those Cinelli brackets but that was my method ... "

It is an Beautiful lugged steel frameset with a lot of panto's and neat details like the square brake bridge that only Jan and some other master builders like Peter Serier and Jan Legrand used. It also has a Cinelli spoiler bracket.

The frameset has some touch ups but overal condition is very good, no dents or cracks. Condition of the chrome and paint is good, decals have some damage. It has an British threaded bottom bracket, headset is included in the sale. Nice piece of Dutch Cycling history, you won't find another one like this.

Dimensions:
Top tube (cc): 51 cm
Seat tube (cc): 53 cm
headset: 10.5 cm
Rear distance: 126 mm

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Asking Price: £150 ( ex-shipping)

Potential dibs for a friend. Will let you know today

Wow - that's a right looker!

It is, my friend is interested. Will give me a definite answer later today.
His name is Giovanni and this is his size too!

Aren't the two measures switched one with another (51cm for the seat tube and 53cm for the top tube) or is it a really compact frame?

cool bb shell and lovely frame.

That's ok!

No, these frames were one of a kind and the first owner probably had some short legs :) Anyway the measurements are correct..

thx!

Thx! And yeah it is definitely something special :)

Sorry for my question then, good luck with sale with this really cool frame :)!

I have to ask, who is this Jan Van Dalen? there is not too much about him on the internet and you keep saying he is a master builder is it just he is not well known outside of Holland?

That's what I have found:

http://www.morairacycling.com/about-us/
http://ilovevintagebikes.com/shop/vintage-duell-j-van-dalen-frame-52-c-c/

There seem to be more in Dutch of course.

Yeah I've read that, but there are no third party reviews saying how good he is or bad, maybe I'm not reading it properly, I think I am a bit dyslexic when it comes to reading

Well Duell is a known brand. And it's his own brand, so that makes him good to me

Yeah, what I'm getting at is Gerald odonivan of Raleigh(if thats how you spell it) is well known, as is Dave Yates I could go on, but not JVD.

I am seriously thinking of buying one and thought I would do a bit of research but can't find out much

Makes sense, I've never owned one but they do seem very well built to me.

Maybe ask here:

https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/189550/

Thanks for that, and sorry for the thread hijack

No worries (not my thread :-p)

My friend will take it. How about shipping?

I will send you an PM :)

Lovely frame...glad it is going otherwise I would have loved it as it is my size.

I really like it. Nice color too.

I'm Dutch and can assure you JvD and his brand Duell are highly regarded in the Netherlands. He also built frames for Presto, another highly regarded Dutch brand. This guy is pre-internet era

This is sold! to Giovanni! :)