Gazelle? Does anyone know anything about them?

Hi,

I recently bought a Gazelle All Terrain Bike frame. It is in reasonably good nick but the fork is missing unfortunately. Does anyone happen to know the geometry of this fork or has a spare for sale? What sort of forkcrown was used? It has got the transferstyle of shown Champion Mondial frame: does this mean it is from 1990 (can't find a '90's catalog)? It has a bright blue metallic color: could this be 'Baikalblauw' code 68? I'll try to post a pic soon.

Thanks for answers.

The first Gazelle MTBs showed up around 1984. That's when they made the 1st prototypes in house and may have shown it in catalogues and trade shown. http://static.lfgss.com/attachments/31145d1285158350-gazelle_atb.jpg
Those 1st series were a bit different from this catalogue picture. It had a very wide fork crown, almost flat, and traditional style. Not this kind of "unicrown look". The 1st series had the older stule logo's too, but never had the Champion Mondial decal on the top tube. It was called "off the road", but it reallt was part of the Champion Mondial range.
The later ones (as on the picture you show) had newer decals, different lugs and fork crowns. I guess yours is from before 1990. I doubt if Gazelle made MTBs from 1990 onwards.
Geometry: may have been changed through the years. Browse through the catalogues. In some of the catalogues between 1985 and 1990 there were geometry tables of the whole range (limited info though).
Colours: customers could choose from the full range and all combinations. So, basically everything was possible, inclusing Baikalblue 68. However, frame number and decal style can give correct info about "date of birth".

I don't know if someone is selling such a fork, but I know a frame and fork for sale. Maybe you can buy the set and re-sell the frame. Could be an attractive deal. Let me know if there is serious interest. http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y64/HarrieH/Vintage/?action=view&current=DSC02465.jpg