Gazelle Champion Mondial 'Bas Hordijk"

Hi,

Almost bought ths bike. it was for sale by a collector mechanic from a dutch bikeclub. a really cool crazy collector guy i just met in real life yesterday at a retrorit in amerongen the netherlands. this bike has some great history. bas hordijk was a great promosing cyclist who rode also for ti raleigh and amstel gazelle. unfortunately he died at an age 25 http://www.dewielersite.net/db2/wielersite/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=9219

This was the bike i wanted to buy as my first vintage bike. i just got introduced to steel cycling this year and no i am allready hooked. I wanted a more recent daily bike. so i boughed an more recent Champion mondial super campa vicory 87 insetad and Koga fullpro 81 dua ex for the vintage touring.

Have fun with this great bike. ask piet schafthuizen for the original specs.
cheers,

Well said, I travelled to Schiedam in June to collect the gazelle bas hordijk from Piet Schafthuizen house. He has a very impressive collection of racefietsen, and his campagnolo collection is by far the most impressive I've seen.

Piet said he acquired the gazelle from bas hordijk brother