Gazelle? Does anyone know anything about them?

amitrite believing that harrie? on jvs they also only mention super vitus fork crowns while mine has a zeus 2000 fork crown..

Frame number lists are not that reliable.
Especially when it comes to special frames like 753, cross, track, tandem, etc. (fully individually built, one off).
Better compare your frame with the pics in the catalogues (braze-ons, decals, frame parts).
And perhaps your bike has a newer replacement fork (e.g. crash, warranty).

Mr Cheese,

Thanks (yet again) for the information - really this should the Dutch Cheese Gazelle Advice thread. Is the headset English then?

Thanks,

Richard

Is the headset English then?

Yes, the thread is.

Thanks for that - again!!

Richard

I have an '89 Gazelle.
Getting it re-coated at LSN in a few weeks then I'll post a pic.

I know a guy witha sticker printer thing so if I ever find out what its worth, if anything, I can spray it back to the pink it was.

post a pic now and we'll advise you if it needs re painting
it's always a shame to see classics being re painted ... it may well be totally scratched and rusty but even then there is something nice about keeping the original paintjob

Just to re-iterate the 'please don't paint' point above -

Has anyone any bright ideas how i should sort out the chainstay - i have used T-Cut and it is a bit better than in the pic but i do not want the rust spots getting any worse.

Thanks all,

Richard

is that the driveside chainstay?
i reckon you could get yourself a chrome chainstay protector like so:

sand underneath to stop the rust: result..

I won this one on Ebay, paying £375 - did I do OK?

And does anyone know much about the components on it (Mavic chainset, Modolo brakes)? Not that I'm looking to swap anything out but wondering how good a match to the frame they are, quality and period-wise. Am I right in thinking the frame is very late 80s?

http://i.ebayimg.com/t/GAZELLE-AA-SUPER-RACING-BIKE-/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/z/eQIAAMXQgyZSDS9M/$(KGrHqEOKpwFIDcvUZCqBSDS9L5mbw~~60_58.JPG

gazelle aa super ... no wishbone stay though
tonyme possibly your size although might be a bit big

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GAZELLE-AA-SUPER-RACING-BIKE-/321186467136?pt=UK_Bikes_GL&hash=item4ac8348d40

all the parts look very nice
mavic starfish cranks are very nice in my eye .... if the rest of the groupset is mavic you've got a real bargin

Thanks, dicki. Haven't arranged collection of it yet, but looking forward to putting some miles in once I do have my hands on it...

Not that I'm looking to swap anything out but wondering how good a match to the frame they are, quality and period-wise. Am I right in thinking the frame is very late 80s?

http://i.ebayimg.com/t/GAZELLE-AA-SUPER-RACING-BIKE-/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/z/eQIAAMXQgyZSDS9M/$(KGrHqEOKpwFIDcvUZCqBSDS9L5mbw~~60_58.JPG

The decal style (old font, single band of world champion stripes) suggests it's 1986-7ish.

Must be a quite early AA-Super, but repaired after the wishbone and/or the seat tube have separated/cracked.
It has cable stoppers near the BB-shell and a braze-on on top of the down tube. That was only the case in the first one or 2 years or so, when the frames had wishbone seat stays.
Later, the derailleur cables went below the BB shell and some time after, the wishbone was replaced by regular twin stays.

sweet & classy conversion!

how I love that colour... sady I have to let this 34 year old but as good as new one go as I have chosen my '2 Gazelles to keep'

I'm building up this 1980 frame...

...with these 90s Campagnolo Athena parts

CP thread here, for anyone interested: http://www.lfgss.com/thread113174.html

That is Huge!!!

I recently bought this Gazelle from a Dutch seller and was hoping to get some additional info on the frame.

Turned out the seller is Frits Hoogerheide, who rode with Rinus Wagtmans for Willem II
http://www.dewielersite.net/db2/wielersite/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=9178

Now this frame has some edges, he said he asked Rini about the frame and he tolded him, that is was custom made. It has this huge outside lugged rear dropouts, which I only found on 731 OS frames, but the rest of it looks more like AA Special built.

Pictures
http://fotos.rennrad-news.de/s/14394

His quote

Zoals ik je eerder had bericht was deze voor mij een verzamel object vooral om zijn exclusieviteit (frame)
Wedstrijdfiets
Vooral omdat het niet eigen was aan Gazelle .
De manier waarop het gespoten is na samenstelling met lugs
Bracket sninelli met spoiler (die Indentiek wel aan uitgaves bij gazelle in 1992 champion mondial maar met gazelle logo !
De vork en de bovenbuis heeft een Italiaanse lyke!
Farme waarschijnlijk columbus buis
Met grote zekerheid is het in opdracht gebouwd met mede
van gazelle gezien de logo's (gazelle)
De jongere collega die in de jaren 90 actief en nog actief is gebleven met de wat er op de markt is en was beaamde dat.
Vandaag was ik bij Collega Rinus Wagtmans ( Googhel maar zijn naam)
Met grote waarschijnlijkheid is uw frame gebouwd en gelakt in Het huis Charles Terryn
Voor ons oud renners is het een publiek geheim dat veel vedetten waaronder Rik van Looy, Eddy Merkx en vele nog andere hun frame ook daar lieten bouwen Zoals zelfs ook bij Colnago! >En dan gecamufleerd met hun oorspronkelijke sponsor rond reden!

Any additional info would help! Thx!

Hi! I'm new here, been scouring this thread for info while slowly growing a little obsession with Gazelles..

Can someone help identify this Gazelle frame for me? It's a long way away by train from me but I can pick it up Sunday if it seems worth it..

Sorry for the poor quality pics, it's all the seller had. Apparently her father's, been in the attic for a few years.


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Thanks, any help appreciated!

...bored at work and my mind is wandering...

I know it is very unlikely but does anyone have a 56cm Champion Mondial track frame they want to sell me?

Join the queue!

You aren't looking for one, are you Jon?

Gotta have one for the collection

ha! been queuing for years... you'll want a 58cm no?

Cheers for the headset - arrived yesterday!

Any 753 Champion Mondials about - 56 or 57... gotta have one of them for the collection as well...

^nah, just a 54 one..