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Love it. Almost glad it's a size too small.
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My tyre problem returned yesterday. I take the AA Special out for a weekly 40 km sprint on a quiet country road. I've had Schwalbe Milano tubulars on the Mavic Monthlery Pro rims since January. Puncture!!
So, Gazelle lovers, what do I do? The wheels were trued and the hubs repacked. They are terrific.
New rims? HTFU and learn to repair tubulars? Any magic solutions?
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Well, can we keep it down a bit? Mine needs a friend, perhaps a track bike and postage to Australia is scary enough. : )
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Has anyone noticed that the price of Gazelle bikes and frames on ebay has increased very significantly lately?
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This is one of the factory resprays nated by Guru Dutch Cheese.
The serial number on the BB tube says it's 1983/4, but the colour and decals say 1990. The forks are non panto, as in the 1984 catalogue.
Some original Campag components; front derailleur, brake levers and pedals, were replaced with Shimano 600. They are gone now. The original Mavic Monthlery tubulars have stayed, despite getting a puncture on the first outing
. The shifters are Gazelle pantos.I'll post better pics when I can.It rides beautifully, wants to stay in a straight line until told otherwise.
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Earlier in this topic an image of a Gazelle AA Super was shown.
http://fivenineclimber.com/images/cinelli/gazelle_pages/aa_super_anni1.jpg
Last year I purchased an AA Special with identical colour and markings. Its serial number dates it to 1984, so it appears to be a Gazelle factory respray.
My question is, should I have pantographed forks?
Here's another one!
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Vintage-90s-GAZELLE-TVM-BISON-KIT-Team-frameset-531-/130539957324?pt=Road_Bikes&hash=item1e64c9ac4c
As I have decided that this month is 'don't buy in July', it's a good thing that it's too small for me. I doubt that my resolution would stand up to such a stunner.