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I'll refer you to https://onzetaal.nl/taaladvies/advies/roestvast-roestvrij

Stainless steel stains like a bastard anyway ;)

That's a lovely frame. It's not a 'regular' 731 OS though, but a 731 OS R.V.S. (Roest Vrij Staal = Stainless Steel, referring to the Noblex stays) later also known as a Gazelle Exception.

I'll take it, if this falls through.

It is a late '70s timetrial frame. Columbus tubing, special forkcrown, circular fork stays, drilled out at the bottombracket. You can look it up in the 1978 and 1979 catalogue. Still, this one is repainted, the type of BB housing seems to differ from the ones in the catalogue and the cablestops on the top tube are probably a later addition. All in all, it seems expensive for what it is, but it is probably quite rare.

Gazelle DeMax, slooping steel frame, Reynolds 531 trapezi half lugged /half welded tubes. I think they're around the 1999 brochures. I've got a blue one myself.

Just lovely and very slick looking.

Used for races also as a daily ride with road tyres.

Lovely cyclocross, the modern equipment looks surprisingly 'right'. I've got a similar colourscheme cx with more vintage equipment, nice to see one built up like this.

Looks amazing.

I´d try to get nylon straps and bartape in the Brussels blue of the seat tube´manchet´.
Silvery grey/white, slightly translucent outers (the old stock shimano slr would work well), and ideally a (pale) blue suede Concor Profile and the grey blue ax hoods (easier said than done).

But it is an incredible looking machine as it is already, extremely well done.

Try http://parcel.nl/, I think they are a sort of intermediary buying shipping space from regular couriers. They were very helpful when I sent a frame (also from Rotterdam) to the UK last year and answered any questions I had quickly. Transport went through without a hitch. Lovely bike by the way.

In my opinion a San Marco Concor version would be the nicest saddle, with the most fitting one the Profil aero variant. But that might be tricky to get on short notice, a regular Concor would be quite easy to get though.

Toeclips and sometimes straps can be gotten easily enough if you have time and visit jumbles, but if you need them quickly Mario at defietsenmaker.nl would be your best bet, but I guess you know that already. He also has the levers with fresh hoods, but they're not cheap I'm afraid. Still, you can stock up on AX goods and ship them in one batch I guess.

I was lucky enough to get some original EX/AX headset (and pedal) tools a while ago, but if I recall there were quite a few newly made ones available on eBay.

The hoods are the really hard thing to get in decent condition. Good luck, love this build!

Orange?

As I understand it when these colours came in they represented all the colours from all the flags of all the riders on the team.

A quick check (surce - wikipedia)... riders from 4 countries in the early 90s -

Belgium - black yellow red on the flag
Denmark - white red
UK - red white blue
Netherlands - red white blue

TVM colours therefore red white blue black yellow

Well yeah, but the team was overwhelmingly Dutch and Belgian, so why not orange instead of the superfluous yellow on the forks ;).

I kind of like how the TVM team colour scheme represent the Dutch and Belgian flags of most of its riders. Forks should be orange to complete it really.

champion mondial tandem

http://www.marktplaats.nl/a/fietsen-en-brommers/fietsen-tandems/m803218872-klassieker-gazelle-champion-mondial-tandem-zeer-goede-staat.html?c=8c285449651fa109c354bbabe740c1b&previousPage=lr

If only I could convince the girlfriend this would be a good idea...

This small Gazelle Champion Mondial that just popped up on marktplaats seems to have the aerodynamic speedstream tubed frame. They are supposed to be extremely rare, though not very stiff.

http://link.marktplaats.nl/m803983173

Can´t wait to see the finished machine. The colour complements the AX group very well. Love the sliver of light passing between the tyre and the indented seat tube.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sakae-Crankset-NOS-52-44t-inscripted-GAZELLE-170mm-/111307921320?pt=US_Cranksets&hash=item19ea7817a8

600 AX gazelle panto chainset

Well, it´s a medium level SR chainset for touring/semi-race bikes in a Shimano 600 EX box. It´s not bad at all, but it would be suited for a Gazelle Champion Mondial semi-race at best. I have a set (could be TA really, never checked the maker) on my late ´70s ladies CM semi-race.

Wait...is that a plastic Unicanitor for a saddle?

You sir have a Real Man's Behind (tm) ;)

Lovely bike!

Worse yet, I've modified it to resemble a cheese grater. Even so it's surprisingly comfortable (during the admittedly short rides I've taken with it), so I'm afraid I could have masochist tendencies.

A beautiful bike and a beautiful view across the dunes, always rewarding going up those stairs ;)

Yes, the dunes between The Hague and Katwijk are great. Beautiful views, nice paved roads and if it's quiet like last friday the walking paths provide gravel and crushed shell surfaces and some some great elevations. Didn't venture onto the beach though. I don't live that near, but it's one of my favourite cycling areas. The route through the green heart of Holland to get there is pretty nice too.

sadly the newest arrival has been savaged by a top predator and may not live to see the future
the criterium has been crashed and the guy is refunding my money ... may get the main tubes replaced, top and down !

That would explain the fork being mismatched.

Gazelle herds tend to thrive. Took my newly built up 1985ish Gazelle CM cyclocross out friday to root out teething problems.

Looks very cool, with the fins and the low seatstays. The fork seems to be from a slightly later (goldline) era though.

^You're right. After comparing the stems on Velobase I see that I was wrong, fooled by the superficial similarity to the XA. It definitely is an Atax stem..

I've got that same stem on one of my Gazelles. The pantographing makes it look like a really nice bit of kit but I think it's fairly low-end - Atax or something. .

I've got one too somewhere in a box. It's a custom verson of the Cinelli XA, without the weakness caused by the cinelli logo insert on the front. Quite a decent stem really, but I prefer the shimano aero stem family for looks.

The catalogues mention 8 different sizes for those stems, which suggests quite a broad range.

Good afternoon all,
The Dura Ace stuff looks great but I am a little concerned it may not 'suit' the frame. My original plan was for a Suntour VX build but the DA stuff appeared and i could not resist. It is very doubtful that I will revert back to VX but I might.

Your valued opinion please.

Looks just lovely with the early DA. If you're concerned about the time period you could consider replacing the '80s Rolls with a '70s Cinelli Unicanitor or Arius Gran Carrera Special, bit it's a lovely bike anyway.

So I would love to have Gazelle Goldline stem for the Piste. I will be scouring Marktplaats and tweedehands.nl, any other places you can think of?

I may go for some colour on this, as it was the done thing in the 90s. Hard line between colour and anti though...unless I get the right Gazelle parts.

This short red one should fit the bill (the red returns in the lettering and decor paint on yours...):
http://www.ebay.nl/itm/Gazelle-Custom-ahead-stem-NOS-/301092987741

Indeed, Matt built it up very nicely too.

The frame of my Champion Mondial cyclocross is surplus to my requirements since finding another that has a slightly more suited size and classic paintjob though...