Gazelle Champion Mondial 'kruisframe' step-through
By Cool Steel on 08/23/2007.
Bike tags: Road bike | Commuter | 1976 | 531 | 58cm |
1976/77 Gazelle Champion Mondial 'kruisframe', parelmoer oranje [mother-of-pearl orange], Reynolds 531 db throughout, 58 cm
Sakae Ringyo Moustache (yes, those are champagne corks), 90mm SR forged
Stronglight Competition V4
Normandy high flange, Weinmann 700 C
ditto
Stronglight 49D, polished (special version without inner web ring)
dark brown leather Selle San Marco Rolls with gold plated hardware, fluted SR Laprade
Lyotard 'Marcel Berthet' model 23 with leather wrapped Christophe Minis ("lady's clips", see pic IV)
Suntour V-luxe/7/DLW shifting, polished Mafac Racer brakes with straight Weinmann levers. Great stuff all out.
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1976/77 Gazelle Champion Mondial 'kruisframe', parelmoer oranje [mother-of-pearl orange], Reynolds 531 db throughout, 58 cm
Sakae Ringyo Moustache (yes, those are champagne corks), 90mm SR forged
Stronglight Competition V4
Normandy high flange, Weinmann 700 C
ditto
Stronglight 49D, polished (special version without inner web ring)
dark brown leather Selle San Marco Rolls with gold plated hardware, fluted SR Laprade
Lyotard 'Marcel Berthet' model 23 with leather wrapped Christophe Minis ("lady's clips", see pic IV)
Suntour V-luxe/7/DLW shifting, polished Mafac Racer brakes with straight Weinmann levers. Great stuff all out.
Pretty color, looks a bit like apricot in the sunlight. She's sooo beautiful - I luv her ;-)
Nickname "Maxima" (see "Willem" here).
Maxima is mostly in original configuration, just the saddle, brake levers, pedals & front derailleur had to be upgraded, all others components are stock and represent a very functional mix of french and japanese parts.
She's built as a blend of a ladies frame and a mixte (see 2nd pic); the Gazelle engineers called the result 'crossframe' - which she isn't really.
But then this 'kruisframe' is almost as stiff as a diamond frame, which is quite uncommon for a step-through.
And the full Reynolds 531 double butted tubeset makes her really light, too - so hop on, she's race ready :-D!