There's some basic info here http://www.classicrendezvous.com/USA/Proteus.htm I've only seen a couple of them, and the ones I saw were pretty nice. It sounds...
We sold a bunch of these. semi-custom frames. Made to order but as I recall, buyers didn't have much input as to custom dimensions. Got them from Maryland. The...
Interesting! Thanks, Rick.  BTW: The seller says he might have the build sheet, which might tell me whether they used the heavier-gauge R531 in my...
"Forbes Bagatelle-Black" diarmaede@... diarmaede wrote: Date: Sat Nov 29, 2008 3:01 pm ((PST)) ... Congrats! I had a watch on it just to see where it...
hi everyone i have Raleigh grand prix and i have a couple of questions about it has any one heard of a "Normandy" r 46 hub/sturmey archer 5 speed cassette with...
Roger; Fancy meeting you here! Clarification please. Do you mean a Normandy rear hub with a 5 speed Sturmey Archer freewheel and a Malliard quick release? I...
http://www.yellowjersey.org/helico.html Normandy hubs were supplied on almost all '70's bike boom imports. Normandy also made freewheels, and, I believe, was...
I haven't seen a Sturmey Archer freewheel, although they certainly could have made some. Most of the bike boom Raleighs I've seen have had Atom freewheels,...
Yes they made the SA's, but the ones i have seen were on the 60's bikes. After that they came with atoms. <<I've often wondered why Schwinn used so much French...
Thanks everyone for the info by the looks of it my grand prix would be 1970s most likely 1971/1972 the frame has no black band on the top tube under the Gran...
Keep in mind that there was a Super Grand Prix, that had some different components and a steeper geometery than the regular Grand Prix. I have two regular old...
The Super Grand Prix was a short lived model which used most all of the Super Course's components but without the Reynolds 531 main triangle frame. They were a...
I trash picked a bike the other day with no other intention than to take the wheelset, which was a more modern set of 27" wheels with modern hubs most likely...
It probably was but by who? There is a Palm Cycle Inc. now but I don't know about back then. The Altenburger stuff is odd too. Most of the house brand stuff...
... In the schwinn bio, there is a reference to the Schwinns making a trip to europe to inspect factories and components that could be useable for the new...
My surprise isn't so much that they outsourced the parts production as who it got outsourced to. I don't have the biographies yet. For instance for Schwinn Why...
Why not pick companies that do well in a particular line? If your company is trying to sell based on an image of quality, you don't want to get a bad rep based...
Rick P. writes:  "Look at Lambert, later sold and renamed to Viscount... The result was a product that failed in nearly every possible way."  Yup, but...
Pricing! I bet if you saw the numbers produced, cyclo was just a small number compared, and with numbers you get better pricing. Plus the french goverment...
Not mine, but I wish--today's craigslist: http://eugene.craigslist.org/bik/949925679.html http://eugene.craigslist.org/bik/949917583.html If anyone is serious,...
Must... resist... call... of... very... cool... very... tall... bikes... Â BUT YOU'RE NOT MAKING IT EASY! Â Yours, - Forbes Black, Santa Clarita, CA ...
Eh, they weren't that cool. Weinman concave rims that dented so easily. Boring flat red paint with a couple of simple pin strip decals. The late 80s...
I have a recent Schwinn Jaguar cruiser, whose frame is built the same as the old ones, basically, in that it has some tapped bosses at the upper part of the...
... get a carrier of the old-style stamped steel, ? ... http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2131/fc/PnY6rbuwwbm7drzy7VbAKbdHjMGW qDRuGf9VgCOHGdrcWqTF85S4m/ ......
Well, it's not mine (I only wish I could snag it right now...). I just told the owner that I'd put it up on this list for her, just in case someone nearby...
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