Originally Posted by
nomadmax
The 130mm rear spacing would give me pause. It was my understanding they were 126mm. Additionally, the 753 tubing was not recommended to be coldset. So how it got to 130mm would be something I'd want to know.
Is a mystery to me as well. I've seen an eBay ad for one of these frames that stated 130 mm spacing. Maybe some of them got coldset, whether recommended or not. This is one of the details that makes me wonder if there was a second run of these frames later; the other detail is the serial number.
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gaucho777, the frame with fastback stays and number hanger was supposedly an actual team bike, thus possibly different in detail and origin from the production frames.
One of these days I will register on that French website and ask for information from the "locals".