FS: 1973 58cm Lejeune Champion Du Monde F/F/HS/BB B. Carre Built
10-19-22, 01:30 PM
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FS: 1973 58cm Lejeune Champion Du Monde F/F/HS/BB B. Carre Built
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10-21-22, 05:26 PM
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Man, that is SO tempting...
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10-23-22, 02:46 PM
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Very weird, I can log on with an archaic browser and CPU.
I have found these bikes are my most favorite. And I have a lot of bikes to compare to. Some bikes do a particular thing better, but the CdM is very hard to best overall.
I have found these bikes are my most favorite. And I have a lot of bikes to compare to. Some bikes do a particular thing better, but the CdM is very hard to best overall.
10-25-22, 08:13 AM
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This fits me all too well and I like French bikes so I'm just going to pretend I didn't see this thread . . .
But free bump up.
But free bump up.
10-27-22, 09:02 AM
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It IS my size but I am going to resist. I have enough projects floating around...Beautiful frame though.
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10-28-22, 02:51 AM
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Bernard Carre Built Lejeune Frame
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$300 FOR THIS FRAME IS A GIVEAWAY!!!
A Bernard Carre built frame... one of the most famous French high quality production builders.
I built frames back in the 70's and I've been prepping pro frames for close to 50 years. Excellent workmanship on this one and it will have the classic French road bike ride, especially with the .9mm x .6mm wall thickness main tubes.
Lejeune was never a big name marque in the US but they were always one of the top French brands quality wise in Europe. Most of the Lejeunes in the US were imported during the bike boom. They were primarily the top 2 or 3 models. The Champion Du Monde models were all Campy equipped and were pretty rare because: "$500 for a bicycle! You must be out of your TREE!"... In 1973 you could buy a VW Beetle for $1900 USD and the cheapest Chevy for $2300!
Living in the southwest I only saw one CdM and that was in 1974. I saw a second one at the Iron Horse Race in Durango, Colorado a few years latter. A CdM had been on my bucket list for years. In 2010 I found this frame. It was supposed to be a 57cm C-T-T. It sat around for some time before I got ready to build it up. That's when I discovered it was 58cm C-T-T. I was hoping that my legs would get a little longer but that never happened.
When Peter Rich of VeloSport in Berkeley, CA was downsizing he dug out 4-5 five of these frames he'd had in storage since the bike boom. He had some blue ones as well as red but they were all too big for me.
Some one should jump all over this frame. Much higher quality build than many of the Giuseppe Rigatoni frames if you get my gist....
If it was my size, I'd buy it back in a New York second!
verktyg
$300 FOR THIS FRAME IS A GIVEAWAY!!!
A Bernard Carre built frame... one of the most famous French high quality production builders.
I built frames back in the 70's and I've been prepping pro frames for close to 50 years. Excellent workmanship on this one and it will have the classic French road bike ride, especially with the .9mm x .6mm wall thickness main tubes.
Lejeune was never a big name marque in the US but they were always one of the top French brands quality wise in Europe. Most of the Lejeunes in the US were imported during the bike boom. They were primarily the top 2 or 3 models. The Champion Du Monde models were all Campy equipped and were pretty rare because: "$500 for a bicycle! You must be out of your TREE!"... In 1973 you could buy a VW Beetle for $1900 USD and the cheapest Chevy for $2300!
Living in the southwest I only saw one CdM and that was in 1974. I saw a second one at the Iron Horse Race in Durango, Colorado a few years latter. A CdM had been on my bucket list for years. In 2010 I found this frame. It was supposed to be a 57cm C-T-T. It sat around for some time before I got ready to build it up. That's when I discovered it was 58cm C-T-T. I was hoping that my legs would get a little longer but that never happened.
When Peter Rich of VeloSport in Berkeley, CA was downsizing he dug out 4-5 five of these frames he'd had in storage since the bike boom. He had some blue ones as well as red but they were all too big for me.
Some one should jump all over this frame. Much higher quality build than many of the Giuseppe Rigatoni frames if you get my gist....
If it was my size, I'd buy it back in a New York second!
verktyg
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11-02-22, 05:10 PM
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Bump for a frame that's too small for me, unfortunately. Should go to a good home. It's a special one, as mentioned above.
11-03-22, 09:06 AM
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Pedal to the medal
Beautiful, well built frame.
A trail question, my trail calculator (Trail Calculator (Bicycle Geometry) ? the bicycle wizards) returns a trail of 64mm. Seems high for a 70's French frame.
Am I missing something?
A trail question, my trail calculator (Trail Calculator (Bicycle Geometry) ? the bicycle wizards) returns a trail of 64mm. Seems high for a 70's French frame.
Am I missing something?
11-03-22, 09:22 PM
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If this were 2 cm bigger, I'd have pulled the trigger on this weeks ago. Very cool opportunity....
