Odd parts mix, Alpine frame?
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Odd parts mix, Alpine frame?
Anyone heard of Alpine frames, Galli brakes, or avocet wheels?
A local seller has a lightweight race bike.
"Aluminum" - ie. Reynolds 531 frame - labeled "alpine"
campy handlebar, seat post, and stem
avocet wheel (probably hub) 700c - not oem
galli brakes - non aero
His pictures are very poor but I think it might be a gem in the rough. He wants a MTB & I have an older 7x3 Diamondback non suspension in great shape. Maybe a trade/cash deal.
A local seller has a lightweight race bike.
"Aluminum" - ie. Reynolds 531 frame - labeled "alpine"
campy handlebar, seat post, and stem
avocet wheel (probably hub) 700c - not oem
galli brakes - non aero
His pictures are very poor but I think it might be a gem in the rough. He wants a MTB & I have an older 7x3 Diamondback non suspension in great shape. Maybe a trade/cash deal.
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The parts are very good (unless the hubs are first year, and then they would not be working, I wouldn't think). Galli was an alternative to Campy, and there are always a bunch of bidders looking for Galli parts on eBay, for exactly the same reason that it was popular in 1982. I have not heard of the brand, could it be Alpina?
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A friend of mine just picked up an Alpine track bike a few months ago.
The craftsmanship on his frame is beautiful. Very subtle and clean.
Its a large bike so i haven't had a chance to ride it myself, but he says it rides wonderful.
I would go for it.
The craftsmanship on his frame is beautiful. Very subtle and clean.
Its a large bike so i haven't had a chance to ride it myself, but he says it rides wonderful.
I would go for it.
02-15-08, 11:31 PM
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Alpine bikes were out of Georgetown Cyclery in Maryland. Some (all?) of them were built by MKM in England and then decaled Alpine or CID in the US.
The graphics package is very nice.
The graphics package is very nice.
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Definitely make the trade. If the bike is in decent shape, it's worth it. There is also an Eisentraut connection, see this thread (and there's more buried in the archives):
https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...ghlight=alpine
https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...ghlight=alpine
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Avocet parts were a loose subsidiary of Palo Alto Bikes, they copied the usual parts of the day and had some of their own designs, but I think they were actually made in Italy and Japan by others. My friend is still running the Avocet triple Campagnolo copy crank on a bike I sold him 20 or more years ago.
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"oooh! I've got one! I've been wondering about mine for some time now.
Sorry I don't have any pictures of it built up. You guys would just laugh at it anyway -- it's a fixed gear with tutti fruity bar tape.
this review at wooljersey.com and this bikeforums thread
lead me to believe that it may be a rebranded Eisentraut Limited."
That does look like the Limited I had, though I think Eisentraut farmed out the building of the Limited to his design. Bruce Gordon maybe?
EDIT:
"oooh! I've got one! I've been wondering about mine for some time now.
Sorry I don't have any pictures of it built up. You guys would just laugh at it anyway -- it's a fixed gear with tutti fruity bar tape.
this review at wooljersey.com and this bikeforums thread
lead me to believe that it may be a rebranded Eisentraut Limited."
That does look like the Limited I had, though I think Eisentraut farmed out the building of the Limited to his design. Bruce Gordon maybe?
02-16-08, 01:58 PM
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Avocet components were made by Ofmega for a fair while. Tyres came out of Japan.
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An aside: most of the Palo Alto Bikes catalogs had Jobst's photos on the cover too.
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Larry Black (College Park Bikes, Mt. Airy Cycles) probably remembers the whole saga. Fred doesn't seem to like to talk about it.
