Originally Posted by USAZorro
I recently found a good home for an English-built 1978 GP with wraparound stays just like those. We can speculate all we want, but the proof is in the serial number.
I was quite surprised at how light the one I'd found was. If you change out the wheels and the crankset, you can end up with a 23 lb bike, even with the 20-30 tubing. Certainly not the best there is, but quite passable.
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...Except that neither of my two '73s that were built in Holland have the G serial number I'd been told was a failsafe indicator of a Gazelle bike. Is there another way to tell based on serial? Mine are stickered with a Gazelle decal, so I'm pretty certain of their origins.
Agreed on the weight thing. I was shocked how light they turned out to be, sans cottered crank and steel wheels!
Thanks, all, for the info on the seatstays; the british-built one without wraparounds must be newer than I'd thought!