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Old 12-25-11 | 07:27 PM
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lugnutz5
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From: Central Illinois

Bikes: two '72 Motobecane Le Champions, '72 Motobecane Grand Record,'75 Motobecane Grand Jubilee (2), '86 custom-built by John Stinman (Veloce Racing, Allentown, PA), mid '80s Rodriguez tandem), several balloon tired cruisers from '40s and '50s

This should be a sweet commuter/utility ride. I converted my '74 Grand Jubile to a 3-speed back in the mid-80s. Popped off the large chainring and had an old aluminum shell Sturmey Archer 3-speed hub laced up to a 27" Mavic aluminum rim. Put on some ESGE plastic fenders and a Blackburn rear rack and I was good to go. Rode it like that for a few years, then returned to GJ to it's original configuration and sold it. Loved those old Moto's .. I currently have a'75 Grand Jubile, a '72 Grand Record, a '72 Le Champion, a '75 Grand Jubile frame, a '74 Grand Record frame and a '73 Le Champion frame.
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