At last, I can report a serious catch of the day! I had wanted to give up on buying bikes that I like, I have far too many already, and the repaint of two really nice ones (the 72 Presto and the c. 75 Zieleman) is under way, so why not be content and just ride the bikes! The weather is good enough, that's for sure.

Anyway, while surfing our local CL (m'plaats) I struck upon a very recently (half hour) placed ad for a Gazelle Champion Mondial (yeah, here we go again!). The ad said '753'. 753? Wow! Seller wants 100 euri for it, and has a phone number. I call, say the 100 is fine, and drive off in a cloud of dust to pick it up.

So now I have a lugged 753 bike, vintage 1979 or 1980, fair condition, and well equipped with some Campy Super Record parts. Very important: the bike actually fits me! So let's find out if it's really as whippy as the story was back in the day!