Won this track frame on ebay

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03-29-13 | 05:49 PM

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Scooper

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Originally Posted by spacemanz

Scooper, if we all started wearing Norman helmets as bike helmets, would we be considered cool, or just nuts?

Without a doubt, NUTZ.

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Originally Posted by bikingshearer

And whose fault is that?

Hey, I'm headed out the door to have a brew at the corner pub right now (Friday afternoon, 'ya know...)!

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03-29-13 | 06:32 PM

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harpon

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Originally Posted by Scooper

Those head lugs look like a Norman soldier's helmet with the two centerline extensions reminding me of a helmet's nose protector.

Is the tubing metric or imperial dimensions? Very cool bike.

...and no, I'm not drunk or stoned.

Wow- what if you got some old "moon" hubcap decals and cut them apart and put them on either side of the headplate- then the helmet would have eyes! Awsome!

like these here.....

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03-29-13 | 10:54 PM

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unworthy1

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French 531 decal might just change everything...but there's nothing but English on the headbadge: Sterling, Special, Trade mark.
Strange.
If you have it you can tell us the ODs of the tubes and therefore if the decal speaks "metric" French or "red herring".