CRESCENT from sweden
09-08-05 | 04:53 PM
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From: Vancouver Island B.C.
anybody know anything about this bike i picked up today. it is called a crescent and is made in sweden. it has the bold statment on the TT "VARLDSMASTARCYKELN" with a couple of umlauts over the first and third "A" some details: SN 4316258, reynolds 531 tubing and forks, campy front DR, rear DR with 'vitorio' and EXTRA on it, shifters, and high flange hubs. the rims are AVA aluminum with sew-ups, AVA stem, don't know the handlebars yet, weinmann centre-pull brakes, leather saddle looks like a brooks but says "IDEALE". pedals aluminum or alloy and steel all i can see at this point is "made in france", clips-steel christophe, stronglight cranks. the lugs look very much like the ones on my 1970 super course. also came with 2 extra sew-ups and a rear Plescher rack made in Switzerland. will get a picture up shortly. 
downtube shifters
head tube lugs
front hub
rear DR
saddle
downtube shifters
head tube lugs
front hub
rear DR
saddle
Last edited by terrors; 09-08-05 at 07:06 PM.
09-08-05 | 05:04 PM
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From: n.w. superdrome
Bikes: 1 trek, serotta, rih, de Reus, Pogliaghi and finally a Zieleman! and got a DeRosa
Terrors,
Classic Rendezvous has a Crescent page. Not a whole lot of info but
they do have a few from the 70's with the same decal on the
top tube.
https://www.classicrendezvous.com/Sweden/Crescent.htm
(yeah I looked this up coz I didn't know).
Marty
Classic Rendezvous has a Crescent page. Not a whole lot of info but
they do have a few from the 70's with the same decal on the
top tube.
https://www.classicrendezvous.com/Sweden/Crescent.htm
(yeah I looked this up coz I didn't know).
Marty
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09-08-05 | 07:45 PM
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From: Pleasanton Tx
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Every one of their bikes come in that same color and decals.Top of the line to the bottom.I had one of their bottom line bikes with a one piece crank---and they put TA cycle tourest Alum rings on it!---sam
09-08-05 | 07:50 PM
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thanks marty for the link and the info!
thanks for the input 'frame' ii followed the link from marty and you are right on the only ones that are different are the stainless ones, at least in the catalogue pictures in lthe link. they do say a couple of the models come in different colours. and all kinds of different components. but what can you expect for 5 bucks!
thanks for the input 'frame' ii followed the link from marty and you are right on the only ones that are different are the stainless ones, at least in the catalogue pictures in lthe link. they do say a couple of the models come in different colours. and all kinds of different components.
but what can you expect for 5 bucks!
