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1971 Crescent

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Wore out three sets of tires already!
Local estate sale pickup.

All Campagnolo equipped...patent 71 dated nouvo record.

Suntour accushift bar shifters.

3ttt record stem

Mafac center pull brakes with Dia Compe handles

Beautiful orange paint with some minor touch up on downtube.

Need an Ideale saddle and campagnolo dust caps to make it complete.

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this is the Pepita model Nr. 320

one odd threading specification to be aware of:

while all of the tubing and the headset are of BSC dimension the frame's bottom bracket shell is metric ("french") dimension

the OEM saddle would have been a Tron et Berthet (Ideale) model Nr. 90 in black with a steel frame

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interesting to see that the machine wears a Zeus pump holder cup. if it came from the factory with one it is likely to have been a REG (Rampinelli) brand.


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certainly the bike is heavily modified as is normal with a live-with bike.
The saddle is a likely choice for a woman rider, as is the frame size.
 
Beautiful bike. Would you mind posting a serial number? I have two models, a 320 and a 317 I believe. I am trying to gather more information and serial numbers to more closely date these wonderful machines. Thanks Kevin
 
Given the similarity to the U.S. TOC Crescent badges I always wondered if their was a linkage between the two? V/r Shawn
 
Given the similarity to the U.S. TOC Crescent badges I always wondered if their was a linkage between the two? V/r Shawn
simple Wiki search believes this is the same brand, which moved from Chicago to Sweden

more detail at CR

The brand has a new owner since 1995
 
These pics were taken after picking up at the Portland swap last summer and before a clean up. I will try to get some more pics of this one and my other to help with any comparisons.
 
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