Justin's Gazelle, in an amazingly vibrant and deep color, is a factory executed repaint of a late seventies AA-Frame. An update which probably included additional braze-on's too. It measures 54.5x54.5 center to center.

1979 Champion Mondial AA-Frame
Owned by Justin Riley

  
The serial number indicates 1978, but the frame is brazed with Campagnolo's Portacatena rear drop-outs, which was introduced in 1979. This is not too unusual. We have heard from several sources that Gazelle batch stamped bottom bracket shells in advance, and the workers simply got one from the stack when needed. If for some reason demand went down, shells would sit for the next season, or get mixed with new ones. Thus, serial numbers can be a year or more off the actual production time.
 
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