Elev2k, a bike enthusiast with a selection of very finely restored Dutch vintage steel bicycles, offered these catalog scans on the Classic & Vintage section of BikeForums. He also gave a brief explanation of the Dutch descriptions:

1995 Gazelle Catalog Scan
Provided by Elev12k

 
 
I know the article is in Dutch meaning that most are probably limited to watching (nice) pictures. To them I will give a brief explanation of the models:

The Formula frame was the most economical, but still handmade in Dieren.

The Champion Mondial AB was a slightly more economical and relaxed deriviate of the Champion Mondial AA frame. It is made out Reynolds 531C tubing.

The Team frame was the TVM/Bison team specific frame.

Brief on the CM AA: Reynolds 531C tubing, Campa dropouts, cable routing through tt, microfusion (Bertoli Aero) crown, lugs and bracket, chrome right chainstay and dropouts. Sizing from 49 to 66 cm with 1 increments.

The 731OS was made with Reynolds 731 tubing and the addition RVS in 731OS-RVS denotes Poppe & Pothoff Noblex stainless steel forkblades and tail. The polished sections are stainless. Very nice.

The 653-RVS uses Reynolds 653 with Noblex stainless steel blades and tail.

Next page shows the cross edition of the Champion Mondial.

The Alu-Pro uses welded 7020 aluminium tubing.

The Titanium Pro is the only ATB frame shown. It is out titanium and it is the same frame Raleigh put its decals on. Both companies were part of the Derby Group back then. Not made in Dieren of course, but the others are (on the Alu-Pro I am not sure)

Comment from s70rguy:

... interesting, the use of 'Noblex', or stainless steel in their frames. And what I consider a nice touch, the fastback seatstays! That's more associated with the 70's than the 90's, I'd say.
I always thought Gazelle was in their last efforts at making decent steel frames, and after those ones, they just gave up.

TVM-Bison-Gazelle must have been one of the last pro-teams to ride steel frames ...

 

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