A tasteful restoration of a 1983 Champion Mondial baan-fiets
(track bicycle), done by the Dutch collector Melvin AKA Elev12K.
Mel is a frequent contributor of info to the Gazelle pages.
This is a former team bike, raced by Ron Groen.
 

Champion Mondial Track
Owned by Elev12K
 
 
Specs:
Full 531c frame
3T cockpit ("Union" panto stem)
Super Record post, first generation
Brooks Professional seat
Nuovo Record Pista cranks
Nuovo Record low flange hubs
Rigida DP18
Serialnumber: 3281831		      
   
     
  In Mel's words:
Got my hands on this baby quite a while ago and now after some blood, sweat and tears I got everything right.

Right after collection my attention was drawn by the remnants of a name on the toptube: "Ron Groen". Ron Groen raced with the Skala-Gazelle team in the mid 80s. It is a small world: I happened to stumble upon someone who made the tech drawings for this rig with without any doubt great speed potential. He immediately recognized it as being Ron Groen's bike.

The serial unveils it is a 1983 frame. Ron was riding for Vredestein-Gazelle-Campagnolo at that time. The history is that the frame has been resprayed in Skala-Gazelle colours when Ron entered the professional Skala-Gazelle team, somewhat later.

For more info see here:
*Team Skala
*Ron Groen
     
 
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