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As @Guinessisgoodforyou had already taken my bikes, I thought I'd get even and take his bikes. 
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Anyway ...
This thread is just to give you an idea of the bikes I own and ride. I'll be randomly listing those bikes.
My latest outing, a little over a week ago, was to L'Eroica in Gaiole, Italy. The bike I brought along for the event was my Eddy Merckx. Built in ca 1975 by Bernard Dangre's Starnord shop in Valenciennes, France, it is made with Vitus 172 tubing and quite a nice ride. I bought it as a bare frame set, and built it with what I thought might have been original, such as the (wonderful) Huret Challengers mechs.
Originally the lowest gear would probably have been 42 x 21, but as that doesn't get me up any of the Tuscan hills, I changed that to 37 x 28. Much better.
The week before L'Eroica mrs non-fixie and I spent a week touring in Tuscany, and for that I'd brought along a Gazelle Champion Mondial semi-race. Originally it had a SunTour 7 transmission and a Gazelle-branded SR crank set, but for comfort and climbing capabilities I replaced those with a Shimergo setup and a Gipiemme triple.
The original Bluemels mudguards were cracked, and were replaced by VO "aluminum fenders" (they're American, after all).
This thread is just to give you an idea of the bikes I own and ride. I'll be randomly listing those bikes.
My latest outing, a little over a week ago, was to L'Eroica in Gaiole, Italy. The bike I brought along for the event was my Eddy Merckx. Built in ca 1975 by Bernard Dangre's Starnord shop in Valenciennes, France, it is made with Vitus 172 tubing and quite a nice ride. I bought it as a bare frame set, and built it with what I thought might have been original, such as the (wonderful) Huret Challengers mechs.
Originally the lowest gear would probably have been 42 x 21, but as that doesn't get me up any of the Tuscan hills, I changed that to 37 x 28. Much better.
The week before L'Eroica mrs non-fixie and I spent a week touring in Tuscany, and for that I'd brought along a Gazelle Champion Mondial semi-race. Originally it had a SunTour 7 transmission and a Gazelle-branded SR crank set, but for comfort and climbing capabilities I replaced those with a Shimergo setup and a Gipiemme triple.
The original Bluemels mudguards were cracked, and were replaced by VO "aluminum fenders" (they're American, after all).
grantoury
Kona Fan
I see you have the Challenge Strade Bianchi tyres on the Gazelle. I have them on my Vittorio now, and rather like them.
Guinessisgoodforyou
rBotM Winner
Are they 700s? Looking forward to seeing more of his bikes 
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I have used them on several of my resto-modded light touring bikes as they are quite nice for the, well, strade bianche. And yes, they are 700 x 30C. Don't care much for the loud graphics, though.
Here's another one. A 1985 Koga-Miyata Randonneur, which came to me as a well-abused frame set in 2015:
A couple of years ago I wanted to try a few new-to-me parts I'd acquired, and I decided this would be a nice frame for it. I gave it a quick rattlecan respray and have used it as a test mule during several vacation trips since.
In France with an 8-speed Shimano Claris/Deore mix, a cheap Taylor wheelset, Andel cranks and a home-made decaleur:
A few months later in Italy, with a Shimergo transmission, Gipiemme triple chainset, Nitto randonneur bars, MAFAC Criterium brakes and more vintage wheels:
Fast forward another nine months and we're back in Italy. Now with Motobecane bars, Campagnolo shifters operating a shortened 9-speed Shimano cluster, TRP carbon brakes, an Idéale saddle and 28mm Vittoria Corsa tyres:
Another three months later, now back in France, with 30mm Grand Bois Cypres tyres and the plastic mudguards have been replaced by Honjos:
