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Longus Bicycles

Paul Lange & Co. was started by Paul and Fernanda Lange in 1949, in Stuttgart, Germany as a reseller of French and German bike parts. In 1967 they started an exclusive Shimano distributorship for Austria and Germany. In the early 80's Paul Lange & Co. “set themselves up as a bicycle manufacturer to prove the merits of the mountain bike - the two models under the Longus brand are still familiar to insiders. ”¹⁾ In 1984²⁾ the Longus brand was born and Paul Lange & Co. imported mountain bikes from Japan³⁾, followed later by touring and town bikes. Fernanda & Paul have since passed away, leaving the company to their children and more recently, their grandchildren. Today it remains a large supplier of bicycle components to much of Europe.

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1984 MTB

RD-AL11 (1984-86). Is this a 1984? The owner claims this, yet it's very similar to the following 1985 MTB model, except for different cranks, hubs, grips, tubing & stickers. Specialized touring triple crankset (1983-85) - which is an unusual component choice, even as a replacement.

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