rodentfield
07-17-11, 04:04 PM
A while ago I asked about a bike I had found at http://http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php/723769-mystery-1970s-French-racer-what-do-I-have-see-pictures.. I've since cleaned it up and painstakingly restored it. I still don't know what it is. I've gotten a few helpful comments on velospace:
http://velospace.org/node/37963.
One of them says it looks exactly like a Louison Bobet he worked on some time ago, which sounds reasonable. Does anyone else have any suggestions? For details on all the components, etc, see the bike's velospace page. Keep in mind that some of the components may not be original. Does it have any special value, especially considering the first-generation Dura Ace cranks?
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5138/5573417606_b3ba83a303_b.jpg
Bike in original condition as it came.
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5146/5573417124_d4e72bf65f_z.jpg
3ttt bars (Superleggiero!)and stem; Universal brakes; ugly levers with half hoods
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6147/5948092460_364d917e77_z.jpg
Bike after restoration (replaced bars, stem, brakes, brake levers, seat, cables and pedals).
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6148/5948092932_4fd27c3c0f_z.jpg
Dura-Ace cranks (first generation) on a Campagnolo spindle in TA bottom bracket cups.
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5092/5572838173_b42118ac11_z.jpg
Campy dropouts (Huret on fork).
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6010/5947550833_f803db0ce0_z.jpg
Distinctive Simplex seatpost
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5015/5573427378_e556e8e76c_z.jpg
EDA bottom bracket
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5104/5573425194_709cddd865_z.jpg
Distinctive brazed brake bridge
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5097/5573426924_8855f60ec9_z.jpg
Long pointed lugs
http://velospace.org/node/37963.
One of them says it looks exactly like a Louison Bobet he worked on some time ago, which sounds reasonable. Does anyone else have any suggestions? For details on all the components, etc, see the bike's velospace page. Keep in mind that some of the components may not be original. Does it have any special value, especially considering the first-generation Dura Ace cranks?
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5138/5573417606_b3ba83a303_b.jpg
Bike in original condition as it came.
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5146/5573417124_d4e72bf65f_z.jpg
3ttt bars (Superleggiero!)and stem; Universal brakes; ugly levers with half hoods
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6147/5948092460_364d917e77_z.jpg
Bike after restoration (replaced bars, stem, brakes, brake levers, seat, cables and pedals).
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6148/5948092932_4fd27c3c0f_z.jpg
Dura-Ace cranks (first generation) on a Campagnolo spindle in TA bottom bracket cups.
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5092/5572838173_b42118ac11_z.jpg
Campy dropouts (Huret on fork).
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6010/5947550833_f803db0ce0_z.jpg
Distinctive Simplex seatpost
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5015/5573427378_e556e8e76c_z.jpg
EDA bottom bracket
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5104/5573425194_709cddd865_z.jpg
Distinctive brazed brake bridge
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5097/5573426924_8855f60ec9_z.jpg
Long pointed lugs
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