Originally Posted by
dddd
I'm loving these antiques amd the 3Rensho and......
I've done a half-dozen group training rides alongside the modern riders on this 1952 E. Christophe (built by Automoto), and the "suicide-shift" double-clanger front derailer gets a lot of attention.
Meanwhile, the bike's 77-degree frame angles get
my attention every time I have to take one hand off of the bars to shift or to grab for the bike's waterbottle.
What a cool looking bike, I love that. The geometry does seem a bit odd, you have a very compact rake on the fork and head tube almost straight up and down, but the rear rake has a touring rake by todays standards. And does the rear stay spoons wrapped entirely around the seat tube?
Don't you ever sell that bike.