Originally Posted by
Citoyen du Monde
If you do find an original, please be advised that Repechage's warning of the dangers of riding such a bike are very real. After riding many thousands of miles on my replica and then original, I took a header and broke both elbows, a vertebra, my front teeth... I believe the best place to buy one in North America is at the Copake auction:
April 12, 2014 Antique & Classic Bicycle Auction
That's all I need to know. Bad idea.