Originally Posted by
juvela
Likely there because someone had "harvested" the Tron et Berthet product which came with it.
Here is a page from the MICMO catalogue of 1968 showing the Hosteler with a conventional leather item:
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Then possibly someone also "harvested" the MAFAC brakes and levers, because mine has Weinmann brakes, levers, and straddle cable carriers. The bars have what appears to be the original white/silver textured plastic tape. Who knows?