Originally Posted by
georgiaboy
Jean Robic 1947
Not saying he rode a “cheap” bike but he had bikes built by some old school French frame builders (Alphonse Thoman) who preferred French tubing over the more preferred Reynolds 531.
That's a cool pic. I like the minimal amount of seat post showing. This is "French" fit at its finest. I love the front derailleur shifting mechanism and the pump on the downtube.
Somewhere on the interwebs there is a list of the bikes that have won the TdF.