Originally Posted by
non-fixie
OK, more and - more importantly - better pics.
I removed the ugly chainguard and the pump and weighed the bike before taking this picture. 21 lbs. Not bad.
I'd already confirmed it was made by Méral yesterday, by checking the dropouts. Méral took pride in these "pattes Méral double depart":
The main question that remained was: was this an Altra contract build, or did someone just stick some Altra decals on this Méral. After a closer look at the headbadge I think I know the answer:
I came off easily, to reveal the remnants of the Méral logo:
Méral head tube, from the interwebs:
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[illustration of the Meral forged ends set encountered in the course of this day's web wander, post at veloretrocourse forum, from Le Cycle of October 1979]
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btw -
think they show themselves to best advantage when done up in "hearing aid beige"
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