Originally Posted by
bertinjim
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The fish mouth stay and fork ends as well as the leaf style stay caps were characteristic of the high end CNC frames. That may, originally, have been a company style point but it may also have been due to the fact that Bernard Carre, Rene Andre and others worked at CNC as frame builders before going out on their own as independent frame constructors. Nonetheless, a lovely bike with excellent workmanship and style.
There is a lot of gray area concerning Carré and when he started to build. It is generally acknowledged that he built for Anquetil in the 50s. This is the first time I have seen it stated that Carré learned his trade at CNC. It is generally accepted that BC did provide some frames for CNC in the later years of CNC.
I have said this before. I think sometimes we are too quick to say Bernard Carré. He did not have a patent on the style points attributed to him.
Dylansbob It is without a doubt a very nice bike. Do be careful tightening the brake cables at the calipers. The design is very poor in that the cable flat sided "bolt" on the cable side is softer than the caliper. It will distort and eventually destroy the "bolt". The cable being on that side does not help the situation. They were later redesigned such that cable ran to the back side of the caliper.