Help on identifying bike
 

Greetings!

While surfing the internet trying to identify a bicycle my father gave me a few years ago,
i came across this wonderful site and although the content information is very complete
i still find myself incapable of reveal what i have in hands. And the owner redirected me to you guys.

Of course i am secretly hoping to have a rarity, but not for sale, i am more a keeper.

Was really hoping you could shed some light on this. Of course you'll notice that i, dumb as
arse, a couple years ago thought those vintage pedals, brake levers and seat wouldn't fit
my style and went to a mechanic to place new ones.

Don't know where have i storage them to be honest.

Any thoughts on this will be much appreciated

Best regards,
Fuiamadeira



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Elegant bike! Most likely French heritage, early 80's(?), since everything on it including the frame is Made in France, but for the brake calipers. Any guess on the name on the top tube?

I'm guessing "LaPierre" to match the small seat stay stickers. French company still building bikes and sponsoring a team in this years TdF.

Frame saying 'Jacky Lapierre', son of founder Gaston Lapierre.

Vitus 980 and bridges tangs indicate a high end frame. The combination of brake tunnels, bottle bosses, exposed caliper nuts and cables routed over the BB shell suggest early 1980s. Given the era, it likely employs French threading and metric size tubing. Parallel angles and dropout eyelets, in conjunction with the apparent era, suggest a non-competition model.

The frame is underdressed, with components not worthy of it's level, particularly the swaged crankset and upper entry level Simplex SX410 derailleurs. The brakeset is lower mid-range, 1st generation, Shimano 105 (aka Golden Arrow). I strongly suspect none of the components are OEM. It may have have been bought as a frameset and built up from a donor bicycle,with a change in brakes.

As noted, it is a Lapierre, a smaller French brand which was founded shortly after World War II and was family owned until being taken over by the Accell group in the mid-1990s. Accell grew the brand and it is now much more widely known, even sponsoring a pro team. You've acquired a relatively rare and nice frameset. Enjoy.