Mercier knowledge please
06-20-15 | 02:32 PM
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Mercier knowledge please
A friend just found this... Simplex gears and high flange hubs, drilled chainring. Fantastic condition, mafac racer brakes and levers, 531 frame. Any clues? I'll try and get more pics...
06-20-15 | 05:46 PM
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Bikes: 1959 Capo Modell Campagnolo; 1960 Capo Sieger (2); 1962 Carlton Franco Suisse; 1970 Peugeot UO-8; 1982 Bianchi Campione d'Italia; 1988 Schwinn Project KOM-10;
I concur w/ satbuilder's asessment -- probable PX-10 class Mercier 300. My coach and riding partner in the 1972 Los Angeles Wheelmen Double Century had one of those -- very nice bike!
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Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." --Theodore Roosevelt
Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
06-20-15 | 09:26 PM
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A friend "just found this". Can you share a detail or two with us? 
Lovely bike. Outrageously classy.
Lovely bike. Outrageously classy.
06-20-15 | 10:35 PM
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Thank you for the info chaps, a frustrating lack of catalogues online!
He found it in my favourite hunting ground, Leboncoin. I now have to go visit with a camera, these are his pics. Even I want to see more detail!
He found it in my favourite hunting ground, Leboncoin. I now have to go visit with a camera, these are his pics. Even I want to see more detail!
06-21-15 | 05:35 AM
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Lots of information on the different model types in this thread:
https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vi...e-mercier.html
Lovely bicycle, anyway. Looks like it doesn't need anything other than a wax and polish. Mercier 300 would be my guess, the only difference I can see from the standard model is the lack of chrome socks, but maybe that depended on the year. I hope you're not planning to change to much on this one, looks perfect as is.
https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vi...e-mercier.html
Lovely bicycle, anyway. Looks like it doesn't need anything other than a wax and polish. Mercier 300 would be my guess, the only difference I can see from the standard model is the lack of chrome socks, but maybe that depended on the year. I hope you're not planning to change to much on this one, looks perfect as is.
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