Pogliaghi

Picked up this Haral made with Excell tubing - it is a very light steel frame. Has some nice touches like the reinforced shifter braze-ons and the front derailleur braze-on - am sure this has been done because of the thin walled tubing. Also has the "pearls" on the head tube. Just wondering if there are any other Haral owners out there as I would like to see their bikes!

juvela

Got to see one of their "funny bikes" in person about thirty years ago. It was constructed of curved tubes.

devinfan

Never heard of Haral but that's an awesome frame you've got there. Stunning.

Pogliaghi

Yes I have seen a few photos on the web showing the "funny bikes" but not many of the "normal" frames :-) I know they were in Chambery (Haute Savoie) in France and that there were two brother who built the frames but that is pretty much all I know. Apparently the Excell tubing is very stiff.

juvela

Thanks very much for sharing this fascinating find Sante!

Have you as yet mapped out a build plan in your mind?

Will look forward to following any updates you make.

The "funny bike" I had the opportunity to view was one of their TT models - crazy short WB.

Similar to this -

Mark's Vintage Bike Blog: My Haral

Ran across another example with the "pearls" -

Rare Haral Chambery - Full Mavic SSC Groupset | Retrobike

jetboy 

strangely one appeared on CL this morning. saw it and remembered your post: very pretty and its for someone about a foot and a half smaller than me.

lots of pics in the link

Pogliaghi

That is a really beautiful bike! 531 Professional tubing and some very nice parts. Thank goodness it is way too small for me!