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01-21-20, 05:43 PM
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Mountain bikes allowed, OK.
Original owner, but my son trained/raced it more miles than i rode.
G Fisher SuperCaliber 1991 edition, maybe '90, i forget.
X-country racer. Suntour 7, indexed rear derailleur.
All original, mostly. Has sported a suspension stem.
I run a 1" slick front, knobby rear, fenders.
Winter bike mostly.
pic from Spring 2019, current config.
Original owner, but my son trained/raced it more miles than i rode.
G Fisher SuperCaliber 1991 edition, maybe '90, i forget.
X-country racer. Suntour 7, indexed rear derailleur.
All original, mostly. Has sported a suspension stem.
I run a 1" slick front, knobby rear, fenders.
Winter bike mostly.
pic from Spring 2019, current config.
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01-21-20, 06:32 PM
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01-21-20, 07:20 PM
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All bikes start with "f" after a crash.
01-22-20, 06:46 AM
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Fontan
01-22-20, 07:11 AM
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I had one of these. Its really a tour de force of French expression early 1970's. Taking earthtones to the most literal interpretation with the Burnt Sienna, accented in raw sienna. And the simplicity of the letter font. The art department at Follis had fun with this one. So understated. So French.
01-22-20, 11:46 AM
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I had one of these. Its really a tour de force of French expression early 1970's. Taking earthtones to the most literal interpretation with the Burnt Sienna, accented in raw sienna. And the simplicity of the letter font. The art department at Follis had fun with this one. So understated. So French.
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01-22-20, 12:36 PM
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I have one that isn't on the list, but i think i will wait for the topic to come around again in 2020!
01-22-20, 02:31 PM
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Looks like I have the first, and so far only, Fondriest.
01-22-20, 02:56 PM
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Focus TD-400. Not much info out there about them.
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01-22-20, 03:03 PM
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01-22-20, 07:13 PM
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Late '50s Follis
650b conversion, originally a road racer. Zero original parts -- mostly '60s and '70s gear with some modern stuff like rims tires and spokes. Derailleurs are Campy Record (the one before "Nuovo", circa '65), which I hope will be forgiven on this French bike because it came with Campy dropouts. Rear mech is a hybrid with a "Sport" top knuckle riveted to the Record parallelogram, to give it a sprung upper pivot (like a Simplex). That lets it shift a much wider range. That's a 14-30 in back, 26-36-46 triple. Stock Record only reached to about 26t, and with a much smaller range in front.
The head lugs have bands around the front with cut-out letters that say "Follis" (top lug) and "Lyon" (down lug).
Sorry I didn't take a picture of that!
The lugs have brass fillets added around the outsides, filed and smoothed to make the transition radius larger and more swoopy. A time-consuming step only done on a "special" frame. I have seen lots of Follises, never seen another one this deluxe. The Nervex Pro crown also has some brass built up and filed down in a couple places to make the shape more aesthetically pleasing. The fork blades are rapid-taper, and "pencil-thin" (what the Brits called it), small diameter through the curve. I think Reynolds called them the "Super Resilient" model. These blades are fully 2 mm smaller diameter than Kaisei "Toei" blades, the smallest diameter you can get today. Internal rear brake cable in the toptube, with nice braze-ons at the entry points. Curved bridges. Campy dropouts with nicely shaped stay ends.
My plans may change but so far I am still thinking I'll add braze-ons for the Raid centerpulls & a few other BOs, and build a custom front rack.
I like what's left of the paintjob, but a previous owner started sanding it down, to hand-paint it himself, until he realized what a big job that was, so he stopped where you see it now. Decals are almost 100% gone. So I'm thinking braze-ons and repaint.
Oh yeah it came to me with the derailleur hanger sawed off! Gugie called it "castrating" the dropout, maybe putting it a bit strong, but definitely vivid! I brazed on a replacement hanger, but of course that means the chrome is wrecked on the right rear DO, another reason for a repaint.
More pix here. Album about the hybrid rear derailleur here. Here's the album about the decaleur I made to hold the top of the handlebar bag.
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01-22-20, 07:34 PM
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Double F: Fuji Finest. Still waiting on a rebuild
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01-22-20, 07:53 PM
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01-22-20, 08:13 PM
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A Crane GS cage bolts right on to an old steel Record rear mech. One mandatory and one optional modification to the Crane cage shown. (You don't really need the rotation-stop "pawn".)
It now shifts a 14-34 6-speed with a 20t range in the front (triple). It shifts easily into all 18 combos, and runs quiet. I'm blown away by how well it works. It's not at its limit, so a wider gear range is possible.
If you are asking yourself "why do it?", then you're not an obsessive bike anorak like I am. You wouldn't understand (nor want to!)
I later took the Crane cage off, went back to the short cage, because I wanted a more vintage vibe -- though of course this bike is never going to be "period correct". The low gear with the short cage is still well below 1-to-1, with 26t front and 30t rear, should be enough for most of my hills, and for the rest I don't mind walking.
It now shifts a 14-34 6-speed with a 20t range in the front (triple). It shifts easily into all 18 combos, and runs quiet. I'm blown away by how well it works. It's not at its limit, so a wider gear range is possible.
If you are asking yourself "why do it?", then you're not an obsessive bike anorak like I am. You wouldn't understand (nor want to!)
01-22-20, 10:07 PM
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1953 Follis with “Berceau” style women’s frame
01-22-20, 10:32 PM
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Did BF people see the "before" shots in the other thread? Amazing transformation. Thanks orcas island for doing it and sharing.
I mentioned I didn't have a good photo of the "Follis Lyon" cutouts in the head lugs on mine. Just look at these, mine are the same.
I mentioned I didn't have a good photo of the "Follis Lyon" cutouts in the head lugs on mine. Just look at these, mine are the same.
