Show your French bikes!
01-05-17, 11:14 PM
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What a phenomenal find. Are those fenders, and racks Velo Orange? The lights?
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01-06-17, 07:43 AM
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real far gone
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The fenders are 10 year old Honjos, the racks are V-O, and the lights are vintage Luxor. The tail light has an LED bulb, the headlight has been fitted with a Cree emitter; the front hub is a SON28. Parts for wiring a rectifier/smoothing circuit & USB charger are sitting on the bench right now.
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01-06-17, 08:17 PM
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@HamboneSlim For the sake of not repeating what everyone else has already voiced about your Gitane I will say, That Gitane is the bee's knees!" You do have some French beauties.
01-07-17, 06:48 PM
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Welcome aboard, Chrisp8!
Here's my Peugeot Velo de Ville on our New Years Ride:
Lighter wheels, better derailleur, and more upright seating have turned my humble U08 into a sweet city and trail bike. I love the classic look and smooth handling of this old steel frame. Let's hear it for the Red, White, and Bleu: Vive la France!
Here's my Peugeot Velo de Ville on our New Years Ride:
Lighter wheels, better derailleur, and more upright seating have turned my humble U08 into a sweet city and trail bike. I love the classic look and smooth handling of this old steel frame. Let's hear it for the Red, White, and Bleu: Vive la France!
01-07-17, 10:38 PM
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The humble U08 really comes alive when you dress it up and give it a more relaxed riding position. The lighter wheels improved the ride as well. I've got one more finishing touch for this bike, but I have to wait until our weather gets warm enough so I can paint. I'm doing a Plume Alair chainguard up in black and gold. This will be one of my favorites when it's done.
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01-12-17, 06:10 AM
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Just admiring the LeJeune Baco. I have a lower down the hierarchy 1973 Lejeune TDF. It is a wonderful bike to ride. It was a gift from a friend. Made me start riding a bike again for the first time in decades. Makes me wonder why I ever stopped. Probably thought big boys didn't do that anymore. Wrong!
That is a beautiful machine. Do you ride it now, or is it just to admire? That, of course, is ok. My guess is it would be wonderful to ride as much as possible! I know my "Paris Frenchie" makes me happy every time I look at it. Plus each time I ride it, it's her and me and nothing else. Sounds corny, but it's true
That is a beautiful machine. Do you ride it now, or is it just to admire? That, of course, is ok. My guess is it would be wonderful to ride as much as possible! I know my "Paris Frenchie" makes me happy every time I look at it. Plus each time I ride it, it's her and me and nothing else. Sounds corny, but it's true
01-12-17, 09:15 AM
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Very nice!
What bag is installed on the front?
What bag is installed on the front?
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01-12-17, 09:50 AM
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It looks like a vintage Cannondale from the the front label.
01-15-17, 09:49 PM
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Shameless Cross-Posting
I had to show these here because of the subject matter. My Peugeot Orient Express is going to be my first winter bike. She will get a studded front tire, and a gnarly knobby out back, with full fenders to keep the salt-spray to a minimum; but today I just aired-down the fat Kenda Kiniptions to 40 psi and hit the trail. But I'll let the photos do the talking.
Not what we usually see here:
Not what we usually see here:
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01-17-17, 09:51 PM
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Bikes are okay, I guess.
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We no longer have this one, but it was fun while it lasted.
Gitane tandem.jpg
Gitane tandem.jpg
01-17-17, 09:56 PM
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Old guy on a Bike
I had to show these here because of the subject matter. My Peugeot Orient Express is going to be my first winter bike. She will get a studded front tire, and a gnarly knobby out back, with full fenders to keep the salt-spray to a minimum; but today I just aired-down the fat Kenda Kiniptions to 40 psi and hit the trail. But I'll let the photos do the talking.
Not what we usually see here:
Not what we usually see here:
01-28-17, 02:00 PM
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After seeing dqrider's white Peugeot a few posts back it got me bring my ou-8 out of the basement. This is what I ended up with. just using bits from the vault. Want to try fenders down the road. Shakedown will have to wait due to old man winter. Cheers, kevin 
01-28-17, 02:03 PM
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Before pic. 
01-28-17, 06:06 PM
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I see you're working opposite ends of the color wheel there. Blue and orange do go good together. If you swap out those steel wheels for something alloy, you will find the ride is transformed. Not that it was bad to begin with, but a wheel change definitely makes it better!
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01-28-17, 08:07 PM
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Thank you. I'm not 100% about the blue, but fun for now. Alloy wheels and possible multi surface tire.
01-28-17, 08:41 PM
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My 3 French bikes. Vitus zx1 that was peugeot labeled, my vitus 992 and my mbk super record 753. All are fun fast rides and all date around 92. English bottom brackets and 130 rear spacing made for easy work. Campy on all, ranging from crecord to a used 10 record setup on the zx1. The zx1 is such an awesome rider despite its early carbon lineage, and the ventos just whirl at speed. The mbk is a stiff twitchy beast for old steel. The 992 is just fun. It's flexiness demands that you spin instead of mash but it's just as quick, and suprisingly comfortable. The anodized finish just shimmers in sunlight.
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My 3 French bikes. Vitus zx1 that was peugeot labeled, my vitus 992 and my mbk super record 753. All are fun fast rides and all date around 92. English bottom brackets and 130 rear spacing made for easy work. Campy on all, ranging from crecord to a used 10 record setup on the zx1. The zx1 is such an awesome rider despite its early carbon lineage, and the ventos just whirl at speed. The mbk is a stiff twitchy beast for old steel. The 992 is just fun. It's flexiness demands that you spin instead of mash but it's just as quick, and suprisingly comfortable. The anodized finish just shimmers in sunlight.
01-29-17, 09:56 AM
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01-29-17, 10:29 AM
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02-05-17, 04:02 AM
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shop goodwill auction
SHOP GOODWILL IS THE BEST! I have gotten 2 Peugeot and 1 slipped away by $1 Might have been you! jk Peugeot watches also, and park tool stuff love it!
02-05-17, 01:03 PM
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1950's Bertol Track Bike
Attached are a few photos of my Bertol track bike, if anyone can shed any light on the marque I am all ears.
Additional photos can be seen on my Flickr site at this link:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/moonm/...7628707132547/
The Bertol shop was located at 2 Rue Nelaton for many years until the area was redeveloped, the location is now a fancy Cafe.
This location is very close to the now demolished Vélodrome d'hiver
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A9lodrome_d'hiver
I like to think that my bike did a few hard laps on this track.
I have only seen photos of two other Bertol bikes, one a city bike the other a road bike (painted in the same livery as my track bike).
Moonm
Additional photos can be seen on my Flickr site at this link:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/moonm/...7628707132547/
The Bertol shop was located at 2 Rue Nelaton for many years until the area was redeveloped, the location is now a fancy Cafe.
This location is very close to the now demolished Vélodrome d'hiver
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A9lodrome_d'hiver
I like to think that my bike did a few hard laps on this track.
I have only seen photos of two other Bertol bikes, one a city bike the other a road bike (painted in the same livery as my track bike).
Moonm
02-06-17, 01:34 PM
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1970's Jeunet 620 and 1986 Vitus.
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02-06-17, 09:09 PM
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@moonm
I love the unconventional two-color paint job with the delicate gold pinstriping on that beautiful bike.
I'm sorry I can ad nothing to your knowledge of its provenance.
Brent
I love the unconventional two-color paint job with the delicate gold pinstriping on that beautiful bike.
I'm sorry I can ad nothing to your knowledge of its provenance.
Brent
02-07-17, 02:46 PM
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The Francophiles are going to hate this
76 PX-10
Campy Pedals, Derailleurs, Shifters, brakes & levers and hubs. Holdsworth "retro" drillium compact cranks
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Campy Pedals, Derailleurs, Shifters, brakes & levers and hubs. Holdsworth "retro" drillium compact cranks
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04-21-17, 04:20 PM
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Le Greves
Here's a brand not many have heard of, a really exceptional race bike from the late 40s. Rene Le Greves was a successful pro racer in the 1930s and 40s who opened a bike shop with his brother after he retired from racing. The frame is very light and beautifully made, believed to have been built by Dante Franzil, another former racer. I've changed the rear derailleur and chainrings from original, so I can make it up the hills around here. The frame was nicely restored in France, with hand lettering and lining.
