Munny

More and more I have to realize that my main focus on Belgian bikes takes unusual path.

Here a serie of what can hardly be compared to racing bikes

1946

I'll limit the number of pictures to be within the forum rules

Copie de IMG_1925

Still with as bought lamp before ...
1948

Copie de IMG_1936

1953

And some dared to call it a citybike ...

Hudson308 

WOW that's an interesting bike!

kcblair

Wow ! Say, how's that speedometer mounted, My eyes can see it ?KB

non-fixie 

That is a wonderful bike, @Munny! There are many nice bikes in this thread, but this one takes the cake. So many gorgeous details ...

BTW, you can post ten pictures per post, and as many posts as you like, so please ...

Munny

First of a set of bikes that I might show, it seems that it increase the temperature for some of you

1956

Kcblair, speedometer.
Monted on frame brazed bracket, which amongst plenty of other details let me believe that the frame was designed with all items in mind
On the early MaxiCar hub, a flange to hold the belt

Munny

In some time, I should be able to share picture of the female version



Slightly modified

Copie de IMG_1939

Munny

The following one is currently being repainted

Older but how much

The steering bar gives an indication
Copie (2) de IMG_5581

An oiling hole for the rear brake cable on the horizontal tube
And ... not brazed tubes.
What you see are autogen welded tubes

Copie (2) de IMG_5582

The junction between the horizontal tube and the rear stay, while autogen welded, allows internal routing of the rear derailleur cable : Wonderfull skills of the welder

Vasifons02

Rear and front derailleurs, each with internal cable routing
Extremely thin and light unknown tubing
I didn't find any marks on the naked tubes. I can't believe of Reynolds. I haven't found Ackles & Polloc marks. So what ? Libellula tubes ? I never saw a set

Munny

And of course belgian without any doubts

Munny

Not the same type of Belgian bikes, one of my ...



A bit small for me but I ride it with a smile



Copie de IMG_5554



These are NOT R531



Jos lamp on Lucyfer dynamo (If you ask yourself if I have a stock of them, the answer is ...)
And the front rack appear on one Rebour drawing



Very special and unique to Van Hauwaert, the fork design

juvela

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[QUOTE]Libellula tubes ? /QUOTE]

Owned a Frejus track frame built with Libellula tubeset and one could see the dragonfly marking through the factory paint.

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Munny

Juvela asked me if "Do you have any information on the WF brand of headsets and cottered bottom brackets from Belgium? They were stocked by Ron Kitching for a time in the 1950's and 1960's."

So let's share some of this

I was surprised by the question, thinking that I already provided some pictures, like on the Page12 of this post - My NOS Dossche
Well, I didn't with the picture par post limit...

So on this bike I used mostly Belgian parts

For the crank shaft, I selected it in this set of ...


And decided for the special course
The internal shape is so well worked



WF ?

Not so

It was described to me, verbaly by several old guys as "What" (same prononciation) and for a long time I was looking for a What brand.
Given the T and F in the logo, you got it, with friends, we called them "What the F..."

Until we found it : T & F Woit (in french Woit is prononced What)
2 brothers from the Woit family

I have a box of headsets, crankshafts, tools, etc ...
Even...




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3speedslow

All very visually interesting, thanks Munny!

Peugeotlover

Thanks, Munny. Just got totally lost for 30 minutes. Enjoyably so.

Munny

Yes I remember having to provide other answers...

Meantime, did I ever shared pictures of my Lans here ?



It might appear odd but the Mickey model is an element of datation

As is the maker, Pierre Lans that was the uncle of an old master in Brussels



A women pretty bike



Some details of the rear rack


The mudguards are Souplex, very early plastic kind of thing



I like these lamps

dweenk 

Nice bike. It must have slipped under the radar of the Disney Company legal team.

Is that a spoke driven dynamo?

juvela

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When this was made Walt's main competition was Max Fleischer.


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merziac

With something this cool I think no rules apply.

Munny

Not sure what you meant by spoke driven dynamo



How old would be Mickey Mouse ?



Before 1938 ?

Munny

It is even cooler to see the partner bike ...

non-fixie 

Thanks for adding those beautiful machines, @Munny. Keep 'em coming, please.

Peugeotlover

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Mouse

Mickey Mouse had yellow shoes.

Munny

When kid, in my grand parent house was an old teared appart Mickey comic strip
Very old and every kid of the family read it.
I have vague memory of a bad guy with a woden feet and a fake tunel painted on a wall

Whatever.
His shoes were white!



And bare Milton Cannif, I never had any interest in US comic strips. Too many over here...

fivefootnine

My work in progress 1989/1991 Merckx Corsa. Dressed up in Suntour Superbe. Colour is original... pink / magenta pearl.

non-fixie 

Found an excuse to bring this thread back to page 1. About time, too, with all those Flandrias entering the community.

The subject at hand: a blue steel bike.

That's about all I can say about it at the moment. However, it has all the tell-tale signs of a seventies Belgian "no-name frame", as they were called here. Judge for yourself:

The things that caught my attention were that, despite its condition, it looked "right" and the lack of any branding. No headbadge holes, no remnants of decals. Nothing. The fact that it's my size made me put in a (very) modest offer, which the seller was kind enough to honor.



Seat stay cap decal:



Fork crown art:



Dropouts and cable stop:



The fork end may be replacements, as there are no eyelets and there's touch-up paint on both sides:



The bike has been ridden until the early nineties, and has been stored in a shed since then. The PO looks to have been an racing bike enthusiast, who was either on a budget or not very status-conscious. The wheels are nice, though: the rear is a Fiamme tubular rim on a Campagnolo high-flange hub:



The front (a replacement?) a Mavic Monthlery Pro and a Zeus hub:



I have little hope of identifying the actual builder, but that's not the main goal. This is a rider in spe.

juvela

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thanks for sharing this find @non-fixie!

thinking maybe the 'LXXIV-'LXXVI fenestre...

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