Show us your Belgian bikes!
05-02-22, 07:54 AM
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I ride this a lot
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12-04-22, 09:49 AM
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I just realized I have omitted posting my latest Belgian acquisitions in this thread. 
In March this year I found a frame which is doing its best trying to look like a Groene Leeuw. Maybe it is, maybe it isn't. I have yet to find out.
This is how it came to me:
Because it had seen a lot of use, I decided to build it up with parts at hand and see how it rode, before committing to a restoration project. This is how I rode it and how it now sits in my study, waiting for a decision.
I haven't yet been able to identify the builder. If no new information comes to light my plan is to recommission it as a Groene Leeuw.
EDIT: more info on this machine is here: What have we here? A Groene Leeuw?
In March this year I found a frame which is doing its best trying to look like a Groene Leeuw. Maybe it is, maybe it isn't. I have yet to find out.
This is how it came to me:
Because it had seen a lot of use, I decided to build it up with parts at hand and see how it rode, before committing to a restoration project. This is how I rode it and how it now sits in my study, waiting for a decision.
I haven't yet been able to identify the builder. If no new information comes to light my plan is to recommission it as a Groene Leeuw.
EDIT: more info on this machine is here: What have we here? A Groene Leeuw?
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12-04-22, 09:54 AM
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This years's other Belgian find is this Téval frame. Made by Plume Sport in ~1967:
A separate thread on the subject is here: And also ... a Teval.
A separate thread on the subject is here: And also ... a Teval.
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12-04-22, 10:27 AM
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A 1984-ish Eddy Merckx Corsa Extra and a 2017 Ridley Helium SLX
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When I ride my bike I feel free and happy and strong. I'm liberated from the usual nonsense of day to day life. Solid, dependable, silent, my bike is my horse, my fighter jet, my island, my friend. Together we will conquer that hill and thereafter the world.
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01-25-24, 07:27 PM
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More Belgian Bikes
I know this is an old thread, but here are a couple more Belgian bikes. 1970 "Superia" mixte frame and a 1965 Sabre , both are 3 speeds.
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01-25-24, 07:56 PM
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Since it's been revived.
Merckx Corsa 01:
Merckx Corsa 01:
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Steel is real...and comfy.
01-25-24, 10:14 PM
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A more recent picture of the 1956 Royal Nord President. I installed my older apple green Brooks B17.
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01-28-24, 01:11 AM
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2 EM's that need to be built and finished. 
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01-31-24, 12:23 AM
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