Show us your Belgian bikes!
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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 ...
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 ...
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WOW that's an interesting bike!
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Wow ! Say, how's that speedometer mounted, My eyes can see it ?KB
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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 ...
BTW, you can post ten pictures per post, and as many posts as you like, so please ...
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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
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
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In some time, I should be able to share picture of the female version
Slightly modified
Copie de IMG_1939
Slightly modified
Copie de IMG_1939
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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
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
#534
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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
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
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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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[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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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...
...
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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Thanks, Munny. Just got totally lost for 30 minutes. Enjoyably so.
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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
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
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Nice bike. It must have slipped under the radar of the Disney Company legal team.
Is that a spoke driven dynamo?
Is that a spoke driven dynamo?
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With something this cool I think no rules apply.
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 ...
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 ...
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Not sure what you meant by spoke driven dynamo
How old would be Mickey Mouse ?
Before 1938 ?
How old would be Mickey Mouse ?
Before 1938 ?
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Thanks for adding those beautiful machines, @Munny. Keep 'em coming, please.
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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...
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...
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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.
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.
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