1968 French Bike
08-01-12, 01:46 PM
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Pedaled too far.
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1968 French Bike
I wonder if anyone can identify this bike. The photos were taken in France in 1968 and the bike was probably new then. It looks like a 5 speed, but that's all I can tell. Are there any French bike experts?
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08-01-12, 02:21 PM
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Why don't you call Mitt Romney and ask?
08-01-12, 02:51 PM
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I can't afford the campaign contribution needed to get his attention. 
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BTW is that a Ford Taunus P3 in the back?
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I think you nailed it. Not to many details to see, but the curve of the front wheel opening is correct.
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I think you nailed it. Not to many details to see, but the curve of the front wheel opening is correct.
Back to the bikes: They look to be nice specimens of the French "sport" category. Stronglight Model 57 Super Competition crank on Mittens' bike would make it expensive in its day.
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Not surprising he isn't riding a cheap bike. Looks like a relaxed geometry, at least his friends bike has a lot of trail in the fork. I haven't seen trail on the front fork like that since a dutch Pegasus bike I had in the early '80s.
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Yeah, French "sport" equals sports tourers and were generally much more relaxed than competition bikes. Look at the Peugeot PX 8 in the middle for a similar bike to Romney's:
Interestingly the crank on Romney's bike (which is the only feature I can identify) was discontinued in 1963 so maybe his bike is older than that. That crank is almost always configured as a double according to www.classiclightweights.co.uk so it's interesting to see it set up as a single. Most sport tourers at the time had steel cottered cranks like Stronglight 54 or 55.
Romney's crank can also have been a late fifties-early sixties model 49D, which had the star as part of the chainring instead of being part of the drive arm:
Interestingly the crank on Romney's bike (which is the only feature I can identify) was discontinued in 1963 so maybe his bike is older than that. That crank is almost always configured as a double according to www.classiclightweights.co.uk so it's interesting to see it set up as a single. Most sport tourers at the time had steel cottered cranks like Stronglight 54 or 55.
Romney's crank can also have been a late fifties-early sixties model 49D, which had the star as part of the chainring instead of being part of the drive arm:
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27" wheels, wingnuts on both wheels, dynamo lights with headlight mounted on the fender. I can't tell what are his derailer, I'm throwing out a guess at a Huret Svelto.
His friend's bike has a front centerpull brake, also the headtube is in a white contrasting color.
His friend's bike has a front centerpull brake, also the headtube is in a white contrasting color.
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