Damaged Bike Frame Decal.... Please Complete
11-01-14 | 03:52 PM
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Damaged Bike Frame Decal.... Please Complete
My wife picked up this old Poulidor clunker in the summer and I'm finally getting around to cleaning it up. The frame is 58cm and has nice forged Simplex drop outs.
Several questions:
The top label on the seat tube appears to be a frame label indicating something about the type of tubes used - probably it originally had three circles - blue, white and red - but much of the decal is gone. Can anyone tell me what it likely indicated before it got damaged and if it indicated something good ? Other frame label just indicates "Production Mercier".
The seat has "Grand Prix" printed on it but it is one hard piece of black plastic. Is this actually the seat, or is it just the seat form and requires padding or a cover of some sort.
Several questions:
The top label on the seat tube appears to be a frame label indicating something about the type of tubes used - probably it originally had three circles - blue, white and red - but much of the decal is gone. Can anyone tell me what it likely indicated before it got damaged and if it indicated something good ? Other frame label just indicates "Production Mercier".
The seat has "Grand Prix" printed on it but it is one hard piece of black plastic. Is this actually the seat, or is it just the seat form and requires padding or a cover of some sort.
11-02-14 | 10:01 AM
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I don't know a lot about older French 'race-y' bikes, but it looks like a nice bike.
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11-02-14 | 10:43 AM
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Damaged Bike Frame Decal.... Please Complete
Sticker would read;
Tubes Alleges
Special 28-26
I'm buying some Mercier decals and thats one of the stickers included. I'm guessing its Merciers "Hi - ten" tubing.
Tubes Alleges
Special 28-26
I'm buying some Mercier decals and thats one of the stickers included. I'm guessing its Merciers "Hi - ten" tubing.
Last edited by big chainring; 11-02-14 at 10:46 AM.
11-02-14 | 11:22 AM
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That saddle is complete as shown. Built like a Unicanitor, only with much heavier polyethylene plastic. Super hard, stiff and heavy. I have one just like it that I did my first drillium experiment on. It was fun and educational. After about a bajillion holes of various sizes, it's a tad more flexible, but not much lighter 
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● 1971 Grandis SL ● 1972 Lambert Grand Prix frankenbike ● 1972 Raleigh Super Course fixie ● 1973 Nishiki Semi-Pro ● 1979 Motobecane Grand Jubile ●1980 Apollo "Legnano" ● 1984 Peugeot Vagabond ● 1985 Shogun Prairie Breaker ● 1986 Merckx Super Corsa ● 1987 Schwinn Tempo ● 1988 Schwinn Voyageur ● 1989 Bottechia Team ADR replica ● 1990 Cannondale ST600 ● 1993 Technium RT600 ● 1996 Kona Lava Dome ●
Last edited by Lascauxcaveman; 11-02-14 at 11:28 AM.
11-02-14 | 11:32 AM
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I think this particular decal does not have the numbers "28-26" but says "SPECIAL PRO" on the second line. Maybe a tick up in grade (since this frame has forged Simplex DOs it could be higher quality) but I don't know much about this tubing line. CycloMondo (Greg Softley) has repros of the decal with 28-26 but not sure about the "PRO".
