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@Guinessisgoodforyou the topic has already been covered in another thread: https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/fred-hellens-elusive-documentation-hellenic-seatstays.339085/ Here is a short film from 1923 where appears a bicycle probably built by Fred Hellens on the velodrome of Herne Hill...

La Roue Libre from Nice. For sale on eBay (not mine): https://www.ebay.fr/itm/326437408785

At 80 years old, Daniel Hanart left his workshop in Montreuil and passed the baton to Baptiste Pelletan.

Daniel Guédon is now retired. Roubam took over his workshop.

Henri Depierre, the Parisian manufacturer of Gemini bicycles, used recessed brake nuts as early as the mid-1970s. I suppose they were machined by himself, that was one of the details that distinguished these craftsmen from the prestige brands that produced in mass. Picture of a 1976 Gemini...

This NOS one was recently sold in Switzerland for 35 CHF, a bargain. https://www.ricardo.ch/fr/a/sachs-huret-6-gang-wechsel-mit-schalthebel-neu-1251724552/

Another forgotten hero, André Bertetto:

At the beginning of this film, a short visit in the Thirouard show room: https://memoire.ciclic.fr/5175-cyclotourisme-a-vierzon

Thank you very much for your appreciation. In France, we can regret that the notoriety of the great Parisian craftsmen leaves little room for talented regional builders like Jean Thirouard whose quality of work is not recognized at its fair value.

I don’t think Peugeot has ever used Durifort tubes. The tubes were manufactured in its factories (light and extra-light) except for high-end models (hikers or race) built with Vitus until 1957 then Reynolds appeared in the 1959 catalog. This one is probably a "touriste léger" PC40 of 1952...

You can get a pair on the popular french website le bon coin : https://www.leboncoin.fr/ad/equipements_velos/2649698129

Thanks! The chainstays are relatively short (415 mm) especially for a touring bike. This explains the detour taken by the light control cable through the seattube 😄

Some close-ups on the Thirouard randonneur previously presented here: https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/vintage-french-randonneuers-and-porteurs.449944/post-3372635 Whether it can be called vintage while it was built in 1993 and is equipped with brifters, the debate is open 😁

Re: Hi Mike, MP sent. Cheers. DR

in a very good state http://www.ebay.com/itm/Alex-Singer-vin ... 3aa82fa324