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    Late 40s / Early 50s René Herse tip find

    Really cool. What size (and width) tyres are they?
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    Just bought this🙄

    How did this one turn out? The crankset?
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    Rourke 531 Pro

    He’s looking very happy indeed
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    Rourke 531 Pro

    It got blinged
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    Can anyone help me with bike identification? Schwinn

    Ripe for doing as you please with that I reckon.
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    Need help identifying my eddy merckx.

    Are they wood rims? :oops:
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    Late 40s / Early 50s René Herse tip find

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    Late 40s / Early 50s René Herse tip find

    How DO you grab the brakes if you are on the drops? I’ve got the same levers on my velo de ville but with porteur bars although it wouldn’t have been like that originally. From what I’ve seen, that style of levers are meant for drop bars but they don’t seem all that practical.
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    Late 40s / Early 50s René Herse tip find

    Are there other cranks than RH that they will fit? Stronglight 3 arm cranks seem to be too big, 116 BCD from what I can see.
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    Late 40s / Early 50s René Herse tip find

    Is there any possibility of re using the original chainrings? Are they a proprietary BCD?
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    Beryl Burton's 1962 Bike Badge

    Could it be Ellis Briggs? Classic Lightweights listing has Beryl as an Ellis Briggs rider
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    Late 40s / Early 50s René Herse tip find

    Loving this thread, your work on the build and the stories around it. I think that Jan Heine of Rene Herse Cycles has the build books from the original business. If so, he should be able to tell you when it was built with the details you now have.
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    Not vintage or French, Worldwide Tourers, Campeurs, Porteurs, Audax, Randonneurs, Commuters

    Campeur/Jousteur? No room in any of the 5 bags for the salad server? And you would need to be committed to get that hip flask. Nice bike though 😜
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    Not vintage or French, Worldwide Tourers, Campeurs, Porteurs, Audax, Randonneurs, Commuters

    Ok there’s a hip flask holder and a nice carrier for the D-lock but why the effe is there a salad server mounted in front of the head tube?
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    Vintage French randonneuer's and porteurs.

    That’s great. Thanks @non-fixie. I measured ~27mm rear and ~31mm front so definitely in the ball park. And you naming the brake shoe pivot helps me to see that there is a bit of up and down adjustment for the shoes. That looks to be the answer. Thanks to @Woz for your guidance too.
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