Cim cycles randonneur, special. Yet another marque I've not heard of and need to research.


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nice looking "civilzed" bicycle. always a sucker for chrome fork tips. in a couple of episodes of "A French Village" there was a

bike with that style chainguard.

Oh, Audrey . . . but i digress.

Q #1: with a headlight mounted on the top of the fender, does it shake?

Q#2: the rear constructeur rack's tool pouch - is it a leather Brooks style?

a website i visited had made aluminum reproduction twins, but they had sold out. wondering how these, or the one shown, work out

in practice.

thanks
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Q2: It varies with period. The rear rack / mudguard mounted ones for a while post WW2 were aluminium in general.

Personally I think they were as much useful as a "throwing in something else" marketing thing. The French tended to go for this rather than cute little saddle bags like in the UK. Period wise a French saddle with a little saddle bag is something I don't have a knowledge, but I know Mafac did a specific (half useless?) kit.

There was certainly enough in those two rear subminiaturis for essential road side repairs and enough to cut up a dried sausage, slap some cheese in a baguette and open a bottle of Beaujolais and stash a crumpled up Michelin map. They would have been stuffed with the only friend to man-kind too ..... an oily rag, To help with all sorts especially for rear wheel removal and keep hands clean.
 
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This is my third MecaDural - it's the only one I have completef. Buying period correct parts for them is a total pita. Very difficult now to source brakes and especially 700C Lefol mudguards and decent leather saddles.

This was is a 'barn find' state when I bought it. I got it with a few others from a farm sale just north of Agen, not too far from Toulouse. There are always adverts for 'Lots Velos', but the French are very adamant not to split. So you have to buy everything! Two months of polishing and fine sanding to get it to this condition.

Mecadural were the hoors of French aluminium. They made three tube bonded alu frames under licence for everyone from Mercier, La Perle, Hirondelle right up to big boxers Peugeot. They couldn't (or weren't too bothered) to make aluminium forks to fit. But there are lots of 3rd party French fork makers like CMP Lyon, and I'm on the hunt for a pair of these right now.
 

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