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Re: Re: I wish it were a Charrel :lol: But the finish even if good is not of Charrel quality I believe, and Charrel like details are clearly not there :cry: the frame is actually lugged and not fillet brazed a few more pics there https://www.flickr.com/photos/99919742@ ... 219924521/...

Re: Ok lets throw some 1950's stuff to spice the contest a bit :mrgreen: A mystery bike ( framebuilder is probable but not 100% sure) 1950 French 650B Randonneuse with the first ever aero brake levers :idea: Build thread here viewtopic.php?f=23&t=355445&hilit=mystery+bike

I would rather say "not reasonable" which is not the same as stupid :idea: :lol: Reason must sometimes not prevail :mrgreen:

Re: You have got to recognize that Passoni stands on the worldwide podium in terms of titanium welding mastering. 8) 8) 8) who are the other two ! and who is the first is another issue :idea: Well Merlin would probably be among the three :idea:

Re: no suggestion to me :wink: its a certainty :mrgreen: the only unknown is until when did they subcontract to Campa :?: Never found any info on this Campa surely would not admit easily it in the open :idea:

Re: Here are a few ads from 1936,1937 and 1938 which are from La Société du Duralumin which was trying to promote the use of Duralumin in the cycle industry. Not sure yet if it was a sort of industry effort or a specific manufacturer as some parts bear the name of Societe du Duralumin...

think the frame had a front crash - top tube looks slightly bent fork looks lovely - certainly worth the buy very clean lugs welding 8)

Re: will appreciate close ups of seatstay top - head tube - fork crown - dropouts :idea: seems very high quality workmanship 8)

Well I am going to slightly contradict you on your specific sentence " TDF appeared to have driven development of lightweight bikes and components " Frank Berto "The dancing chain" as well as my little french experience clearly depicts 2 different bicyle segments in France. The touring or...

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Re: Ad in 1934 with Mavic logo being with a circle Ad in 1937 with change of logo !

in france you find the AVA stems sufficiently easily - even the 50's one ( the later ones that were on some pugs are actually not that common) I suspect they are not sought after as a lot of very high end randonneuses had some custom stems I actually put a rather rare AVA on my 1950...