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Mmmm! That's not an easy problem to resolve. I notice that the frame was built by CYFAC which, at the time that your frame was built , means that the builder would be Francis Quiilon, the founder/owner of the company, based near Tours in central France..Some of these frames were also bulit by...

The Hunt for Hilton Wrigley Hi Owen, Yep I noted the lead to this site in one of your emails to the CR List, Jon,and Peter..so here I am.. Not too sure about the build-up..ll that new era stuff..Suntour et al! You could do with trwling through my stores to pick out some period correct...

Helicomatic Block removal Looking towards future needs for your mate.. there is a Maillard helicomatic block removal tool on French ebay at the moment - 12 euros on a Buy-It-Now basis. Item : 200671676170 Also there are sevral blocks and spare hubs on the same site..they come up on a...

Bonded AL - Who is Who? I seem to be hogging this thread, but as it was a complex section of the French lightweight industry and I was involved with several of the companies personally and in a business sense, I thought I should set the record staright on certain aspects..so please be patient...

Bonded Al - Who is Who? I hadn't noticed the Ebay item posted by petitmanseng when I posted my last email. Although the frame -Item No 160759248983 - looks a little like an ALAN, there is no connection between the two companies. This frame, as the seller points out is a French-made CMP..I...

Ernie Clements info Ernie was a business-man with fingers in many pies..that was after he retired from being a racing cyclist of course. He was managing director of Falcon Cycles for some time and was associated with successor companies based in the 'Old Stockade' out at Barton-on-Humber and...

Bonded AL - Who Is Who? As has already been contributed, quite a few companies and individuals had built aluminium bonded frames by the early 80s, but it took the combination of the Italian company ALAN and the French company VITUS..to promote them, in large series, to a wider public. The...

I think that Frank Kirk launched the frame in about 1984/85..I remember seeing it on his small stand at the Cologne Bike Show..surrounded by huge crowds..there was great interest in the off=beat design which, to my eyes always reminded me of a revised version of the Paris Galibier. In the...

The Hunt for Hilton Wrigley The frame that Chris was working on a couple of weeks back,with the same flamboyant green paint, was a Hetchins Magnum Bonum ( or Opus), unless of course he has had a run on demand for this colour since working on Owen's frame. I was down in his workshop just...

Frame-building - Has anyone actually done it? For my sins I have to admit that I have built quite a lot of frames, having started way back in about 1953...but it wasn't until about 1958 that I was allowed to wield the torch as well as a file and hacksaw. In those days the principle source of...

AQ nyone Know How to Pronounce Michelin Nearly there, but not quite. The French language when spoken has a lot of NASAL sounds . ie those that are spken through the nose...No I'm not taking the proverbial! Michelin as in the tyre company is pronounced MEESHALAHN...the last four letters...

I bought six of the first batch of these frames when Frank set up down there in Essex...something .....Ferrers. he had quite a few problems with flash fires due to the magnesium dust setting alight..and burning very quickly and brightly. I almost bought a frame on Ebay about three weeks...

Anyone Know How to Pronounce MAVIC It's not too difficult...but depends which country you are in. In the UK ..then MAVIC ie MAVICK ( think of maverick..same ending sound) In France the 'I' becomes longer and the sound develops into MAVEEECK..Well that's how they pronounced it when I went...