Fairly Mental French Bikes
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Canuk
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Daniel Hanart, born 1944. An artisan Tig welder from 1959 to 1975, then Daniel opened a cycle shop in Nogent-sur-Oise and finally in Roberval. He made specialist cycle frames from around 1980, including a track frame for "Jeannie Longo" who would become world track champion with this frame.
Yes. The old Caminade and the new Caminade is a sort of similar ethos, but it stops there.
One was inventor and pushing limits of new material doing research into material properties, getting dirty, putting stakes in the ground never done before, and still producing a looker - the other is sadly a Louis Vuitton of the industry and will have to hold your breath long and deep for pushing any limits. It is rooted in the past with little and limited machining in house.
I won't discredit the new Caminade either. They still produce a fine bike and go for it. for it's intended purpose and market.
One was inventor and pushing limits of new material doing research into material properties, getting dirty, putting stakes in the ground never done before, and still producing a looker - the other is sadly a Louis Vuitton of the industry and will have to hold your breath long and deep for pushing any limits. It is rooted in the past with little and limited machining in house.
I won't discredit the new Caminade either. They still produce a fine bike and go for it. for it's intended purpose and market.
