French Racing Bicycles

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Charly Mottet's time trial bike (RMO-Liberia-Mavic team) from 1989. That year, Charly Mottet won the Dauphiné Libéré criterium, the 4 days of Dunkirk, finished 6th in the Tour de France and 3rd in the Grand Prix des Nations CLM with this bike.

Reynolds 753 frame and fork (3/10)
Mavic 3rd generation groupset
8 speeds with 12-19 indexing
54*47 chainrings
Mavic LOOK system pedals
3ttt handlebar and stem
Mavic supports and extension
650 front wheel
Mavic Mach 2 CD 2 rims
Italia Turbo Matic saddle

 

[Canuk]

Close up details of the bike

 

[Canuk]

1983 Gitane for Maurice Le Guilloux (Renault - Elf - Cycles Gitane team)

 

[Canuk]

Gitane profile bike that belonged to Maurice Le Guilloux in 1983. The team's racing department bikes were equipped with "all French" equipment (or almost) after leaving Campagnolo following the incident of Laurent Fignon in the Blois Chaville 1982 race.

1983 was a very big year for Gitane cycles with a historic triple:

Tour of Spain 1st Bernard Hinault
Tour de France 1st Laurent Fignon
World Championship 1st Greg Lemond

The bike

Profiled frame in blue Cromovelato Columbus Aero tubing
Stronglight 107 crankset (51*42)
Maillard Spidel pedal
Front and rear derailleur (SLJ 6600) Simplex
Simplex retro-friction shifter
Turbo saddle
Profile seat post
Modolo Equipe brakes
Spidel hub wheels Mavic GP4 rims
Cinelli handlebar and stem
Stronglight A7 headset
Bike weight 9.675Kg

 

[Canuk]

More close up details. The cromovelato is in astonishing condition.

 

[Canuk]

1978 Jacques Bossis Gitane Track (Renault - Gitane - Campagnolo team)

 

[Canuk]

Track bike that belonged to Jacques BOSSIS 1978 (Renault Gitane Campagnolo team).
That year, Jacques was the professional French champion in individual pursuit on the Grenoble track and wore the yellow jersey in the Tour de France.

Reynolds 531 frame and fork
Chrome front and rear fork legs as well as the head of the seat stays.
Perforated bottom bracket
Equipped with the entire Campagnolo group
Cinelli stem and handlebar
Concor saddle
Weight of the bike 9,310Kg

 

[Canuk]

Close up details of the track bike. Note the Mavic SSC 'blue' rims and unusual 170mm long cranks

 

[Canuk]

1956 BIANCO track bike by Pierre Beuffeuil (Mercier BP Hutchinson team)

 

[Canuk]

BIANCO track bike (handmade) custom-made for Pierre Beuffeuil (Mercier BP Hutchinson team) the year he turned Pro (1956). Pierrot used the bike throughout his career to do the post-Tour criteriums.

BIANCO frames were very popular among professionals in the 50s and easily recognizable because the serial number was stamped in a triangle under the seat post clamp and under the fork crown.

The bike was repainted as originally, a color found on the fork pivot when disassembled and confirmed by Pierrot himself.

Bianco frame and fork
Openwork fork crown
Brooks saddle
Campagnolo seat post
Campagnolo hubs
Campagnolo pedals
A.Duprat Professional cottered crankset
Bike weight 9.310Kg