Guinessisgoodforyou
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Marceau a porteur built or supplied by Cycles Chatelain. If anyone knows let me know please. I love a nice porteur and this is in excellent original condition.
Vintage French randonneuer's and porteurs.
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A rare barn find. A new old stock Helium (Peugeot) sportif 1960. Helium were Peugeot's budget brand. What a find.
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Motobecane campeurs. His and hers, new old stock.
God dammit @Guinessisgoodforyou - can't stop looking at that Hurtu.
Was that really a randonneur to start with? The picture with the EdN paint (assuming original) really does say porteur. The brace for the coaster brake is sublime. It's all sublime. My only issue with the modernisation is the tyres are a good 10mm too wide (errrr....I may have griped about this elsewhere). The tube profiles and how it is built considering the time period is just mind blowing. Got to give it to the owner allowing us to witness what was under the paint. I'm wondering if this was something very unique to show off skills rather than a custom order. I mean a porteur was a work horse bike and you would need to be a very dedicated top class high wage earning rider to empty the wallet on something so incredibly refined and out of the world.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurtu
Fcuk it, I'm going to the Inn and spread some specific bike love.
Was that really a randonneur to start with? The picture with the EdN paint (assuming original) really does say porteur. The brace for the coaster brake is sublime. It's all sublime. My only issue with the modernisation is the tyres are a good 10mm too wide (errrr....I may have griped about this elsewhere). The tube profiles and how it is built considering the time period is just mind blowing. Got to give it to the owner allowing us to witness what was under the paint. I'm wondering if this was something very unique to show off skills rather than a custom order. I mean a porteur was a work horse bike and you would need to be a very dedicated top class high wage earning rider to empty the wallet on something so incredibly refined and out of the world.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurtu
Fcuk it, I'm going to the Inn and spread some specific bike love.
grantoury
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That ad is a beauty.God dammit @Guinessisgoodforyou - can't stop looking at that Hurtu.
Was that really a randonneur to start with? The picture with the EdN paint (assuming original) really does say porteur. The brace for the coaster brake is sublime. It's all sublime. My only issue with the modernisation is the tyres are a good 10mm too wide (errrr....I may have griped about this elsewhere). The tube profiles and how it is built considering the time period is just mind blowing. Got to give it to the owner allowing us to witness what was under the paint. I'm wondering if this was something very unique to show off skills rather than a custom order. I mean a porteur was a work horse bike and you would need to be a very dedicated top class high wage earning rider to empty the wallet on something so incredibly refined and out of the world.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurtu
Fcuk it, I'm going to the Inn and spread some specific bike love.
When it comes down to it, I do think the owner should have kept the paint. But it is a very desirable bicycle nonetheless. What you say about showing off skills, could be right. But porteurs and racing were very big, as we have seen, so maybe?
Guinessisgoodforyou
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God dammit @Guinessisgoodforyou - can't stop looking at that Hurtu.
Was that really a randonneur to start with? The picture with the EdN paint (assuming original) really does say porteur. The brace for the coaster brake is sublime. It's all sublime. My only issue with the modernisation is the tyres are a good 10mm too wide (errrr....I may have griped about this elsewhere). The tube profiles and how it is built considering the time period is just mind blowing. Got to give it to the owner allowing us to witness what was under the paint. I'm wondering if this was something very unique to show off skills rather than a custom order. I mean a porteur was a work horse bike and you would need to be a very dedicated top class high wage earning rider to empty the wallet on something so incredibly refined and out of the world.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurtu
Fcuk it, I'm going to the Inn and spread some specific bike love.
Guinessisgoodforyou
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I think you are right regarding paint Jan. It's always difficult to tell how good the paint really is in a photo though, it may have been beyond saving. I did comment earlier I would have kept it as a randonneuse. I don't worry though as at least its being used and I think it looks beautiful.
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Motobecane catalogue 1974.
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