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A Breton bicycle converted for grinding. Owners translation below.
It was at a flea market in Villerbon just next to Blois, I saw a house sale on the way home. I found a box full of bike parts, disappointment at them being modern mountain bike parts, the seller told me
"For 10 euros you can have the box."
"That's nice, thank you, but far too recent for me, thank you."
So we leave empty-handed or almost, my wife found a picture. Once in the street I hear someone shout "oh oh sir sir sir" we turn around and the seller of the home sale ran after me and told me "I have a few things in the attic that may interest you", we go back and there he shows me a wooden box and tells me it's the. It was on the bike of my grandfather.
In this box was the whole system the grinding wheel, the chain, the tensioner, the water tank, in a second box some accessories a bottle, a horn, a ruler and tools
According to him, the bike was dismantled just before the war and would have been used in the late 30‘s and early 40’s.
So I decided to mount everything on this little Breton whose patina, in my opinion, goes perfectly with the rest.
Everything is functional apart from the rear derailleur which only serves as a chain tensioner.
The knives have obviously been added and I'm in the process of making a folding support stand.
It's heavy, that's for sure, but having tried it in the courtyard, it's rolling, the bulk is actually more of a problem than the weight.
I could weigh it, it would be interesting to know, but it's around 30 kilos I think.
It was at a flea market in Villerbon just next to Blois, I saw a house sale on the way home. I found a box full of bike parts, disappointment at them being modern mountain bike parts, the seller told me
"For 10 euros you can have the box."
"That's nice, thank you, but far too recent for me, thank you."
So we leave empty-handed or almost, my wife found a picture. Once in the street I hear someone shout "oh oh sir sir sir" we turn around and the seller of the home sale ran after me and told me "I have a few things in the attic that may interest you", we go back and there he shows me a wooden box and tells me it's the. It was on the bike of my grandfather.
In this box was the whole system the grinding wheel, the chain, the tensioner, the water tank, in a second box some accessories a bottle, a horn, a ruler and tools
According to him, the bike was dismantled just before the war and would have been used in the late 30‘s and early 40’s.
So I decided to mount everything on this little Breton whose patina, in my opinion, goes perfectly with the rest.
Everything is functional apart from the rear derailleur which only serves as a chain tensioner.
The knives have obviously been added and I'm in the process of making a folding support stand.
It's heavy, that's for sure, but having tried it in the courtyard, it's rolling, the bulk is actually more of a problem than the weight.
I could weigh it, it would be interesting to know, but it's around 30 kilos I think.
