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Vintage French randonneuer's and porteurs.
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1949 Caminade Tourisme grand luxe.
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Caminade model Tourisme Grand Luxe 1949 circa
Most Caminade in collections have been falsely restored as race bikes, because the early Caminade were often race bikes, this is actually a much more interesting bike.
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Caminade model Tourisme Grand Luxe 1949 circa
Most Caminade in collections have been falsely restored as race bikes, because the early Caminade were often race bikes, this is actually a much more interesting bike.
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Mochet Velocar 1930, interesting and quite rare I'd have thought.
From sterbabike.cz
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Mochet convinced cyclist Francis Faure, who was not a top cyclists, to ride the two-wheeled Velocar in races. Faure was highly successful, defeating many of Europe’s top cyclists both on the track and in road races, and setting new world records at short distances. Another cyclist, Paul Morand, won the Paris-Limoges race in 1933 on one of Mochet’s recumbents.
Then on 7 July 1933 at a Paris velodrome, Faure rode a Velocar 45.055 km (27.9 miles) in one hour, smashing an almost 20-year-old hour record held by Oscar Egg. Since the one hour record was one of the most important in all of cycling, that accomplishment attracted a great deal of attention. Less than two months later, on 29 August 1933, Maurice Richard, riding an upright bicycle, also bettered Egg’s one hour record.
When the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) met in February, 1934, manufacturers of upright bicycles lobbied to have Faure’s one-hour record declared invalid. On 1 April 1934, the UCI published a new definition of a (racing) bicycle that specified how high the bottom bracket could be above the ground, how far it could be in front of the seat and how close it could be to the front wheel. The new definition effectively banned recumbents from UCI events and guaranteed that upright bicycles would not have to compete against recumbents. For all intents and purposes, the ban is still in effect.
Charles Mochet died suddenly in 1934, just after the UCI ban. The business was carried on by his widow and his son Georges. After the war, Georges continued making mainly powered microcars in the ‘Sans Permis’ category until 1957. He also continued to ride and develop recumbent bicycles, and died in 2008. From oldbike.eu
From sterbabike.cz
For the record in case it is removed and we lose information about this bicycle.
Mochet convinced cyclist Francis Faure, who was not a top cyclists, to ride the two-wheeled Velocar in races. Faure was highly successful, defeating many of Europe’s top cyclists both on the track and in road races, and setting new world records at short distances. Another cyclist, Paul Morand, won the Paris-Limoges race in 1933 on one of Mochet’s recumbents.
Then on 7 July 1933 at a Paris velodrome, Faure rode a Velocar 45.055 km (27.9 miles) in one hour, smashing an almost 20-year-old hour record held by Oscar Egg. Since the one hour record was one of the most important in all of cycling, that accomplishment attracted a great deal of attention. Less than two months later, on 29 August 1933, Maurice Richard, riding an upright bicycle, also bettered Egg’s one hour record.
When the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) met in February, 1934, manufacturers of upright bicycles lobbied to have Faure’s one-hour record declared invalid. On 1 April 1934, the UCI published a new definition of a (racing) bicycle that specified how high the bottom bracket could be above the ground, how far it could be in front of the seat and how close it could be to the front wheel. The new definition effectively banned recumbents from UCI events and guaranteed that upright bicycles would not have to compete against recumbents. For all intents and purposes, the ban is still in effect.
Charles Mochet died suddenly in 1934, just after the UCI ban. The business was carried on by his widow and his son Georges. After the war, Georges continued making mainly powered microcars in the ‘Sans Permis’ category until 1957. He also continued to ride and develop recumbent bicycles, and died in 2008. From oldbike.eu
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1950s A.Lebrun randonneur, so much to look at on this bike.
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Lebrun 1950s randonneur bike, lovely original condition with good paint and chrome, crocodile mudguards etc.
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Lebrun 1950s randonneur bike, lovely original condition with good paint and chrome, crocodile mudguards etc.
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1935 Caminade Caminargent.
From sterbabike.cz
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1935 Caminade Caminargent, rare early model, with the exceptionally rare (a few examples only known in the world) Caminade Rectiligne rear derailleur. This complex mechanism moves the rear sprocket in and out so that the chain line is always perfect.
Fully original cyclotouring model with all correct beautiful parts. Some wear to parts, mudguards, seat post insertion, as the photos show.
A beautiful and ultra-rare museum piece.
From sterbabike.cz
For the record in case it is removed and we lose information about this bicycle.
1935 Caminade Caminargent, rare early model, with the exceptionally rare (a few examples only known in the world) Caminade Rectiligne rear derailleur. This complex mechanism moves the rear sprocket in and out so that the chain line is always perfect.
Fully original cyclotouring model with all correct beautiful parts. Some wear to parts, mudguards, seat post insertion, as the photos show.
A beautiful and ultra-rare museum piece.
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