Vintage French randonneuer's and porteurs.

[Mickeyspinn]

@Mickeyspinn Better pictures of the brakes you were interested in.

Your a gentleman guiness
They are rather handsome...
Don't suppose you could make a set appear in my hand

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

Your a gentleman guiness
They are rather handsome...
Don't suppose you could make a set appear in my hand

Regrettably no, if ever I find some you will be the first in line

 

[Mickeyspinn]

Regrettably no, if ever I find some you will be the first in line

I so need to open that barrel part....I wonder what delight of a mechanism is hiding in there!

 

[RobLoasby]

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From https://forum.tontonvelo.com/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=10588

 

[Mickeyspinn]

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From https://forum.tontonvelo.com/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=10588

Ah !it's secret is out ...thankyou....I had thought that's how it would be

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

The pyl brake in apm processing uses the cam principle, best I can do with the translation. I assue a multiplier cam. Number two.

We all need to get out more, nice to see inside

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

1940s Barra, it appears to have Carminargent fork.

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

J Piat, apparently made by Follis. Very stylish, I like the translucent grips.

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

Fin.

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

Paul Charrel, translation below. Fillet brazed with integral rack, seat post and mudguards. Some very nice transitions. Translation below.

One of the very first bicycles built by Paul Charrel, the oldest we know. This machine is made almost entirely of steel. The seamless welded frame is made of TITAN tubes. The brand design is identical to the one painted on the front of the shop when it opened. There is no adjustable seatpost, it is welded into the tube, which indicates that it was made to measure. We find this way on several CHARREL, until the 50s. The brakes are JEAY. The wing nuts are also used as spoke spanners. The luggage rack is also welded to the mudguard. The rear mudguard is welded to the bottom brace and both chainstays. The rods and supports of the carrier are also joined to the rear dropouts. The CYCLO 3-speed derailleur is a pre-1939 model. Under the bottom bracket, original cable passage and "drain" bolt with 4 sides that we find on many CHARREL.