Guinessisgoodforyou
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Vintage French randonneuer's and porteurs.
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grantoury
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Sounds great! Could be difficult to define what sort of bicycle is intended?
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Needs to be well made, practical and interesting, I hope
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1950s Rochet.
Not my text. Grant Peterson did not develop his Rivendell or earlier Bridgestone bikes in a vacuum. Rivendell’s aesthetic sense was formed from bikes like this French 1950s Rochet.
Rochet and similar bikes were made to be comfortable and stable for a few or hundreds of miles. Sensible extras like mudguards and luggage racks are standard. Headlights and taillights would let you ride safely around the clock.
Front rack with a cage around the head lamp. Lever actuated derailleur and chainguard
Although this bike is a bit faded and rough, you can see that it was once a real beauty. Great care was taken to design simple and elegant luggage racks for the bike, check out the integrated headlamp cage. A small custom chainguard shelters the rider from the rod-actuated front derailleur and chainrings. The front fork is heavily raked, a design meant to soften the ride across rough cobblestone roads.
I think that's a lion on the headbadge. Edouard Rochet and his father produced automobiles as well as fabulous bicycles. In Between 1895 and 1901, the company built approximately 240 cars, mostly with single cylinder engines. The motor car production and bicycle producing arms of the company eventually split, with automobiles joining the Berliet company after World War II, and bicycle production continuing under the Rochet name.
Not my text. Grant Peterson did not develop his Rivendell or earlier Bridgestone bikes in a vacuum. Rivendell’s aesthetic sense was formed from bikes like this French 1950s Rochet.
Rochet and similar bikes were made to be comfortable and stable for a few or hundreds of miles. Sensible extras like mudguards and luggage racks are standard. Headlights and taillights would let you ride safely around the clock.
Front rack with a cage around the head lamp. Lever actuated derailleur and chainguard
Although this bike is a bit faded and rough, you can see that it was once a real beauty. Great care was taken to design simple and elegant luggage racks for the bike, check out the integrated headlamp cage. A small custom chainguard shelters the rider from the rod-actuated front derailleur and chainrings. The front fork is heavily raked, a design meant to soften the ride across rough cobblestone roads.
I think that's a lion on the headbadge. Edouard Rochet and his father produced automobiles as well as fabulous bicycles. In Between 1895 and 1901, the company built approximately 240 cars, mostly with single cylinder engines. The motor car production and bicycle producing arms of the company eventually split, with automobiles joining the Berliet company after World War II, and bicycle production continuing under the Rochet name.
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