Vintage French randonneuer's and porteurs.

[Woz]

The French like our bikes too

https://forum.tontonvelo.com/viewtopic.php?f=70&t=13164

The poor French. What have they done to deserve this?

Need to pay an annual subscription to the CTC to legitimately ride it, look for vintage tweed plus fours, forced to drink mandatory milky tea, try to figure out all this foreign BSC / one-off Raleigh weird standards, mess about trying to find an imperial vernier caliper, then try to find 27" tyres and tubes.

Wonder what the exchange rate would be?

 

[Mickeyspinn]

The poor French. What have they done to deserve this?

Need to pay an annual subscription to the CTC to legitimately ride it, look for vintage tweed plus fours, forced to drink mandatory milky tea, try to figure out all this foreign BSC / one-off Raleigh weird standards, mess about trying to find an imperial vernier caliper, then try to find 27" tyres and tubes.

Wonder what the exchange rate would be?

Straight swap in my books....

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

Straight swap in my books....

Great idea,

 

[Woz]

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

1950s Motoconfort.

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

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Payan, not heard of them. Looks nice, gravel type handlbars before it was gravel

 

[grantoury]

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Payan, not heard of them. Looks nice, gravel type handlbars before it was gravel
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What would it have looked like brand new? The high tech of its day. Love the guidonettes

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

1930s Le Chemineau gorgeous.