Guinessisgoodforyou
rBotM Winner
Fin.
Vintage French randonneuer's and porteurs.
- Thread starter Guinessisgoodforyou
- Start date
Guinessisgoodforyou
rBotM Winner
Another Labor truss frame from http://velosvintage.over-blog.com/ Lots more pictures of this bike, very nice machinery and ephemera. Translation below.
Vélo Français, Gentil group.
Labor is a former brand of cycles (1908-1960), motorbikes and motorbikes.
The construction workshop founded by Maurice de Cléves in Neuilly-sur-Seine, known as Ets Labor-Motos, later moved to the Courbevoie workshop under the name Motos Labor.
The brand was partially purchased in 1908, and fully integrated into Alcyon in 1924.
The company sponsored the Labor-Dunlop cycling team, which lasted until the mid-1930s despite the brand's purchase.
Wikipedia.
Vélo Français, Gentil group.
Labor is a former brand of cycles (1908-1960), motorbikes and motorbikes.
The construction workshop founded by Maurice de Cléves in Neuilly-sur-Seine, known as Ets Labor-Motos, later moved to the Courbevoie workshop under the name Motos Labor.
The brand was partially purchased in 1908, and fully integrated into Alcyon in 1924.
The company sponsored the Labor-Dunlop cycling team, which lasted until the mid-1930s despite the brand's purchase.
Wikipedia.
Guinessisgoodforyou
rBotM Winner
I posted one of these before. This is working, owners translation below.
Hello everyone,
Here is the new arrival. A city bike with a working Vilex gearbox!
I reckon it's from the 50s. I've never seen one before but it's a treat.
Hello everyone,
Here is the new arrival. A city bike with a working Vilex gearbox!
I reckon it's from the 50s. I've never seen one before but it's a treat.
Guinessisgoodforyou
rBotM Winner
1940s Lutetia. Owners translation below.
Found in a bike repair shop in Limoges, this bike had been badly damaged.
Broken right pedal, broken dynamo, no gear lever on the frame, rear wheel not original but single speed.
So I fixed all that, new dynamo, Wolber saddle, 1 new front tyre.
2 new front brake pads, 2 vintage pedals, 1 Huret svelto derailleur and shifter. To explain why I'm doing this. This bike will be used at the end of October for the Pouget ride, so I need a reliable, good-looking, functional and easy-to-use bike. The Huret has all these qualities and looks good too.
So I got rid of the single speed and added a 16x20x24 for the 35 km - that's enough.
Found in a bike repair shop in Limoges, this bike had been badly damaged.
Broken right pedal, broken dynamo, no gear lever on the frame, rear wheel not original but single speed.
So I fixed all that, new dynamo, Wolber saddle, 1 new front tyre.
2 new front brake pads, 2 vintage pedals, 1 Huret svelto derailleur and shifter. To explain why I'm doing this. This bike will be used at the end of October for the Pouget ride, so I need a reliable, good-looking, functional and easy-to-use bike. The Huret has all these qualities and looks good too.
So I got rid of the single speed and added a 16x20x24 for the 35 km - that's enough.
Guinessisgoodforyou
rBotM Winner
1950s Alcyon in good, original condition. Owners translation below.
Today I'd like to introduce you to an Alcyon, a bike I found at the beginning of September. It was in remarkable condition
All I had to do was replace the tubes, cables and brake pads. A big cleaning/greasing, a slight repair to the rear brake and it was ready to hit the road.
Today I'd like to introduce you to an Alcyon, a bike I found at the beginning of September. It was in remarkable condition
All I had to do was replace the tubes, cables and brake pads. A big cleaning/greasing, a slight repair to the rear brake and it was ready to hit the road.
Guinessisgoodforyou
rBotM Winner
Fin.
Guinessisgoodforyou
rBotM Winner
Another French site worth exploring https://encycloduvelo.fr/
French bicycle shop selling some vintage https://myspad.com/fr
Rather nice Urago https://simplicityvintagecycles.com/2019/01/22/1963-urago-part-ii/
Great museum very varied https://www.speedbicycles.ch/velo/550/herse_velo_de_course_1965.html
French bicycle shop selling some vintage https://myspad.com/fr
Rather nice Urago https://simplicityvintagecycles.com/2019/01/22/1963-urago-part-ii/
Great museum very varied https://www.speedbicycles.ch/velo/550/herse_velo_de_course_1965.html
Last edited:
Guinessisgoodforyou
rBotM Winner
L.Courault. Not a brand I've come across before. Found on LBC for 120Euros which I thought was pretty good 
https://www.leboncoin.fr/ad/velos/2942879447
https://www.leboncoin.fr/ad/velos/2942879447
Last edited:
Guinessisgoodforyou
rBotM Winner
LBC. Translation below. https://www.leboncoin.fr/ad/velos/2907087986
Handmade randonneur collection bike. Size 53x54 c-c. Super Vitus, Maxi Car. Wheels 28 inches, 700c.
Handmade randonneur collection bike. Size 53x54 c-c. Super Vitus, Maxi Car. Wheels 28 inches, 700c.
Guinessisgoodforyou
rBotM Winner
A name not heard often Andre Marcadier. He built very lightweight bikes and a lot more besides. A highly skilled constructeur.
http://www.marcadier.com/histoire_eng.htm
André Marcadier was born in 1925 in Lyon. He worked as an apprentice in a machine shop and took evening classes in brazing before starting C.I.M., Cycles Imbert-Marcadier, with Joannès Imbert post WW2.
André designed and built all the frames and as early as 1949 he was making frames in aluminium, which was very challenging to work with, and those frames were reserved for special customers and professional racers who used them in time-trials, hillclimbs and mountain stages.
By the early 1950’s André Marcadier was producing cycles in his own name and had success in competitions such as the team tandem ‘Challenge des Constructeurs’ and also the ‘Poly Lyonnaise’ which was a hillclimb race.
Interest in cycling was diminishing towards the end of the 50’s and so André diversified into building competition motorcycle frames and karts, for which his experience in fillet brazing was well suited. His innovation and design experience resulted in his karts winning the European Endurance Championship in 1961. The introduction of a new minimum weight rule, reducing his advantage, and the arrival of Colin Chapman and Lotus on the motor racing scene, encouraged André to move into lightweight sports cars.
In partnership with Marcel Fournier, who made the fibreglass body, the Fournier-Marcadier emerged in 1963 as a kit for enthusiasts and racers. Later, the distinctive Barzoï with super low profile, experienced some success.
By the 1980’s André was producing replicas of exotic sports and race cars and had even re-visited the art of frame-making to produce a small number of lightweight bikes
http://anciensveloslyonnais.weebly.com/cim--marcadier-andreacute.html
http://www.marcadier.com/bq.pdf
Fillet-brazed Super Vitus tubing with Internal expanding clamp seat post, down tube and seat tube ovalised at the bottom bracket, Marcadier fabricated double plate fork crown and rear dropouts. Equipped with TA crankset, Meral pedals, Huret Jubilee derailleurs, and shifters, Belleri bars and stem, CLB professional brakeset, Mavic G40 rims on Campagnolo Record hubs, Arius saddle.
https://www.cicliartigianali.co.uk/
http://www.marcadier.com/histoire_eng.htm
André Marcadier was born in 1925 in Lyon. He worked as an apprentice in a machine shop and took evening classes in brazing before starting C.I.M., Cycles Imbert-Marcadier, with Joannès Imbert post WW2.
André designed and built all the frames and as early as 1949 he was making frames in aluminium, which was very challenging to work with, and those frames were reserved for special customers and professional racers who used them in time-trials, hillclimbs and mountain stages.
By the early 1950’s André Marcadier was producing cycles in his own name and had success in competitions such as the team tandem ‘Challenge des Constructeurs’ and also the ‘Poly Lyonnaise’ which was a hillclimb race.
Interest in cycling was diminishing towards the end of the 50’s and so André diversified into building competition motorcycle frames and karts, for which his experience in fillet brazing was well suited. His innovation and design experience resulted in his karts winning the European Endurance Championship in 1961. The introduction of a new minimum weight rule, reducing his advantage, and the arrival of Colin Chapman and Lotus on the motor racing scene, encouraged André to move into lightweight sports cars.
In partnership with Marcel Fournier, who made the fibreglass body, the Fournier-Marcadier emerged in 1963 as a kit for enthusiasts and racers. Later, the distinctive Barzoï with super low profile, experienced some success.
By the 1980’s André was producing replicas of exotic sports and race cars and had even re-visited the art of frame-making to produce a small number of lightweight bikes
http://anciensveloslyonnais.weebly.com/cim--marcadier-andreacute.html
http://www.marcadier.com/bq.pdf
Fillet-brazed Super Vitus tubing with Internal expanding clamp seat post, down tube and seat tube ovalised at the bottom bracket, Marcadier fabricated double plate fork crown and rear dropouts. Equipped with TA crankset, Meral pedals, Huret Jubilee derailleurs, and shifters, Belleri bars and stem, CLB professional brakeset, Mavic G40 rims on Campagnolo Record hubs, Arius saddle.
https://www.cicliartigianali.co.uk/
Last edited:
