by velocollective | Aug 22, 2017 | Vintage Bike Parts, Vintage French Bike Parts
Vintage Mavic Handlebars The chances are, when you come across a vintage French bike, it will have either Pivo, Ava, Atax, Philippe or Belleri handlebars and stem. Mavic are definitely rarer to find, and especially these bars, named Comte De Coucy. These...
by velocollective | Aug 11, 2017 | Repair Tips, Vintage Bike Parts
Flaws and Failures Even the smartest companies make mistakes. The day Lucien Juy decided to make plastic parts for his derailleurs must count as one of the bike industry’s biggest mistakes. The founder of Simplex, who was a great innovator in bike...
by velocollective | Aug 8, 2017 | Vintage Bike Parts, Vintage French Bike Parts
Huret’s Best? Huret made some beautiful components in the steel bike era, and the Success was one of the later models of gear sets. It was first released in 1975 and they continued making this successful model into the mid 1980’s. These days...
by velocollective | Jul 26, 2017 | Vintage Bikes, Vintage French Bikes
The Flagship of 1980 Unridden for twenty years, left standing in a shed and forgotten by its original owner, this lovely bike was under a cover of dust and in dire need of restoration. Made by Motobecane in 1980, this C5 was equivalent to the Le Champion sold...
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