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Thanks! Yes, definitely looks like an Altenburger 126. Still, my curiosity regarding the lever shape remains:
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Thanks! Yes, definitely looks like an Altenburger 126. Still, my curiosity regarding the lever shape remains:
juvela
Riding a '38 Autocycle Deluxe
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Catalogue citation is for a document of 1960.
Cycle appears late 1960's. Perhaps this lever shape a sub-model which was added after 1960.
Shall poke about a bit and see what can be found...
Ye, o' course have a bit of the advantage as being a sprechener o' la lingua tedescanese...
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Catalogue citation is for a document of 1960.
Cycle appears late 1960's. Perhaps this lever shape a sub-model which was added after 1960.
Shall poke about a bit and see what can be found...
Ye, o' course have a bit of the advantage as being a sprechener o' la lingua tedescanese...
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juvela
Riding a '38 Autocycle Deluxe
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Just discovered that Norris Lockley has a photo album posted of Le Greves. It shows some historical images including the shop front -
www.flickr.com
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Just discovered that Norris Lockley has a photo album posted of Le Greves. It shows some historical images including the shop front -
Norris Lockley’s albums | Flickr
www.flickr.com
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bulldog1935
Cruisin' on my Bluebird
Of course French city bike technology exploded during the Occupation. There was no gasoline, and people spent their transportation budgets entirely on custom bicycles from Paris shops like Herse and Singer. There were also French Jews hiding in the shop basements and building those frames.
Every day was a bike race to get produce from outlying farms into Paris markets.
There was even a Nazi propaganda film on how healthy Parisians had become with their new bicycle lifestyle.
In the 1964 movie The Train, there's a beauty that belongs to yard master and engineer Burt Lancaster, which he carries on the engine and lets his partner borrow to execute a little sabotage.
I've slow-scrolled the scenes several times, and other than drooling over the marvelous outfitting on the bike, haven't been able to find a marque on the frame.
Every day was a bike race to get produce from outlying farms into Paris markets.
There was even a Nazi propaganda film on how healthy Parisians had become with their new bicycle lifestyle.
In the 1964 movie The Train, there's a beauty that belongs to yard master and engineer Burt Lancaster, which he carries on the engine and lets his partner borrow to execute a little sabotage.
I've slow-scrolled the scenes several times, and other than drooling over the marvelous outfitting on the bike, haven't been able to find a marque on the frame.
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sarah.alves
On Training Wheels
Hello everybody! **disclaimer: New member.
In 2015 I bought a Le grèves bicycle in paris. The painting it's not very nice these days and I'm thinking (not sure yet) about repainting it. But some details as the seat tube and the head tube are very erased.
I have already dismantled the bike (I use to have a bike shop that did bikes reverse logistic so no problems so far) and got the head tube detail in this forum, but I really need the seat tube close up pic to go ahead.
Would anyone be so kind to send it?
@juvela my bike is very looked like ( although prettier lol ) with the "Late production road model showing Mercier origin " you posted here, is it your? Would you share the seat tube pic?
In 2015 I bought a Le grèves bicycle in paris. The painting it's not very nice these days and I'm thinking (not sure yet) about repainting it. But some details as the seat tube and the head tube are very erased.
I have already dismantled the bike (I use to have a bike shop that did bikes reverse logistic so no problems so far) and got the head tube detail in this forum, but I really need the seat tube close up pic to go ahead.
Would anyone be so kind to send it?
@juvela my bike is very looked like ( although prettier lol ) with the "Late production road model showing Mercier origin " you posted here, is it your? Would you share the seat tube pic?
juvela
Riding a '38 Autocycle Deluxe
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@sarah.alves
the gold(ish) Mercier produced bicycle posted above was found on another forum
it is not my cycle
posted images are the only ones found
Mercier did a fair amount of contract work
they were a sponsor of Louison Bobet so there are Bobet badged Mercier built cycles
they did contract work for other marques such as Eriol
they also owned other badges; two recalled of these were Ency & Cote d'Azur
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@sarah.alves
the gold(ish) Mercier produced bicycle posted above was found on another forum
it is not my cycle
posted images are the only ones found
Mercier did a fair amount of contract work
they were a sponsor of Louison Bobet so there are Bobet badged Mercier built cycles
they did contract work for other marques such as Eriol
they also owned other badges; two recalled of these were Ency & Cote d'Azur
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sarah.alves
On Training Wheels
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