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FOLLIS

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HARPO

Cruisin' on my Bluebird
Here's a bike (minus the wheels) I picked up a year or so ago. Made in France, it's the first one I've ever seen...and now own.
Frame and fork are Reynolds 53, and the bike is complete with Campagnolo derailleurs and shifters...Mafac brakes and brake levers...Stronglight crankset...FOLLIS alloy labeled handlebars and neck...and I forgot who made the headset and pedals.

Anyway, any research I've found has led me to a model number of 472. If this is correct or not, please let me know. Frameset is to short for me, so at some point it might wind up in the For Sale section. Not sure as of now, but who knows. I just don't know if I'd ever find another one!
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Hello HARPO,

Thanks for sharing this excellent find!

Good job with the pictures and with the redd-up. :)

The bicycle's headset is Stronglight Competition model V4.

The pedal set is Lyotard model 45CA. Just a bit later in the 1970's there was a change in the cage and the round hole which can be seen in the front and back was eliminated.

Frame -

Lugset is NERVEX Professional Series Legere Nr. 49/162.

Crown is NERVEX Professional Series Legere feature cut Nr. 5.

Ends set is MILREMO (Andre Bertin), attributed to MAVIC.

Bottom bracket shell Raccords Gargatte Freres.

Manufacturer -

Detailed company history here with many photos, diagrams, recing information (French text:(
https://anciensveloslyonnais.weebly.com/follis---joseph-follis---marcel-follis.html

Shorter history with English text here:
http://classiclightweights.net/france/follis/

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Thank you again for sharing this cycle!
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Hello HARPO,

Thanks for sharing this excellent find!

Good job with the pictures and with the redd-up. :)

The bicycle's headset is Stronglight Competition model V4.

The pedal set is Lyotard model 45CA. Just a bit later in the 1970's there was a change in the cage and the round hole which can be seen in the front and back was eliminated.

Frame -

Lugset is NERVEX Professional Series Legere Nr. 49/162.

Crown is NERVEX Professional Series Legere feature cut Nr. 5.

Ends set is MILREMO (Andre Bertin), attributed to MAVIC.

Bottom bracket shell Raccords Gargatte Freres.

Manufacturer -

Detailed company history here with many photos, diagrams, recing information (French text:(
https://anciensveloslyonnais.weebly.com/follis---joseph-follis---marcel-follis.html

Shorter history with English text here:
http://classiclightweights.net/france/follis/

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Thank you again for sharing this cycle!
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Wow! THANK YOU for all the info!!! Incredible!!!
 
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Hubs appear to be Pelissier (Etablissements Perrin).

Wonder if wheels original to cycle. It may have come with tubulars and a previous owner changed to these wired-ons.

Noticed that fork ends display eyelets while dropouts do not. Do they have any marking, perhaps Huret or Simplex?

(The small threaded hole on the dropouts is not an attachment point for rack or mudguards but rather a chainholder.)

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