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Riding a '38 Autocycle Deluxe
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thanks so much for the assistance with the images of the OSV Sport bicycles, greatly appreciated
they appear to date from ca. 1973
do not recognise a manufacturer
suspect they were contract produced for a chain store or distributor
there is indeed a France based entity called OSV Sport, with the letters standing for "Outdoor Sports Valley"
it seems to be an umbrella sort of organization with the goal of supporting/promoting outdoor sports -
Homepage - Outdoor Sports Valleyhttps://www.outdoorsportsvalley.org › ...
rather than being of Frankish origin the machines themselves are clearly Italian products
their only France origin fitting from what can be discerned in the posted images is their NERVAR Sport cottered chainsets -
note the Italian national colour bands on the foil seat tube transfer -
the "bullet" treatment on the seat stays is a very Italian trait
the cycle's headset is Way-Assauto
the brake cable clips and pump cup are REG (Rampinelli)
find meself wondering if the OSV Sport referred to in the transfers is some now gone sports equipment company that decided to add cycles to their offerings during "the boom" of the early 1970's...
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thanks so much for the assistance with the images of the OSV Sport bicycles, greatly appreciated
they appear to date from ca. 1973
do not recognise a manufacturer
suspect they were contract produced for a chain store or distributor
there is indeed a France based entity called OSV Sport, with the letters standing for "Outdoor Sports Valley"
it seems to be an umbrella sort of organization with the goal of supporting/promoting outdoor sports -
Homepage - Outdoor Sports Valleyhttps://www.outdoorsportsvalley.org › ...
rather than being of Frankish origin the machines themselves are clearly Italian products
their only France origin fitting from what can be discerned in the posted images is their NERVAR Sport cottered chainsets -
note the Italian national colour bands on the foil seat tube transfer -
the "bullet" treatment on the seat stays is a very Italian trait
the cycle's headset is Way-Assauto
the brake cable clips and pump cup are REG (Rampinelli)
find meself wondering if the OSV Sport referred to in the transfers is some now gone sports equipment company that decided to add cycles to their offerings during "the boom" of the early 1970's...
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