Hi,
I picked this beauty up from ebay a while back and just starting to have a look at sorting it out now! It's too small for me but just right for the wife so she will be using it as her first road bike having ridden (and still riding) mountain bikes. The tyres and tubes were shot so I replace them and it rides really nicely!
It's got 'Cycles Gerard' decals on it, which are cut vinyl, and a rather nice paint job which is a metallic pink fade at the front with gold and silver stars! There is also quite a lot of rust, which is unsightly but not structural (I think/hope).
There is a varied mix of components on it, mismatched Rigida rims, one shimano tricolor hub, shimano front much, suntour cranks (I think) with pink painted accents, suntour shifters, shimano front mech, simplex rear, ITM bars tange forks and weinmann brakes! The bike itself feels light but dont have a similar sized/specced bike to compare it with, the seatpost is 26.8.
The frame has a serial number of B0146NR10 stamped under the bottom bracket, and has Simplex dropouts.
Soooo, does anyone know anything about Cycles Gerard, or what this bike is/was? I've googled it but can't find anything. It is a nice bike which I will keep and tidy up, but it would be nice to know a bit more about it.
What do you think???
I picked this beauty up from ebay a while back and just starting to have a look at sorting it out now! It's too small for me but just right for the wife so she will be using it as her first road bike having ridden (and still riding) mountain bikes. The tyres and tubes were shot so I replace them and it rides really nicely!
It's got 'Cycles Gerard' decals on it, which are cut vinyl, and a rather nice paint job which is a metallic pink fade at the front with gold and silver stars! There is also quite a lot of rust, which is unsightly but not structural (I think/hope).
There is a varied mix of components on it, mismatched Rigida rims, one shimano tricolor hub, shimano front much, suntour cranks (I think) with pink painted accents, suntour shifters, shimano front mech, simplex rear, ITM bars tange forks and weinmann brakes! The bike itself feels light but dont have a similar sized/specced bike to compare it with, the seatpost is 26.8.
The frame has a serial number of B0146NR10 stamped under the bottom bracket, and has Simplex dropouts.
Soooo, does anyone know anything about Cycles Gerard, or what this bike is/was? I've googled it but can't find anything. It is a nice bike which I will keep and tidy up, but it would be nice to know a bit more about it.
What do you think???
