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So, the Yank has been hung up for a while…. and I need to be kept busy (or I get bored and start cruising bloody e-bay) so my thoughts started turning towards the next frame in the queue…. I have this Belgium be-flagged 1961 Super Coureur, early Holdsworth jobby, nice size, reasonably tidy (although a pump peg had been snapped off and a hole had been drilled into the underside of the top tube to bolt on a replacement! So some small repair work required, which would damage some paintwork.
I’ve never been too keen on the Belgium colour scheme, just a bit too dull for me and the tricolour on the headtube never really worked as the black gets lost along with the black paint, so it looks like an off centre red & yellow band. Now amongst the catalogue specifications for paint, a French job is listed, I have seen a photograph of one and always thought it looked rather striking. So, after being inspired by LeGrandFromage’s Daniel Salmon with all its French kit, I’m going to attempt a Frenched Claud……..
So, the Yank has been hung up for a while…. and I need to be kept busy (or I get bored and start cruising bloody e-bay) so my thoughts started turning towards the next frame in the queue…. I have this Belgium be-flagged 1961 Super Coureur, early Holdsworth jobby, nice size, reasonably tidy (although a pump peg had been snapped off and a hole had been drilled into the underside of the top tube to bolt on a replacement! So some small repair work required, which would damage some paintwork.
I’ve never been too keen on the Belgium colour scheme, just a bit too dull for me and the tricolour on the headtube never really worked as the black gets lost along with the black paint, so it looks like an off centre red & yellow band. Now amongst the catalogue specifications for paint, a French job is listed, I have seen a photograph of one and always thought it looked rather striking. So, after being inspired by LeGrandFromage’s Daniel Salmon with all its French kit, I’m going to attempt a Frenched Claud……..
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