If You Think You're Hard....

[oldave]

....enough, take this on a few '000 miles on off-tarmac mountains.

1920’s Automoto Professional Tour de France Bicycle Original Paint Museum Peice | eBay

This Automoto Professional Bicycle has the Original Paintwork, Pantographed Automoto Hubs, Cranks and Wood Rims. To my knowledge this is not the bicycle Ottavio Bottecchia rode or neither can I say it has ridden in the Tour de France, but it is a Professional Model and who knows in those 100...

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[Guinessisgoodforyou]

Wow @Woz @Frankenorange @squirrelchaser @grantoury @bagpuss @MattiThundrrr @Imlach @benjabbi @chickendrumsticks

 

[Deleted member 69416]

Double wow .

 

[grantoury]

Well, that isn't a Colnago.

 

[sjcprojects]

That's quite a find. When it comes to long drop brakes, those are on another level:



It has mudguard eyelets so obviously there's room for those, but still, why such massive clearances?

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

Just the way it was then. I've found no reason while researching early French bikes.

 

[grantoury]

Mud clearance could be a reason, perhaps.

 

[7Speed]

Oh my - that's a bike I would love to try. If only I have a few thousand I didn't have a use for.

 

[MattiThundrrr]

@Nabeaquam likes the antiques too
The wear on the wooden grips is just sublime, fantastic details on the fork crown. Also love the prose in the ad, they're definitely pushing the "sizzle" on that steak

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

@Nabeaquam likes the antiques too
The wear on the wooden grips is just sublime, fantastic details on the fork crown. Also love the prose in the ad, they're definitely pushing the "sizzle" on that steak

Slaps head, forgot Nabe