Vintage French randonneuer's and porteurs.

[grantoury]

I like Routens. not seen one I don't like.

ROUTENS : randonneuse Joe Routens - Forum Tonton Vélo

Me neither, but this one is very special, also more recent than most, I think

 

[grantoury]

A picture taken from Bicycle Quarterly, to give an idea of how bikes where loaded for randonneuring.

 

[grantoury]

Another picture, with Velocio in it:

 

[Woz]

Plan B... I'm gonna get some of them hammered mudguards

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To be pedantic, I would be reasonably sure this is listed under Racer "Course" in the Pug catalogue.

 

[M_Chavez]

@Woz

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Rack mount seems solid enough to me.

 

[Rod_Saetan]

Well now I'm completely disillusioned, been restoring Pugsey my 1960 PX10 , now it's off too the tip..

Thread '1960 Peugeot PX10.' https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/1960-peugeot-px10.374551/

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Come on, thats a bit extreme, you could at least weigh it in and get a bit of money for it?





I'm kidding of course, it looks good, and I get the attraction with that period Pugs, especially from the UK/US side, but I'd still not want one!

 

[Woz]

@Woz

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Rack mount seems solid enough to me.

.....not half. No remorse Randonneur. None of this "Just whipping the rack off so I can enter a local race" nonsense. Love it.

 

[mr_gumby]

Hello everyone! My good friend Dr. Dremel already sent a few photos. Here are some more.
These are my three randonneuses; all are probably mid-50s mid-range bikes. They were all shed-/barn finds from France and I re-built them while preserving the original patina.

Both the gents' Beha and the Mixte sport Nervex lugs and Le Cyclo components. You may read about the company's quite interesting history during WWII here:

Albert Raimond

The Peugeot is Team Simplex all the way through. I've upgraded it with a Simplex Competition front derailleur and a rather useless 52/48T chain wheel combination (I had the parts and was too lazy to get a more adequate set along with the fitting chain wheel screws).

Some interesting reads:
Illustrations by Daniel Rebour:

Rebour: The Bicycle Illustrations of Daniel Rebour : Van Der Plas, Rob, Berto, Frank: Amazon.de: Bücher

Rebour: The Bicycle Illustrations of Daniel Rebour | Van Der Plas, Rob, Berto, Frank | ISBN: 9781892495815 | Kostenloser Versand für alle Bücher mit Versand und Verkauf duch Amazon.

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-->ISBN-13: ‏ 978-1892495815
The Dancing Chain: History and Development of the Derailleur Bicycle

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-->ISBN-13: 978-1892495693

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[vcballbat]

To be pedantic, I would be reasonably sure this is listed under Racer "Course" in the Pug catalogue.

Yeah the pukka one sat one below in the catalogue

Plan C... I'm gonna get hammered

 

[M_Chavez]

Durifort is Vitus!

Afaik not if it's pre early 1960s when Vitus acquired Duri.
Prior to that they were an independent company producing butted and straight-gauge tube sets.