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Here you go - needs a polish but less scratches

Thank you. The gears issue is maybe a stupid comment. The last time I was on a road bike was circa 1982 on a raleigh winner for xmas! That had 10 and i assumed road bikes have gone the way of mountain bikes making it easy to go uphill. But actually pedalling this is not so difficult, albeit I’m...

Thank you, very helpful. I got it for quite a bit less but had to put a tire on and clear it up. Still a lot of chips and some longer scratches on the frame with rust. I guess normal and not worth repainting fully. Will I guess use for a while. Yes, brakes look great I think - might be worth...

Hello - I got an old lapebie racer - wasn’t much money and have tried to clean it up as best I can. Frame is astonishingly light -10kg or so. Some nice detail but also plenty of scratches, some rusty. Any views welcome - also advice on whether to sell or keep. It runs smoothly. If it has some...

Thank you very much for this great info. As it happens unfortunately the frame seems a little small for me....what a pity. Want to keep it anyway because I just like the way it looks and small frame ok for me for short flat distances at least!

Thank you, appreciated - it seems from my research it’s not a top French brand at all, but this might have been a higher model - certainly for my untrained experience it rides well and is super light — will look into chainset, thanks for advice!

Hello, trying to get into road bikes after some 35 years (was more mountain biking but time to change...) I bought this from a French neighbour - very well maintained, runs very smoothly though well used clearly. It’s meant as a starter bike though gears are heavy from that time! My question is...