The Ultimate Camper!

[Canuk]

This just come up for sale, it's a guy I met at Anjou Velo last year, a very keen eye for restoration. It's an Aviac camping model. 3500 though... I'm restoring two of these Aviacs and a Mecadural, I doubt I'll get anywhere near this finish as it's extremely original. Nice bloke, with superior polishing skills

And yes, the airhorn is charged up via a rubber wheel to front tyre!

 

[Canuk]

Some more close ups of this magnificent Aviac camper. 100% correct, right down to the 'Touring club de France' aluminium pot. Liking the stopwatch for timing your Paris-Brest-Paris!

3500 euros though. Is the seller being too ambitious? The level of finish is superb.

 

[bikeworkshop]

Amazing bike!

And you can Ask what you want...

But there aren't many bicycles worth that much money on the planet, especially if you exclude the historically significant.

Would you dare ride it?

 

[Canuk]

Amazing bike!

And you can Ask what you want...

But there aren't many bicycles worth that much money on the planet, especially if you exclude the historically significant.

Would you dare ride it?

I think when you compare it to a Rene Herse, which would likely cost double it's a sound place to put your cash for a solid French collectable. I bought two Aviac frames a few years back, barn finds. Both of them gone white with the oxidizing, one with a stuck seat post the other the stem, but they'll polish up like this with a fair bit of work. The French were really decades ahead in terms of aluminium bicycles.

To be honest I probably prefer them to artisan steel.

Would I ride it?

Maybe to the shops

Concourse bikes like this are for the shows and bike festivals. To be enjoyed!

 

[PhillB]

This is lovely, the attention to detail is amazing.

Value wise I agree with @bikeworkshop , but when you think of the time that's gone into the bike, finding the parts, etc... I guess that's where the value is. Whether it is realised depends on finding that right buyer!

I would definitely ride it! I might even go camping (nah, I wouldn't do that )

 

[Nob]

Definitely a show machine as a lot of time consuming intricate work gone into this & not a quick project either

 

[Jonny69]

Amazing bike!



Would you dare ride it?

Lol, it looks ready to go to me. Why wouldn’t you?

 

[bikeworkshop]

Lol, it looks ready to go to me. Why wouldn’t you?

Fatigue...

Early aluminium frames looked beautiful...