Vintage French randonneuer's and porteurs.

[Woz]

If you were to own one AL frame at risk, and ride it soft pedalling only, it would be that Meca-Dural.

Lovely. Just look at the head-badge. Look at the life scars. So far removed from generic AL stuff banged out.

And it's totally naked. And that goes a long way.

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

If you were to own one AL frame at risk, and ride it soft pedalling only, it would be that Meca-Dural.

Lovely. Just look at the head-badge. Look at the life scars. So far removed from generic AL stuff banged out.

And it's totally naked. And that goes a long way.

I'd break it with my 89kg

 

[chickendrumsticks]

Stumbled across this at PedalPedlar

 

[bikeworkshop]

Stumbled across this at PedalPedlar
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Lovely chaincase!

 

[grantoury]

I fear it could be a struggle to restore it. However beautiful it is.

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

As Jan says finding the right parts could be tricky anywhere other than France. Pretty though, chain case is very similar to the La Poste one.

 

[MattiThundrrr]

"A French bicycle for President Eisenhower. Intelligent and opportune initiative of the Fédération Française de Cyclisme

I found Library of Congress photo archive of this bike being presented* at the French Embassy.

https://picryl.com/media/bicyclette-presented-to-eisenhower-1100a0
There's a bunch of images, but they're weirdly embedded so I couldn't post them here
*not clear who the bike was presented to, no pics of Ike with bike whatsoever

 

[Filochard]

I found Library of Congress photo archive of this bike being presented* at the French Embassy.
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https://picryl.com/media/bicyclette-presented-to-eisenhower-1100a0
There's a bunch of images, but they're weirdly embedded so I couldn't post them here
*not clear who the bike was presented to, no pics of Ike with bike whatsoever

Thank you for your interest in this subject.

Allow me to add a few details.

In my initial message which you quote in an incomplete manner, I provided a link to the US National Archives catalog page featuring a series of photos presenting the bicycle given to President Eisenhower in July 1956.

This series of photos does not come from the Library of Congress, as you mention.

The website picryl.com, to which you provided the link, is operated by a private commercial company that offers a search engine for documents in the public domain.

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

Thank you for your interest in this subject.

Allow me to add a few details.

In my initial message which you quote in an incomplete manner, I provided a link to the US National Archives catalog page featuring a series of photos presenting the bicycle given to President Eisenhower in July 1956.

This series of photos does not come from the Library of Congress, as you mention.

The website picryl.com, to which you provided the link, is operated by a private commercial company that offers a search engine for documents in the public domain.

Thanks for clarifying that

 

[MattiThundrrr]

This series of photos does not come from the Library of Congress, as you mention.

The website picryl.com, to which you provided the link, is operated by a private commercial company that offers a search engine for documents in the public domain.

Note at the bottom of the page where it lists the source. I apologize, the images come from The US National Archives, not Library of Congress. Thank you for the explanation of the business model for the search engine