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    Posted 10 years ago

    Agustin
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    A rare vintage racing byke.
    Is french, The mark is stamped in the square
    Gear shift lever in the upright seat tubel, close to the crown of two gears
    Is french, The mark is stamped in the rear fork

    I NEED ANY INFORMATION OF THIS BYKE
    THANK YOU IN ADVANCE !!!

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    1. SEAN68 SEAN68, 10 years ago
      wow!!! Agustin!!! a total 180 form your other postings. But I could see why you buy this beautiful bike!! very beautiful!!
    2. Agustin Agustin, 10 years ago
      Thank you Sean the categorie is wrong in the other Post. !!!
    3. mcheconi mcheconi, 10 years ago
      hmm...this is unusual. Simplex made derailleurs for most of the french (and other countries') bicycle makers but I never heard of a Simplex bike. This lever-shift front derailleur can be found in Peugeot bicycles like this:

      http://velo-orange.blogspot.com.br/2012/06/peugeot-px50.html

      There's a lot of material on Simplex here:

      http://www.disraeligears.co.uk/Site/Scanned_material_-_Simplex.html

      And also an article from Wikipedia on Lucien Charles Hippolyte Juy, the man who invented the Simplex derailleur, but I couldn't find any mention to a bike:

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucien_Juy

      Finally, not even Sheldon "The Bike God" Brown does list Simplex as a bike maker in his website (check the "Brands" menu):

      http://sheldonbrown.com/velos.html

      You can try this French forum, specialized in vintage french race bikes:

      http://veloretrocourse.proboards.com/

      These guys will probably help you.

      Anyway, this is a good mistery and a nice "vélo de course". Congrats!
    4. mcheconi mcheconi, 10 years ago
      And for the news: apparently Simplex supplied also the fork ends...reading Sheldon Brown's article you can find a clue:

      http://sheldonbrown.com/velos.html#hanger
    5. Agustin Agustin, 10 years ago
      Dear mcheconi, Thank you for the great work, you've had in order to clarify the matter of the bicycle.
      I could not thank you before because I was with a few drawbacks.

      My very best regards. And thank you again
    6. mcheconi mcheconi, 10 years ago
      Agustin, I am glad I could help. But we still can't tell who made your bicycle. We know for sure that it was not Simplex. The marks shown on the rear fork relate to the fact that Simplex supplied the fork ends with their derailleurs. I believe you will be able to find who made the bike at that french forum. Good luck!
    7. Hornet Hornet, 9 years ago
      MAGISTRONI is part of crank set . Made in Italy but i never know if is all Italian .
      Handlebar ? and Hubs ?
      Ciao
    8. Agustin Agustin, 9 years ago
      Thank you Hornet, yes part of crank set is Italian MAGISTRONI, but all the rest if it si french.
      Thank you again.
    9. Agustin Agustin, 9 years ago
      Here is the explantion of MAGISTRONI.
      http://davesbikeblog.squarespace.com/blog/2011/2/2/fine-italian-steel.html

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