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scozim

I received an email from the local bike shop owner last night that there was some old road bike stuff behind his shop that I was free to go through.

Look what was there:

I'll have to do some serious cleaning on it and then post some more photos. I'm suspecting Gran Sport Deluxe as it's pretty heavy. It's had some really poor touch up done to the paint.

Old Simplex derailleur, no front derailleur, Mafac center pulls, Nervar cottered crank.

I also snagged a couple of steel wheels with normandy high flange hubs - I'll get rid of the wheels and keep the hubs. Also, scored a Mavic tubular rim with Normandy Luxe hub and Suntour Perfect 5 spd freewheel.

sandranian · Site Admin

That's a nice one though. Dates from the mid-1960's!

scozim

I did some cleaning tonight (still have more to go) and here are some better photos. The paint is pretty rough and I'll have to do some searching for the proper shade of blue touch up.

Serial number is: B64935 located on one of the dropouts. 120mm spacing. Pivo stem, Nervar 52-36 crankset, old, grimy Simplex Prestige rear derailleur (that actually appears to be in good shape except for the pulley wheels), Mafac Doral center pulls.

Stephan - if you're correct that this is mid-60's would a Venger be the right model. All the others look like they have Mafac Racer brakes.

Help needed on the cottered cranks - I've never dealt with those before. I actually like the 52-36 setup and will probably use those since the rings are in pretty good shape other than some rust that needs to be dealt with.

It would actually be kind of cool to own a bike that's approximately the same age as myself.

Scott

sandranian · Site Admin

Definitely a low-end or entry level machine. That would make a perfect "townie" bike. The crankset will clean up nice with some copper-wool. And cottered cranks are intimidating but relatively simple and can be fun. I would prepare it with some WD-40 to loosen it up for a day or two prior to tapping out the pins.