1957 Rochet Super Special
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http://oldroads.com/d_ltw_def.asp?rec_count=1 1957, give or take 2 years in either direction. We're selling it for the original owner. It was originally purchased in Michigan. The owner says it was a track bike which was converted for regular riding for - as she describes herself - a rich kid. I've only cleaned it up enough to read the markings. Otherwise it is untouched. Reynolds 531 tubing Brake calipers marked: Super Dural "LAM" Mle DEPOSE Headset marked: RFWAX Campagnolo Quick Release wheels Brake levers marked: "LAM" SGDG FRCIN (or something like that..) Pedals marked: BERTHET LYOTARD STRONGLIGHT cranks EXCELTOO rear hub RECR front hub Simplex Brevete S.G.D.G. derailleurs Stem marked: FORGED ALUMINIUM on one side and MADE IN ENGLAND on the other Simplex dropouts SIZE Standover: 76 cm center of the seat tube to the center of the head tube: 50.8 cm center of the bottom bracket to the top of the seat tube: 50.8 cm center of the bottom bracket to the center of the head tube: 61 cm Pictures and details at: http://oldroads.com/d_ltw_def.asp?rec_count=1 |
1957 Rochet Super Special
On Mar 10, 6:09*am, OldRoads wrote:
Pictures and details at:http://oldroads.com/d_ltw_def.asp?rec_count=1 1957, give or take 2 years in either direction. We're selling it for the original owner. It was originally purchased in Michigan. The owner says it was a track bike which was converted for regular riding for - as she describes herself - a rich kid. I've only cleaned it up enough to read the markings. Otherwise it is untouched. Reynolds 531 tubing Brake calipers marked: Super Dural "LAM" Mle DEPOSE Headset marked: RFWAX Campagnolo Quick Release wheels Brake levers marked: "LAM" SGDG FRCIN (or something like that..) Pedals marked: BERTHET LYOTARD STRONGLIGHT cranks EXCELTOO rear hub RECR front hub Simplex Brevete S.G.D.G. derailleurs Stem marked: FORGED ALUMINIUM on one side and MADE IN ENGLAND on the other Simplex dropouts SIZE Standover: 76 cm center of the seat tube to the center of the head tube: 50.8 cm center of the bottom bracket to the top of the seat tube: 50.8 cm center of the bottom bracket to the center of the head tube: 61 cm Pictures and details at:http://oldroads.com/d_ltw_def.asp?rec_count=1 Where @ Pictures and details at:http://oldroads.com/d_ltw_def.asp? rec_count=1? I didn't see any mention of a Roche @ this site. I had a Portawizea (I have no idea how to spell it) cataloge w/ various Rochet models listed back in the early '60s, when I owned an ~ '52 Automoto w/ wooden rims & a Major Taylor stem. I visited his shop in Detroit in (I think 1962. The same week Marlin Monroe died). It was like all bike & motorcycle shops should be w/ the smell of oil & gasoline soaked into the wooden floor boards, w/ a strong finish of rubber tire . Shops & rubber don't smell like that today. French high performance bikes & shops that smelled like that held a certain romanticism for me. Life was good. Too bad, I miss it, JD |
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