Saturday, December 1, 2012

Tour de France bicycle exhibit in France

An exhibition in Arudy, France, of old bikes of the Tour de France. Bikes and memorabilia represented from 1903 to1980. So interest of The Wheelmen and of members of Classic Rendezvous.

Link to a lot more photographs and some descriptions HERE
(http://velosvintage.over-blog.com/article-expo-vieux-velos-du-tdf-a-arudy-p-a-111580483.html)
Ondiana 1900, Peugeot 1907, Automoto 1924, and J.B Louvet 1925


Mercier 1937, Bianchi 1936,  Dalcieri (subcontractor Bianchi) 1949, Legnano 1948, and Stella 1953.


L.Bobet 1955, Helyett 1957,  Robert Cazala's 1959 Mercier, Legnano 1963, Fédérico Bahamontes' 1964 Paloma.


Passage of Tour de France at the top of the Tourmalet in 1927.

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