Bicycle Page - Old Bicycles
Arranged from latest to oldest updated: Apr 2024
Cheval Jaune (Yellow Horse)
Got this one about around 2018, i needed a bike for transporting myself and doing some exercise. I knew about a local bike collective, i went in, asked some questions such as "you got some bikes? i need one", "can you teach me how to repair it and doing basic maintenance on it?"
I had some choices: 3 folding bikes, 3 mountain bikes, 2 road bikes
I bought it and i took my subscription at the collective in the same time (needed for attend to repair workshop and using all their infrastructure) everything cost me about 110 €. The bike wasn't new, sold in ok-ish & rideable condition, everything i wanted so far.
| General Info & Age | Sold as "Mercier" from the mid 60-70s |
| Frame, Fork | Frame was possibly made with in 351 Reynolds steel tubes, still not sure, not the original fork |
| Gearing, Front & Rear | 2x6 "mix and match", Shimano 600 Arabesque front and rear derailleurs and dropbar shifters |
| Wheels & Pedals | 28 inch wheels (ETRTO: 37-622, Inch: 28 x 1.40), (front) Vittoria Adventure, (rear) Vittoria Randonneur. Lyotard pedals then MKS Urban Platform, MKS Half toe clip |
| Headset & Saddle | Race Dropbar handlebar changed for a bullhorn, a really old and too narrow selle italia saddle changed for a Selle Italia FLX Gelflow |
| Additional Infos | added a bell, amovible lights, plastic mudguard |
End of life:
this one died because of my own negligence, in the latest rides i found the rear wheel funny, like gliding left and right a little bit. I checked the rear wheel which had no problems. But i wasn't aware but the frame broke in 2 weak welding spots in the rear triangle.
Nonetheless i ask some local bike shops if a repair can be done to those points and if it worth it because the bike is like 50 years old, they replied it wasn't worth to repair it.
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