Hi, I inherited from a friend a 10 speed racing bicycle called ELVISH (No, it is NOT Elvi): it is made in France (so the sticker said). The frame and fork are built with TI Reynolds 531 tubing. It is still in very good condition and light enough to my liking. (may be it is 80 vintage ?) I am tempting to upgrade (especially the brake lever and shifter) but i do NOT know if it is worth it. (unfortunately my friend seems to purchase this from somekind of 'garage sale' so he has no clue either).
If you have any info wrt to this ELVISH bicycle, I will appreciate any help. From Sheldon Brown's website, i was directed to a place in Colorado. But the guy in Colorado has no clue either when I emailed him for info.
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If you have any info wrt to this ELVISH bicycle, I will appreciate any
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From Sheldon Brown's website, i was directed to a place in Colorado. But
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guy in Colorado has no clue either when I emailed him for info.
desperately looking info for Elvish ... thanks .
A riding buddy has one that he used as a touring bike in the 70's that sounds similar: 5 speed, 531 tubing, Stronglight crank and I think Simplex dérailleurs. He bought it in Montréal new back in the day. Probably easily upgraded, but I am not sure what kind of threading you will find. If it is French you will find it a challenge, I think. His Elvish is also in nice shape considering the km's he put on it. It now hangs from his wall as decoration mainly, since he has other bikes. Good luck, Blake
My brother had an Elvish 10-speed of about the same vintage. Bought in Montreal in 1974 or 1975. They were very light bikes almost identical to Peugeot but a few $ less.
Equipment was standard French stuff of that era: Simplex gears, Mafac brakes, Normandy hubs and (I think) an Atom freewheel . Any upgrade or replacement will require parts that are threaded and sized to French (metric) standards which can be hard to come by. You may find Zeus parts for the drive-train. Note that the handlbars, stem and seat pin are likely to be a different diameter from those of any non-French bikes!
Steve P.
kus hadi-liem said:
Hi, I inherited from a friend a 10 speed racing bicycle called ELVISH (No, it is NOT Elvi): it is made in France (so the sticker said). The frame and fork are built with TI Reynolds 531 tubing. It is still in very good condition and light enough to my liking. (may be it is 80 vintage ?) I am tempting to upgrade (especially the brake lever and shifter) but i do NOT know if it is worth it. (unfortunately my friend seems to purchase this from somekind of 'garage sale' so he has no clue either).
If you have any info wrt to this ELVISH bicycle, I will appreciate any help. From Sheldon Brown's website, i was directed to a place in Colorado. But the guy in Colorado has no clue either when I emailed him for info.
