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"Geezer" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]... Do bicycles manufactured in France still use French thread sizes or do they now use English?? Are the French Mercier bikes good quality?
Aren't the current Merciers Chinese?? I believe they and the newly reborm Motobecane are both Asian, therefore ISO.
Are there any commercially successful bicycles made in France today? There used to be a dozen at least. They also had a decent tubing manufacturer, Durafort in the 70s.
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"Geezer" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]... Do bicycles manufactured in France still use French thread sizes or do
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now use English?? Are the French Mercier bikes good quality?
Aren't the current Merciers Chinese?? I believe they and the newly reborm Motobecane are both Asian, therefore ISO.
"Terry Rudd" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...
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Are there any commercially successful bicycles made in France today? There used to be a dozen at least. They also had a decent tubing manufacturer, Durafort in the 70s.
I do not know.
Durifort was a seamed/redrawn midprice steel tube series manufactured by Vitus. Their other products include(d?) Vitus971 , a very nice steel quite similar to Reynolds 531, Vitus172, a steel inbetween Durifort and their premium Vitus971, and of course the famous Vitus979 bonded aluminum frames. They also made a nice plain (no integral saddle mount) seatpost when such thngs were saleable.
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Are there any commercially successful bicycles made in France today?
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What would you call commercially successful? LOOK are French, though I doubt their global sales are worrying the likes of Giant.
Yes ! And Time, Peugeot, Cyfac, Lapierre, Perrin, MBK !
And for French style bikes made in France try Alex Singer or Gilles Berthoud, for French style bikes made else where try Mariposa of Canada. May not be commercial, but will be worth riding for 20+ years. I know a Berthoud can carry a days worth of wine, bread and cheeese, I don't think a LOOK can.
"Terry Rudd" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...
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Are there any commercially successful bicycles made in France today? There used to be a dozen at least. They also had a decent tubing manufacturer, Durafort in the 70s.
I do not know.
Durifort was a seamed/redrawn midprice steel tube series manufactured by Vitus. Their other products include(d?) Vitus971 , a very nice steel quite similar to Reynolds 531, Vitus172, a steel inbetween Durifort and their premium Vitus971, and of course the famous Vitus979 bonded aluminum frames. They also made a nice plain (no integral saddle mount) seatpost when such thngs were saleable.
BTW, it's been hard to determine lately whether or not Vitus is still in business. Their old web site (which was pretty extensive) disappeared several years ago and the new one (vitus.frvitus.frOpen ↗) is practically content free.
I've had my Vitus 992 for almost ten years and I still think it's one of the most attractive bikes I've ever seen. The head tube/fork integration is particularly elegant.
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"Terry Rudd" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...
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Are there any commercially successful bicycles made in France today? There used to be a dozen at least. They also had a decent tubing manufacturer, Durafort in the 70s.
I do not know.
Durifort was a seamed/redrawn midprice steel tube series manufactured by Vitus. Their other products include(d?) Vitus971 , a very nice steel
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similar to Reynolds 531, Vitus172, a steel inbetween Durifort and their premium Vitus971, and of course the famous Vitus979 bonded aluminum frames. They also made a nice plain (no integral saddle mount) seatpost when such thngs were saleable.
BTW, it's been hard to determine lately whether or not Vitus is still in business. Their old web site (which was pretty extensive) disappeared several years ago and the new one (vitus.frvitus.frOpen ↗) is practically content free.
I've had my Vitus 992 for almost ten years and I still think it's one of the most attractive bikes I've ever seen. The head tube/fork integration is particularly elegant.
