VeloSoleX was a French manufacturer that started in business in 1946. They were best known for their Mopeds and also carburetors for European motorcycles and cars.
They sold a line of "10 speed derailleur bikes" during the bikes boom fad of the early 70's. The bikes were probably made for them by one of the large French bike makers that private labeled a slew of bikes.
We specialized in French bikes for the lower priced models at our shop. Around 1975 or so there was a shortage of French bikes in that price range.
We scoured all of the importers that brought in French bikes during the boom plus some shops we knew, looking for old stock bikes. We found some Bertins, Stellas, Liberias, and so on (we got them dirt cheap as closeouts and passed the savings on to our customers).
We located about 15 VelosoleX bikes at one shop and took them all.
There were a few of the entry level Parisienne models which were standard fare French bike boom velos.
https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-v...arisienne.html
Most of the bikes were the mid range Saint Tropez model with frames made of Reynolds 531 main tubes and Durifort forks and stays plus Nervar steel cotterless cranks. They were pretty nice for French bike boom models.
See @
randyjawa post above.
Fix-a-fied Nervex Saint Tropez
In the tranche there were also several Etiole (Star) model VeloeSoleX bikes with all Reynolds 531 frames, sewups and alloy components. They were very well made with good cosmetics at a great price. Too bad we only had a few of them (and they were all brindle s**t brown).
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