Originally Posted by steve sumner

I once owned a Follis with those head lugs. it was given to me by a fellow bike shop worker
who knew I could appreciate the old stuff. he told me it was a '51 Tour de France.. it had the
more modern cable acuated front derailleur. therefore I'm thinking your bike is from the 40s

Originally Posted by juvela

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manual front mechs continued to be produced in the West at least as late as the early 1960's and as late as the late 1960's behind the iron curtain.

there was also a rather extensive period where both manual and cable operated front mechs were in current production.


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