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Old 04-14-21, 01:38 AM
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Looking for info about vintage Jaubert bicycle

Hi guys,

Just purchased my first road bike. It's a vintage Jaubert (French made) from, I believe, the 70s. Been trying to do some research about them, but the only thing that I've found is a single thread on here from 2005. If anyone knows anything about them or where I can find more info that'd be awesome, I'd love to learn about them. Thanks!
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We can help you with some pictures but new members are not allowed to post pictures until they have 10 posts (it's an anti-spam measure). You can upload pictures to your profile and someone here will post them to your thread. Take pictures of the drive side and pictures showing the various parts as well. We like old French bikes.
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Just made an album of pictures on the profile, thanks for the advice.
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That's a neat bike and it's in fantastic shape. I've seen that downtube stop for shifters on Merciers. I like the wingnuts. Steel rims and stamped drop outs suggest it's a hi tensile steel frame.
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Thanks man, I'm really happy about it. Got it for a really good price too for the condition.
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Originally Posted by Jeezus
Hi guys,

Just purchased my first road bike. It's a vintage Jaubert (French made) from, I believe, the 70s. Been trying to do some research about them, but the only thing that I've found is a single thread on here from 2005. If anyone knows anything about them or where I can find more info that'd be awesome, I'd love to learn about them. Thanks!
Whoa that's a trip down memory lane. In about 1967 my parents bought me (age ~10) a Jaubert 10-speed for $49, new, at JC Penney. I called it my "French jobber". Few of my friends had even heard of a 10-speed at the time, though one kid a couple blocks away had a Schwinn Varsity, still considered somewhat exotic. I was privileged to have a dad who was a cyclist — he had a circa 1962 Peugeot UO-8 that he rode to work at Rocketdyne (yes my dad was a rocket scientist), so he knew about 10-speeds.

Until today, mine was the only Jaubert I had ever seen or even heard of. If they were sold at JC Penney they can't be too super rare, yet I worked in bike shops for almost 30 years without ever seeing another one.

By the time I outgrew the Jaubert at about age 13, my dad had upgraded to a newer Motobecane, so I got the Peugeot. I restored both the Peugeot and the Jaubert by steel-wooling the rust off everything (including every spoke, individually, after unbuilding the wheels, which I then rebuilt). New rattle-can paint, I thought they looked awesome. I sold the Jaubert for about what it cost new, and fancied myself a wheeler-dealer. The bikeshop that I pestered so much for parts during the two-bike restoration project hired me a bit before my 14th birthday, and I was stuck working in bikeshops for the next few decades. "Stuck" because I liked the bike biz too much to look seriously for what many people in the bike biz call "a real job", i.e. anything else besides bikeshops.

So a Jaubert was my "gateway drug".

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Yep that sure is a good looking bike, wouldn't mind seeing some more pics!
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Wow, that is really cool. Awesome to hear some more information about the bikes.
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recall reading a post from a member in a discussion thread on these from some years back...

they reported them being sold by the White Front discount house chain in California who closed them out at $49.99 about 1967

White Front went out of business in 1969

a local bike rebuilder friend in San Francisco had a purple example am able to recall being shown back in the early eighties. it also looked to date from about this time; model appeared roughly comparable to a Peugeot
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Nice find. I have an orange one, too, and I love it. I don't take it too far, but ride it on lunch breaks. It works perfectly, even the Huret derailleur. I just put new brake blocks on it, and now it stops much better. It was abandoned on a junk pile in the countryside about 10 years ago, so I worked on getting the rust off of the wheels, pedals, etc. I am not allowed to post a picture yet, but will when I get enough posts in.
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also... the axles are stamped 'Campagnolo', is that the same on yours?
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when you write "axles" do you mean the hub axles or something else?

hub barrels perchance?


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ahh.. hub axles
here is an old email I found on it, I was writing to another member on this forum named Fred about his Jaubert:

Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2007 08:23:16 -0800
From: kevin
Subject: RE: 5 Speed Jaubert - 1960s Era
To:"fred"

I will send some pictures then. By the way, as I cleaned it, I noticed that the parts are remarkably similar to yours:
Atom freewheel
identical front crank
Huret derailleur, shifter, wingnuts
Bell aluminum gooseneck

additionally:
original Vita chain
LAM (700 Sport) side-pull steel brakes
Samir Superchrome rims
Campagnolo aluminum hubs front and rear
Wright's leather saddle (original post is aluminum),

same lugged frame as yours and original paint is a "coppery" orange.
I would like to have it repainted eventually - and also know what the center decal says with the starburst pattern - maybe Garanti? I also saw that on the rims...

I see the negative comments about this brand on the discussion threads. Hmm. I think it is a very beautiful bike, even if it was originated from a department store.

Did you receive any pictures of the green one that some responder to your thread spoke of?

Thanks,
Kevin

(I am not able to upload pics yet, though I think I was able 13 -14 years ago.)
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if cycle's hubs are Campagnolo they are likely the Sportman model -



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Originally Posted by Kevin-Web
ahh..
same lugged frame as yours and original paint is a "coppery" orange.
...(I am not able to upload pics yet, though I think I was able 13 -14 years ago.)

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Thank you for the picture assist machinist42!
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