Thanks for the compliment!
Thanks as well for your work on those Herse scans. I saved those images to my computer in order to make some prints of those.
Great stuff, even 60 years later!
Best-
Rich
Originally Posted by
stronglight
Now THAT is what I call one fine looking TOURING bike! Very nice build up! Everything you could want for a long cross-country tour.
Great choice of brake levers too. Funny how everyone seems to love traditional brake cable routing on older touring bikes. I admit that I too like the old "look"... but aero levers are really just soooo much better. And they are definitely very practical when using a handlebar or rack top front bag.
Here are scans I made of a truly classic 1948 Rene Herse bike:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/strongl...7618749510933/ The illustrator, Daniel Rebour, makes specific note of the "extra long" brake cables which were fitted on this bike - to allow easy access to the bag opening. I suspect Herse would have loved to use aero brake levers on such a bike, if they had been around in the 1940s. They would have fitted in perfectly with his extensive use of internally routed cables which eliminated so much "clutter" on his bikes.