Originally Posted by
Rabid Koala
Of all the bikes that have passed through my hands, only one was equipped with a Huret Svelto. It was a Jaubert, purchsed at a White Front Discount store in the late 60s for $49.95. I got it second hand and flipped it pretty quickly. It was purple, had wing nuts and small flange hubs, nothing remarkable at all. As best I remember, the Svelto shifted pretty well, the freewheel was a corncob. I haven't thought about that bike in a very long time until I saw your Svelto!
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thanks very much for sharing this memory of your Jaubert!
IIRC White Front originally had them at a price of something like 69.95 when some manager decreed they should be "cleared out" and the price was reduced to the 49.95 figure
ironic that your example purple. on a visit to the home of a local bike rebuilder friend ca. 1980 he offered me one he had which was also of the purple hue
the White Front chain closed in 1969-70
the location of the branch nearest me home became a furniture/homewares store
thanks again for posting
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