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09-10-21, 10:53 AM
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This 072 seems to be a continual project.
Between rebuilds at this point.
Not sure what the next build will look like, except Brown.
Between rebuilds at this point.
Not sure what the next build will look like, except Brown.
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09-10-21, 12:52 PM
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Resurrecting this old thread as this is the first example I’ve been able to find of a Follis that with a frame and fork that resembles the one I just acquired. The key details being the plane lugs, top tube cable stops and bottom tube pump pegs that don’t fit into the old catalog images that always seem to come up in Follis threads. I have my suspicions about the Vitus decals as they appear to be in better condition than the paint (although the clearly stock bottom tube decal does as well), the frame tubing sticker is a little crooked and appears to occupy real estate that should have been covered by the wavy foil decal. The seat post is some where between 26 and 27 mm (not marked haven’t busted out the digital caliper yet). It feels pretty light for its Low- Mid range component spec and, however unscientific, the main tubes produce a light hollow pinging noise when flicked with a fingernail.
Bikemig whatever became of your Follis? Now six years on can anyone offer any additional information?
Bikemig whatever became of your Follis? Now six years on can anyone offer any additional information?
unlikely the Balilla brakes on your example would have been original
a previous owner may have "borrowed" the MAFAC originals for another project
some of these around this time received the MAFAC Competition model
alternately, they may have been fitted as a substitution at the factory due to a parts shortage
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dating -
fittings such as the front mech and stem suggest machine could not be earlier than the 1973-74 time
however, the Normandy Sport hubs with the small round holes in the flanges disappeared around 1967
possible that machine came from factory with tubular wheels and its present wired-on set represents a replacement
another (slim) possibility is that the hubs may represent the seldom encountered CEGEDUR marque -
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09-10-21, 02:56 PM
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The Nervar Star crankset, like all Nervar alloy cotterless cranksets, is vastly underrated. I used to see them as an also ran to the magnificent Stronglight 93, but now I think they have their advantages. First, they take a standard 22.0 mm puller; second, if you wind up with the version that took 128 mm bcd chainrings, you can Dremel the bolt holes of a 130 mm chainring inward 1 mm each and it works beautifully and doesn't look too bad. I've done it and was happy with the results.
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Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
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"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." --Theodore Roosevelt
Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
09-10-21, 03:00 PM
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Been there ... done that ... worked well. A prior owner of the 1959 Capo had replaced the original Agrati cottered crankset with Nervar Star, with the usual 52-42 ringset. Needing an 8-tooth drop for my 1.5-step progression, I "pulled" a 130mm 44T ring, exactly in the manner you describe. Worked like a champ, and no one would really notice on an inner ring, anyway. I subsequently found additional 128mm rings, including the 46-38 set I currently run on that bike. This makes a superb 1.5-step setup with 13-15-17-19-22-25 in back, mirroring the 50-42 / 14-16-18-20-23-26 I have used for years on my Bianchi.
09-10-21, 03:06 PM
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More pictures.
Looks like I owe some of you a few more photos, I’ve got to pick my son up from school and was hoping to finish a wheel I’m building for another bike (also crunchy and French) but I’ll upload these for now. Thank you all for the input.
Curious what this scroll decal used to read.
Curious what this scroll decal used to read.
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10-01-21, 07:43 PM
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... here is a Follis 172 project I just finished up and took out on a couple of rides. I put pretty good paint on it, and added the fenders thinking (hoping) it will probably start to rain here soon. I changed out a lot of stuff, to extend the gearing range, and to make it a little more fun to ride. The original stuff was Simplex, and it had on it what might be the ugliest stem I've ever seen on a bicycle. Must have been designed by someone from the French design school of Brutalism. I put the rack on it, because without bags to hold your fleece shirt and other layering stuff, a winter bike here is kind of useless. Unless you enjoy being cold. Which I don't.
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... here is a Follis 172 project I just finished up and took out on a couple of rides. I put pretty good paint on it, and added the fenders thinking (hoping) it will probably start to rain here soon. I changed out a lot of stuff, to extend the gearing range, and to make it a little more fun to ride. The original stuff was Simplex, and it had on it what might be the ugliest stem I've ever seen on a bicycle. Must have been designed by someone from the French design school of Brutalism. I put the rack on it, because without bags to hold your fleece shirt and other layering stuff, a winter bike here is kind of useless. Unless you enjoy being cold. Which I don't.
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