ThisJustIn

Does anyone anything about Bertrand bicycles?

How much would you guys appraise this for?

Peroni

It's a large frame, too much larger the 58cm for me to be able to ride at all. I would start guessing at $1000 since the drive train looks like new, but I'm Newbie and don't know very much.
I see some corrosion, let the buyer clean it up and service. Some Ti components and alloy headset, must be high end from the eighties.
I'd want to buy it and clean it up if wasn't too large for me, but I don't know what is. I'm not ready for tubular rims, but I would be happy with them on this bicycle, if thats what they are.

ThisJustIn

Yea, it's too large for me, unfortunately. It would have been fun to spruce it up.

Chuck M 

If you don't mind, what are they asking. I have no thoughts on the value. But that is a good bike. If it was something I saw for sale around me on the cheap, I would be on it like a chicken on a June bug even thought it is way too tall for me.

One thing I did see that was odd is the upper headset race and nut. It looks cocked but that my just be the dangle of the angle of the photograph.

WGB 

Here's a comparable near Haliburton. Last year in the summer I had to go to Minden and almost bought this bike. I was turned off by the fact that seller photo'd it without cleaning and for $750 I'd want a clean bike, just so I could be sure there were no surprises under the dirt. Also, at that time there were several for sale in Toronto for about $800. You might page @T-Mar who might know more. IIRC recall he was on a team that raced this brand.

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Bertrand Racing Bike
CA$750 · In stock
Listed in Algonquin Highlands, ON
MessageDetails

• Condition
  Used – good
• Bicycle type
  Road bike
• Material
  Steel
• Brand
  Bertrand
• Bicycle wheel size
  25

Bertrand 1000 racing bike in great condition, except for tires which will need replacing (original). Original paint, well maintained. Columbus SLX steel tubing. Some chips in the paint. A real joy to ride. Under seat tool bag and two water bottle holders. Lost one of the bottles. Toe clip style pedals. 14 speed.




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Peroni

You would need a repair stand and cone wrenches, BB tools and crank puller, if you don't already have everything. Plus the alloy headset is difficult to disassemble without chewing it up. I'm guessing late eighties, so it would need fresh grease everywhere.
Not much corrosion, I don't think, which is a big plus. The wheels and components are worth quite a lot because they're almost like new. I'm not sure which group, but you can start checking forTi with a rubber magnetic card if you don't want to use a powerful magnet, pedal spindles and derailleur bolts.

T-Mar

The subject bicycle is a Bertrand 3000, circa 1985-1987. Bertrand was essentially the house brand for Cycles Bertrand, a small retail shop based in Hull Quebec, that started in the very early 1960s. The owner's son, Gille Bertrand operated the manufacturing side of the business out of the basement, as a separate entity under the name Fabricycle Ltée. Framebuilding commenced circa 1981 with Michele Belly, a frame builder would had apprenticed in France. He left after a short period with the frame building taken over by Gilles.

The frames were handbuilt and are relatively rare, especially ouside of the Ottawa/Hull region. Construction was very good and my 3000 rode well but they don't have the stature of a Marinioni. For me, the big thing that always held them back was using decals on places like the stay caps and fork crowns, instead of investing in classier embossed fittings. When you were spending $1000-$2500 on a bicycle, you didn't want cheap looking decals, when you buddy's Marinoni was embossed.

The finish on this one is looking fairly rough. It may clean up fairly well but I wouldn;t pay much more than what you consider fair value for the components.

Mr. 66

I have a sorta low price on this. Just it's not clean, the paint has chips, wear on brake tracks not real bad, I think the chrome is good just dust and encrusted grime at worst, bad tires, usd $300 as-is

alcjphil

Bertrand built all kinds of bikes. This is my Bertrand touring bike which was custom built for a former friend of mine. I also know at least 3 people I ride with who own Bertrands. Since Marionis were so common In Montreal, Bertrands had a certain cachet as an "exotic" builder from Hull QC

Peroni

If you do want to clean some of the dirt off of it, don't blast it with a hose and degreaser, nothing is really sealed against water and degreaser or detergent very much.
A can of Moto spray polish will clean it up with rags, like what they sell for motorcycles, and maybe at the the auto parts store, it's a bit grubby and needs some petroleum distillate.
It would be a nice performance bicycle for a tall man, especially if they can maintain it, and replace the tires if they are tubulars.
But it would need to be shipped to that person, most likely.

ThisJustIn

Oh snappers! I want a bike in this colour scheme! What a beaute.
Also,.thank for the info!

ThisJustIn

Oh really, they're from Hull? I didn't know anything good came out of there, haha .

Sweet touring bike, btw! That green colour is dope

ThisJustIn

Thank you for those points!

ThisJustIn

Right on, thank you for the 411 on Bertrand.

What would fair value be then for the components?

ThisJustIn

He's not asking anything yet. It belongs to my friend's roommate and I happened to spot it in their garage when I was visiting. I'm in the market for a drop-bar road bike so it caught my eye, however, the frame is unfortunately too large, tabernac, lol