The Bicycles:

 

Woman bicycle

Réf.: V35

 
I found it in november 1999 in Cuzion, Indre, France  

 

 

This is a woman bicycle with a 3 gear rear derailleur, dated from the 1950s.

 

 

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Details and pieces:

 

50 cm woman frame.

650 cm wheels with half-balloons red tires.

BEBOLUX brakes with rear brake placed under the pedals.

NERVAR cranks.

Extract from the 1939-1940 Comptoirs Cyclistes catalogue for an oldest hammered model:

LEFOL Le Martelé front and rear mudguard. Duralumin deposited model.

Aluminium LA PERLE chain-guard.

 

RADIOS N° 18 electric lighting.

NEW WATSON type 4 - 6V - 2,4W dynamo, front with headlight shell.

Extract 1950 Cyclo catalogue:

3 gears CYCLO Type Route 1950

rear derailleur, monocable, assembly on leg brazed at the base tube.

About the LA PERLE mark:
 

   
 
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