The Bicycles:
 

Man's bicycle with duralumin frame
Réf.: V48

 

I found it in august 2000 in Malicornay, Indre, France. It belonged to the same family than the A. REMY tandem presented on another page and which had been used for the exodus of a Parisian family towards Indre during the last world war.

The fact that it is manufactured out of duralumin by a company specialized in the aeronautical construction industry brings it closer from the DURAVIA bicycle presented on another page.

 

It needs a good cleaning.


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The head badge represents initial mark with a propeller in rotation.

Details and pieces:

57 cm duralumin man's frame. The rear tubes, the fork and the connections are out of steel.


NEIMAN theft protection device on the frame.


Extract from La Revue des Agents du Cycle, de la Motocyclette et de l'Automobile, No 475, april 1949 



We can see, on the fork, the elongated drilling which receives the system.
Duralumin GNOME ET RHONE cranks and pedals.


Duralumin MAVIC rims fixed at the frame by wing nuts. 650 B BERGOUGNAN black tires.
  

RC duralumin mudguard. Rear rack.

 

Rear 3 gears SIMPLEX derailleur.



Extract from the 1950 SIMPLEX

catalogue (it's not exactly the same model):

JUX 42 electric lighting with a shell headlight.

 

Extract from a 1952 catalogue

HENRI GAUTHIER saddle
  

Duralumin stem and handlebar
  

Duralumin front and rear brakes with duralumin levers.
  

 
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After the restoration

 The GNOME ET RHONE mark:



 
The Bicycles: