Specification:
- Serial No: 31102 (stamped in head badge per Mercier norm)
- Frame: Reynolds 531 butted tubing, forks and stays; Nervex Professional lugs; Brazed-on fittings for twin rear derailleur cables; Seat Tube: 57cm ctt; Top Tube: 57cm ctc; Head Angle: deg; Seat Angle: deg; Wheelbase: 105cm;
Component specification of Louison Bobet’s 1955 Tour de France winning bike:
- Crankset: Stronglight 49D aluminium alloy cotterless cranks with TA double chainrings (Duprat currently fitted to this bike)
- Pedals: ?
- Gears: Huret Special Louison Bobet rear derailleur; Huret lever operated front derailleur (Simplex Criterium rear, no front currently fitted to this bike)
- Wheels: TBD rims on Campagnolo Gran Sport SF hubs with Campagnolo quick releases
- Brakes: MAFAC Racer (CLB currently fitted to this bike)
- Handlebars and Stem: ? (Pivo currently fitted to this bike)
- Saddle and Seatpost: ? (Dulcior saddle on chromed steel seat post fitted to this bike)
Notes:
This bike is a replica of the Louison Bobet team bikes and is manufactured by Mercier. The assumed date is 1955 because the team switched to Campagnolo equipment in 1956. The bike was received with non-original equipment and in the absence of catalogue information will be built up to the same specification as Louison Bobet’s 1955 Tour de France winning bike. The frame has the twin cable rollers over the bottom bracket and the double cable stop on the chainstay required for the Huret Special Louison Bobet rear derailleur.
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