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@anidel
Hi guys,
around 40 years ago (might be more, more like 45) my uncles and their sons went to France for a trip and they came back with a green bike. I have always remembered the bike, not sure why, and have asked a few times my parents if they knew what happened to it. I remembered that, after a while, my uncle gave it to us.
Last time I came earlier this year I asked them again and they said it should be downstairs in the canteen, but I couldn't find it.
Yesterday I went back to my parents for the holidays and went downstairs in the summer kitchen to look for a Sony MD player I wanted to put back in use and there it was!
Turns out my father found it again and decided to put it back on the road for our nephew.
It's a Raymond Poulidor Special Tour de France / Course, possibly made by Mercier, not in 531, but not heavy either.
Paint is in great conditions given the age, the seat tube decal also in good nick, not so much can be said of the top tube one. The tubing decals have been removed at some point and the brakes swapped from a local bike mechanic some time ago as well. The local mechanic seems to have 'stolen' a few original components (my mother is still upset with my father about it! as they noticed but he didn't go back to complain :))
Here you can find the pictures, just would like to know if Mercier actually made it and the dating.
It is lugless around 40 years old (and still spins and nothing seems stuck!)
(about the age we're about to call my uncle, will confirm shortly)
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/yvpt6ck6c1ggt88/AACjQ2wMTAX2PZgVFvkdk-Sca?dl=0
So anyone knows anything about these bikes?
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