C.N.C. (Comptoir National Du Cycle)

So I found this on a local site and couldn't really subdue my inner Jan.
It's mostly French parts and rides really well. The only thing I can complain about is the force required to operate the brakes.

The plan is as follows:
*Source new tubulars for when the schwalbe Milanos give up
*Fix braking
*Give it a clean with turtle Wax
*Source silver Simplex levers
*If possible remove rust from front rack and forks (aluminium foil?)
*Source new Mafac hoods
*If possible build up rear mudguard
*Might remove rear rack

Open to suggestions and ideas

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Open to suggestions and ideas

sell me the geekhouse so you can fund this

Nice. Rustines make MAFAC hoods, not cheap mind. As for any vintage brakes I'd also fit some new pads (KoolStop make them).

That's probably a rational suggestion given my total number of offspring under the age of 4. To be honest I sometimes wish that I could lease people the bike related stuff I don't have time to use. If someone starts a webbased BHA circle; I think I could benefit from a couple of meetings.

Thanks for the link! I'm disturbingly pleased that they are Fait en France. (it's usually not a preference for things that can't be eaten or drunk)

Edit: Obviously I'm lying (to myself), if the bike in question had been made pin Trondheim or Stuttgart I most likely hadn't bought it. I'm probably a closet- francophilie

Rustines were the leader in repair patches, to the point the brand was synonymous with the product (like Hoover in the UK). They've been resurrected a few years back, and AFAIK they're still based in the original factory.

Didn't know this! Cool stuff!

Also nice bike @SasenFrAsen

OK, So I started looking for tubulars for touring and apart from Tufo Elite Ride and Dugast Roubaix, is there anything out there thats a given? I guess rebuilding the wheels with new rims is an option (and perhaps the only pesudo-future proof one)?