Douglas!!
This type of handlebar is found a lot in Belgium! I see these old guys all over the place riding their trashed single speed sporting these bars!! I think Atax (Philippe!) made this style of H-bar!! Can I get them?............I think so!!........And maybe some cork grips too!!
That rack is pretty cool!!..............We lost 180 pieces with the fire!! Anyway you mount a small front pannier on this rack, you can see at the bottom loop that there is a small loop on the top inside part of this rack!! This is for the hook.
BC Baron Corpuz.........And the gang!!.........Planning a 10 day road trip touring and looking for goodies!!.........A mobile home will serve as our home base!!
> Classicists,
> If you look here: http://www1.odn.ne.jp/
> you'll find a pretty neat Singer Mixte. I like the way the
> handlebars sweep back but seem to shorten up. Are such bars
> available anywhere? Anyone know? What would happen if you cut
> Rivendell Priest bars? Would that achieve something like this?
> Also, while we are on sensible French designs (oxymoron there?
> everyone knows I _love_ these bikes, right?....), if you look
> here: http://www1.odn.ne.jp/
> you'll see a Singer with one of those centered on the rear
> fender racks, the small ones. Anyone know the sort of truly
> classic bags that work on these? Is this for a top rack bag?
> (This bike gives some perspective on a "fistful" of post, eh?)
>
> much yet to learn about everything, not the least of which
> are French bikes perfected by Japanese collectors who might yet
> be a force along with Rivendell riders and other classicists who
> "bring back" many wonderful things, like really nice
> cranks, centerpull brakes, who knows, maybe even a new Cyclo rear
> derailleur (no! no! anyone who wants to live in my basement to adjust
> the one on the Herse constantly is welcome...),
> University today and a new class to
> co-teach at the Eastman School of Music on south Indian classical,
> _lots_ of classic content there, I assure you,
> Douglas Brooks
> Canandaigua, NY