OK, it's circa 1975-83. I want to buy a primo quality, custom made Frenc h RACING bike. All caps because I don't want anything like a "demi course" or a "randonneur". Or an all-chrome fancy pants bike to pose on les boulevards. I want something that could (or should) be raced. Somethin g on which to hang all those delicious Spidel-Simplex-Maillard-Mafac components
of the era. Fast, light, aggressive. And French.
So who would I have gone to? Were there indeed any such French makers during this time? Other than the Prestige division of Peugeot or the oth er big makers? Most of what I've seen of the famous Herse and Singer et. al. don't seem to fit the bill.
Peter Kohler Washington DC USA
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