Re: [CR]French Handlebar Identification

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Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2006 19:43:07 -0500
From: "John Thompson" <JohnThompson@new.rr.com>
Organization: The Crimson Permanent Assurance
Cc: classic rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR]French Handlebar Identification
References: <20060706233233.77917.qmail@web209.biz.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To: <20060706233233.77917.qmail@web209.biz.mail.re2.yahoo.com>


Chris Kulczycki wrote:
> Would one of you CR types be kind enough to identify the bars on my
> bike? There's a photo here:
>
> http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e200/ChrisKulczycki/100_07521.jpg
>
> By the way, these are too narrow for me. So if they are of value to
> anyone, please make an offer. Since I don't know the brand I don't
> know the value. But I'll ask $1,000 and consider all offers ;<)

I don't know who made them ("Guid" perhaps -- derived from the French "guidon" meaning "handlebar"), but yours are almost identical to the ones on my early 80s Gitane tandem -- almost, because on mine the emblems are on the opposite sides:

http://www.os2.dhs.org/~john/guid.jpg

And mine are 44cm width, but I need that on the tandem.

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-John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA