I have made a modest web page showing 7 different French alloy
chainguards, some definitely of the bird wing variety. Check out the
alligator-skin one, my personal fave.
http://bulgier.net/
Mark Bulgier Seattle WA USA
Bob Hanson wrote:
> There is an alloy version from Simplex on eBay currently (Not mine).
> These attached to one of the derailleur clamp mounting bolts (on the
> Prestige
> plunger-style front derailleur) by substituting a longer bolt, and it
> was also
> secured to the downtube with a simple ring clamp. These were
probably
> the most common ones and were often associated with Peugeots.
>
> eBay item number: 150109509827.
>
> There were also many other (nicer) alloy versions by other French
> companies like Le Fol - the famous mudguard/fender maker.
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>
> Dan Polito wrote:
> several years back i remember seeing a few different chain guards on
> older
> city bikes that were bird profiles around the wheel, and then an
> extended
> wing along the chain. i can't, for the life of me, now remember
where
> i saw
> these or even to what particular marques these chain guards were
> associated with.
> i think they were french? something also tells me really early
peugot
> city bikes, but i couldn't find anything to confirm that.