[CR]Carre-built HELYETT Piste bike

(Example: Framebuilding:Restoration)

From: "Norris Lockley" <norris.lockley@talktalk.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 01:15:15 +0100
Subject: [CR]Carre-built HELYETT Piste bike

Having ben a long way away from a computer for eight weeks I have not be en able to keep up with the topics on the List. but having just manag ed to read those for the last 30 days I can see what I have been missing.

Of particular interest to me are the two contris sent in by Alex March a

The bike, like many track machines is very elegant, even if this one app

Clearly it is one of Bernard Carre's frames, as the nameplate/top-eyes i

http://www.ebykr.com site - but I had not realised t

Alex's Helyett certainly has more of the frame-builder's art about

The track drop-outs really are brazed well into the chainstays and

As to whether the frame was built for Anquetil is another puzzler. Clear

I would guess that Carre was contracted to build many of the team frames

Alex asked about other track riders in the Helyett team. Well.... there

In 1967 Anquetil again set a new World \hour Record that was not ratifie

Last Sunday I had an opportunity to ride a "social" "Sportif" event in t

Norris Lockley....tired at just the thought of sitting on Brian's back w

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