Re: [CR] Post War Brits Euro Parts

(Example: Production Builders:Peugeot:PY-10)

From: "Dr. Paul B. Williams" <castell5@sympatico.ca>
To: <twerne@bellsouth.net>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Date: Sat, 8 May 2010 17:24:44 -0400
In-Reply-To: <273829.14929.qm@web180207.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: [CR] Post War Brits Euro Parts


Dr. Paul B. Williams, BAH, MPhil, PhD Instructor, Dept. of Geography and Environmental Studies, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada


> Date: Sat, 8 May 2010 14:03:47 -0700
> From: twerne@bellsouth.net
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> CC: douguk2007@hotmail.co.uk
> Subject: Re: [CR] Post War Brits Euro Parts
>
> Doug:
>
> Sincere thanks for taking the time to reply. To me it's always a treat when our vintage sensibilities receive comment from our members who earned their information first hand. Good to see your name appear again!
>
> I also received an offlist posting that reinforced your reminder that in postwar Britain you were more likely to see local loyalty, and the economic need to assure that one machine could serve multiple purposes (including work, touring, race and leisure). In that private post, I was reminded that a key difference in the mudguard styles between the UK and France was British mudguards could be removed and replaced far more quickly. For that reason, the French style of mudguards were not appropriate for a British multi-purpose machine, and more likely to be seen on a UK cycle only with dedicated touring duties (with Gilliot and Jack Taylor touring machines noted as the exceptions).
>
> Here's a statement I also received:
>
> "Cycling post 1945 was basically split into four camps: Utility, League (B.L.R.C), Touring (CTC) and NCU (majority of British cycling Club)"
>
> Would anyone care to comment on the different attitudes of these four postwar UK interests, and whether Euro/Continental parts were more likely to be preferred or rejected within these groups?
>
> Related:
> Has anyone here previously heard the phrase "gen gear"?
> Was this an insult, or just descriptive language?
>
> Thanks / Regards,
> Tory Werne
> Woodstock, Georgia USA
>
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: Doug Smith <douguk2007@hotmail.co.uk>
> To: "classicrendezvous@bikelist.org" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>; Tory Werne <twerne@bellsouth.net>
> Sent: Sat, May 8, 2010 4:10:13 PM
> Subject: Post War Brits Euro Parts
>
> I and many of my colleagues always strictly chose only the British
> frame and components although there was the exception with some others which
> did prefer French and Italian goods Campag and Simplex among the most notable.
> <snip>
>
> Doug Smith
> North Dorset
> UK
> --/
>
> Following Tory Werne's posting yesterday on the above subject . As a teenager and
> a newcomer to the sport in 1948 at the age of 17 years I had to add my comments
> on the subject although none has appeared on the open list.
> <snip>