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Idéale

Everything Ebykr holds on Idéale: six articles, a Timeline of 34 dated events from 1851 to 2017 and 40 documents in the archive.

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Idéale Saddles: Behind the Leather Curtain

Idéale saddles from Jean-François Tron's Paris workshop of 1890 through Marcel Berthet and the Dunlop and Cégédur years to 82 models and the revival.

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Model Guide: Idéale Saddles and Clips

Idéale saddles and clips model by model, with category, top and rail materials, size, weight and notes, drawn from catalogs of 1931 to 1981.

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Idéale Saddles Image Gallery

Idéale saddles in pictures: the Pont-Saint-Pierre works, advertising from 1894 to the 1970s, catalogs, Marcel Berthet's records and the duralumin No. 90.

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In the archive40 Idéale documents, read whole and page by page: 29 advertisements and 11 catalogsOpen the archive

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Where Idéale is named outside its own pages: 10 articles, eight build sheets and 44 archive documents from 21 other makers and five publications.

Articles 10

The articles that name Idéale most often first.

  1. Daniel Rebour and His Gift

    …illustrate our articles from the 1948 Cycle de France build sheet to the history of Idéale saddles. This piece is about the man behind those drawings and about the gift he had that made them so special. Who…

    HistoryNamed five times

  2. Brooks England: The Eternal One

    …Brooks produced saddles that looked and functioned much like those popular but pricey Idéale duralumin saddles found on the fanciest mid-twentieth century demi-course, randonneur and cyclotouriste bikes from…

    HistoryNamed four times

  3. Goëland: Soaring To Lofty Heights

    …components Moire kitted had names like Normandy and Philippe, they also had names like Idéale, JOS and Maxi-Car. Most were catalog bikes, with Goëland ads stressing they built bikes to measure "hors serie,"…

    HistoryNamed twice

  4. Bridgestone Eurasia: All-in-One Sports Bicycling System

    …hubs, Coventry and Saint-Étienne, Daniel Rebour's technical illustrations, Brooks and Idéale saddles, California Masi, Lefol fender patterns, 650B vs. 700c wheel sizes, Hetchin's fabulous lugwork and…

    HistoryNamed once

  5. André Maury: Bicycle Constructeur d’Élégance et d'Excellence

    …spokes. All of these remained tidy with the help of Lefol fenders. Finishing Touches: Idéale, Brooks or Pryma leather saddles provided the interface between rider and machine, while Luxor or Rotophare…

    HistoryNamed once

  6. Duralumin History & Use in Bicycle Building

    …stuff made with it tends to break over time. Perhaps this helps explain why those fancy Idéale saddles with their Duralumin chassis fetch such high prices among collectors - there are fewer and fewer of them…

    HistoryNamed once

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  1. J. Lefol: Inventeur – Constructeur

    …with other French component makers from cycling's golden era that remain popular today - Ideale, JOS, Maxi-Car and Stronglight, to name a few - surprisingly little is known about the Lefol marque given the timeless…

    HistoryNamed once

  2. René Herse: The Master Artisan of Levallois

    …1948 noted the Herse tandem of Prestat and "Lily" Herse, and period advertisements for Idéale saddles and Lefol fenders in the Ebykr Catalog Archive celebrate the same pair first among the mixed tandems at the…

    HistoryNamed once

  3. The French Constructeurs: Singer, Herse, Routens and Their Rivals

    …founder Georges Navet learned to work duralumin in Herse's wartime workshop, and the Idéale saddles, Maxi-Car hubs and Stronglight cranks that turn up on bicycle after bicycle in Rebour's drawings. Machines Up…

    HistoryNamed once

  4. Maxi-Car History: A Timeline of Key Bearing and Hub Events

    …built by the Grenoble constructeur on brazed Reynolds tubing with a duralumin-framed Idéale saddle, MAFAC brakes, a Cyclo derailleur, a light-alloy Stronglight chainset carrying a T.A. triple, JOS lighting and…

    TimelineNamed once

Build sheets 8

Bicycles in the Tech Specs database that name Idéale.

  1. Tech Specs: 1950s Jo Routens Randonneur

    In the saddle and notes

  2. Tech Specs: 1948 Cycle de France Concours Randonneuse

    In the saddle and notes

  3. Tech Specs: 1950 A. Maury Randonneur

    In the saddle and extras

  4. Tech Specs: 1967 Jo Routens Randonneur

    In the saddle and notes

  5. Tech Specs: 1940s Cavalieri Cambio Corsa

    In the saddle

  6. Tech Specs: 1940s Twin Top Tube Randonneuse

    In the saddle

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  1. Tech Specs: 1937 Caminade Caminargent Bordeaux-Paris

    In the saddle

  2. Tech Specs: 1948 Automoto Concours Sportif

    In the saddle

Archive documents 44

Filed under other makers and publications whose words name Idéale; the biggest share first.

Holdsworth

six catalogs

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Motobecane

four catalogs

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L'Officiel du cycle

five advertisements

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