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Everything Ebykr holds on Idéale: six articles, a Timeline of 34 dated events from 1851 to 2017 and 26 documents in the archive.
The history of Idéale on Ebykr.
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.
Grouped by format, the most read first.
Idéale saddles and clips model by model, with category, top and rail materials, size, weight and notes, drawn from catalogs of 1931 to 1981.
Date an Idéale saddle without a date code: the initials on its badge, when each model arrived, the alloy stamps, the rodée main mark and the catalogs.
A timeline of Idéale from Jean-François Tron's Paris workshop of 1890 through Pont-Saint-Pierre and Marcel Berthet to the 1981 liquidation and the revival.
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.
Rare company photographs of Idéale, shared by Vincent Toubeau: the Pont-Saint-Pierre works, the 1935 mounting atelier and the 1929 Paris Salon.
Where Idéale is named outside its own pages: seven articles, eight build sheets and 14 archive documents from eight other makers and three publications.
The articles that name Idéale most often first.
…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…
…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,"…
…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…
…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…
…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…
…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…
…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…
Bicycles in the Tech Specs database that name Idéale.
Filed under other makers and publications whose words name Idéale; the biggest share first.
three documents: two catalogs and one advertisement
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