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Everything Ebykr holds on Maxi-Car: three articles, a Timeline of 23 dated events from 1880 to 1999 and two documents in the archive.
The history of Maxi-Car on Ebykr.
A box of Maxi-Car hubs recalls Sid Sawyer, the Pittsburgh neighbor who rode 15,000 miles a year, his 80,000-mile hubs and a ride on his Alex Singer tandem.
Grouped by format, the most read first.
A timeline of Maxi-Car from 1880 to 1999: Célestin Ripet's annular-bearing patent, E. Depalle's MAXI hubs, the 1962 trademark and the Type 1 to Type 4.
Maxi-Car hubs from Célestin Ripet's annular-bearing patent of 1933 through the Type 1 to Type 4 models to the last hub of 1999, in a gallery of images.
Where Maxi-Car is named outside its own pages: four articles, three build sheets and two archive documents from two other makers.
The articles that name Maxi-Car most often first.
…Lightweight Mavic or Super-Champion rims were laced to Brivio-Campagnolo, Prior or Maxi-Car hubs with Robergel spokes. All of these remained tidy with the help of Lefol fenders. Finishing Touches: Idéale…
…examples of these things: Rene Herse vs. Jo Routens vs. Alex Singer craftsmanship, Maxi-Car's (and Harden's) distinctive hubs, Coventry and Saint-Étienne, Daniel Rebour's technical illustrations, Brooks and…
…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," employing "impeccable"…
…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 familiarity of…
Bicycles in the Tech Specs database that name Maxi-Car.
Filed under other makers whose words name Maxi-Car; the biggest share first.
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