Brillant second ou égal ? — L’Officiel du cycle, 21 October 1950, the Place of the Cycle at the 1950 Salon

“Brillant second ou égal ?”, L’Officiel du cycle, du motocycle et du camping, 21 October 1950, page 3: the unsigned editorial on the 1950 Salon du Cycle et du Motocycle, asking whether the cycle and the motorcycle were treated as poor relations of the automobile at the Parc des Expositions. The masthead, contents and heading are transcribed as printed; the editorial is summarized in Ebykr’s words.

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L’OFFICIEL
DU CYCLE, DU MOTOCYCLE
ET DU CAMPING

PARAIT UN
SAMEDI sur DEUX

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L’Officiel de l’A. C. M. Paris 1481-96

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21 Octobre 1950
(60e Année)

ABONNEMENT ANNUEL
SÉRIE AUTO… 350 fr.
SÉRIE CYCLE… 350 fr.
LES DEUX SÉRIES 550 fr.

La Revue hebdomadaire L’OFFICIEL DE L’AUTOMOBILE, DU CYCLE, DU MOTOCYCLE comporte deux Éditions spécialisées alternant chaque samedi et paraissant sous les titres de :
L’OFFICIEL DE L’AUTOMOBILE
et L’OFFICIEL DU CYCLE, DU MOTOCYCLE ET DU CAMPING

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VOUS LIREZ DANS CE NUMÉRO
Brillant second ou égal ? ………. 3
Parmi les Réunions du Salon ………. 4
Quoi de nouveau cette année ? ………. 5
Quelques modèles 1951 ………. 7
Technique et qualité au Salon ………. 19
Le gaz butane en camping ………. 33
L’étanchéité des tentes ………. 33
Le Congrès du Cycle et du Motocycle ………. 35
Questions professionnelles ………. 37
Le Label syndical ………. 41

LE SALON DU CYCLE ET DU MOTOCYCLE

BRILLANT SECOND OU ÉGAL ?

[Ebykr summary; the article’s text is not reproduced. The unsigned editorial says it is too early to judge what exhibitors, trade visitors and users think of this year’s solution for housing the cycle and motorcycle section of the Salon, which had real drawbacks but was a relief after the fear of having no cycle show at all; the paper is gathering the most authoritative opinions and will return to the question. Meanwhile it regrets that the cycle and motorcycle remain the “poor cousins” of the automobile: not because of the venue, which it was glad to have, but because of many signs that the two industries and their trade are treated as brilliant seconds despite their size. Cycle and motorcycle dealers complained that much of the decor and the facilities at the Parc des Expositions were shabby (a poor bar, sorry awnings, signs falling onto the stands), though the press reception room is praised. Year after year the Salon poster repeats the same fault: nothing in it recalls the bicycle or the motorcycle except one tiny word crushed by the title « SALON de l’AUTOMOBILE »; the paper proposes setting “SALON de l’AUTOMOBILE du CYCLE et du MOTOCYCLE” in proportionate type, and says it does not criticize the drawing itself, a fine work signed Jean Colin, only its incompleteness. Having campaigned for a single Salon in space and time, the paper warns that reunification would be a false step if cycles and motorcycles stayed the distant relations at the foot of the table. The economic effort of the two branches is a considerable share of French capacity, in the staff it employs and the ever-growing number of users it serves, and this issue, with details from the industry’s leaders, sets out that effort, too little known to the public and even to the trade.]

[No drawings or photographs. The page number “— 3 —” is printed at the foot.]

[The faint reversed type showing through at the upper right is the next page’s heading seen through the paper, not part of this page.]