La béquille Stabilex — L’Officiel du cycle, 1 November 1952, a Folding Kickstand That Clasps the Rear Fork

From L’Officiel du cycle, du motocycle et du camping, 1 November 1952, N° 44, the paper’s number reporting on the Salon du Cycle at the Porte de Versailles, page 53: la béquille STABILEX: folding kickstand that clasps the rear fork, fits bicycles of all makes, 240 g. The title, headings, captions and lists are transcribed as printed; the text is summarized in Ebykr’s words, and the page images carry it in full.

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La béquille STABILEX

[Ebykr summary; the article’s text is not reproduced. The notice presents the Stabilex kickstand as a novelty offering many advantages, and says the accompanying cliché shows it in the open position, that is, stabilizing the machine. Folded, it takes up no space. It is called practical for the speed with which it is fitted to bicycles of all makes, elegant because when folded it follows the shape of the rear fork (fourche AR), and effective because it ensures perfect stability.]

[A text-only heading and paragraph set in the magazine’s own column: the heading in roman type, right-aligned, with the product name in capitals, over one italic paragraph of five lines with the name Stabilex in upright roman. No drawing, photograph, signature or agency mark appears in this part.]

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[Ebykr summary, continuing the notice; the article’s text is not reproduced. The part is made of high-strength metal and is very light, at 240 gr. A closing sentence under the photograph names the maker: a production of the Établissements P. JOURLAIT et Cie, of Paris, makers of the “Rigid” chaincases (carters « Rigid »).]

[A continuation of the editorial note in the magazine’s own column: two italic lines at the top, a halftone photograph without a ruled frame, wider than it is tall, and a two-line italic closing paragraph below it with the firm’s name in small capitals. The photograph shows a close view of the rear of a bicycle on a pale floor: a slim bent kickstand rod hangs at an angle from a clip on the chainstay near the rear dropout and reaches the ground at the left, while the rear wheel, fork stays and spokes show dark at the right. No caption, artist signature or agency mark appears.]