Les guidons Kiprim — L’Officiel du cycle, 2 May 1953, Handlebars for Cycles, Cyclomoteurs and Vélomoteurs and the New Twist Grip

From L’Officiel du cycle, du motocycle et du camping, 2 May 1953, N° 18, the spring number, page 29: ‘Les guidons Kiprim’: handlebars ‘pour cycles’ (a rationalized shape, a sport model) and tubes for cyclomoteurs and vélomoteurs; new Kiprim twist grip; photo of a handlebar with levers and grips. 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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[A halftone-style photograph in a thin ruled frame, with no caption or lettering. A bicycle handlebar with a stem is shown in three-quarter view against a plain light ground: a dark, curved drop-style bar with a rubber grip at its left end, a lever and brake cable looping beneath it, a vertical stem with a bolt at the clamp, and at the right a bar end with a ribbed grip and a hand lever with a cable. No signature or firm address appears.]

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Les guidons KIPRIM

[Ebykr summary; the article’s text is not reproduced. Thanks to modern tooling and qualified staff, the Saint-Étienne make Kiprim, whose director is named as M. Marcel Heurtier, has quickly won a justified reputation, its products being marked by strength and elegance. The Kiprim handlebars for cycles are of a rational shape and are a choice equipment for all fanatics of the bicycle; the models for cyclomotors and vélomotors are described as a guarantee of safety. They are, as listed:]

1° Guidon cyclomoteur complet, tube renforcé, diamètre 23.5/16, cintre percé pour passage de gaine, livré avec : 1 poignée tournante simple effet à droite, tirage rectiligne ; 1 poignée caoutchouc fixe, symétrique ; 1 poignée débrayage à encliquetage ; 2 poignées inversées « luxe ». Sur demande : poignée simple effet à droite, double effet à gauche.

2° Guidons vélomoteurs, tube diamètre 22.

N° 5 : Cintre tourisme livré avec : 1 poignée tournante acier, simple effet ; 1 poignée caoutchouc fixe, symétrique ; 1 poignée de frein et 1 poignée de débrayage avec cocottes brasées.

N° 6 : Cintre sport, livré avec : 1 poignée tournante acier, simple effet ; 1 poignée caoutchouc fixe, symétrique ; 1 poignée de frein et 1 poignée de débrayage avec cocottes brasées. Sur demande : Commutateur avec fils. Manette d’avance réglable ou de décompresseur.

[Ebykr summary. The Kiprim twist grip is one of the novelties of 1953. The text praises its looks, simplicity and working, and says it gives a regular and rapid acceleration, delivering with all the desired smoothness the maximum output of the engine.]

[A narrow text column with no ruling, set in a mix of italic and roman type. The heading “Les guidons KIPRIM” is centered above the text in bold roman type with the brand name in small capitals. The body runs in italic with the words “guidons pour cycles” and “poignée tournante” in bold roman type and the brand name in roman. It is the text that goes with the photograph of a handlebar on the preceding block, which has no caption of its own. No signature appears; the firm name appears only in the heading and the text and no street address or telephone number is given.]