Les cycles et motorisés Dilecta — L’Officiel du cycle, 19 September 1953, More Than Thirty Bicycle Models and Four Cyclomoteurs

From L’Officiel du cycle, du motocycle et du camping, 19 September 1953, N° 39, the paper’s Salon number du Cycle at the Porte de Versailles, page 30: les cycles et motorisés Dilecta: more than 30 bicycle models (six ‘randonneur’ types), four cyclomoteurs with Junior, Le Poulain and A.B.G. engines, a 85 cm3 Le Poulain vélomoteur. 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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Les cycles et motorisés DILECTA

[Ebykr summary; the article’s text is not reproduced. The former Établissements A. Chichery, based at Le Blanc (Indre), deliver under their Dilecta marque the very fine series of cycles that made their reputation: more than 30 models, whose most recent improvements concern mainly finish and presentation. The notice points to the growing importance of the “randonneur” models, six in number. In cyclomoteurs, Dilecta brings out four models, fitted respectively with the “Junior” engine with clutch, with the “Le Poulain” engine unit allowing two or three speeds by derailleur, and with the A.B.G. engine, type B or type G (the latter with two speeds). The house also builds a vélomoteur with the “Le Poulain” engine unit, 85 cm3, two or three speeds by derailleur. All these machines are described as safe (drum brakes of 120 and a reinforced frame), stable (very low, central center of gravity), comfortable, handy (very open frame) and easy to handle (carefully studied fairings).]

[A firm notice in the magazine’s own column, text only, set in serif roman type with the marque name in italic and the surname Chichery in small capitals, under a bold sans-serif heading aligned at the right with the name DILECTA in wider capitals. No drawing, photograph, signature or agency mark appears.]