Les fabrications Neiman — L’Officiel du cycle, 19 September 1953, the Bicycle Antivol and the Rubber Suspension

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 105: les fabrications Neiman: the bicycle antivol (a removable latch locking the fork head, 8 g), the moto antivol since 1932, and the rubber suspension; Salon du Cycle. 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 fabrications NEIMAN

[Ebykr summary; the article’s text is not reproduced. Once again this year, at the Salon du Cycle, Neiman exhibits its bicycle and motorcycle antivols (anti-theft locks) and its rubber suspension.]

[Ebykr summary, second paragraph. One of the attractions of the bicycle antivol is that it does not noticeably raise the cost price of the bicycle. The manufacturer need only provide a small sleeve weighing 8 g when making the frame; the sleeve even serves as a reinforcement of the head tube instead of weakening it. The device is so small that it is almost invisible and in any case does not harm the bicycle’s looks. The customer can then buy from the manufacturer’s agent the removable Neiman latch. Since the latch is bulkier than the key alone, the user learns very quickly to “get rid of” it, that is, at every stop to remember to put the latch into the head tube of his bicycle (or motorcycle); it thus becomes automatic, like its elder, the car antivol.]

[Ebykr summary, third paragraph. The makers applying the Neiman to cycles are listed as: Aiglon, Griffon, Météore, Peugeot, Riva-Sport, Ruche, Terrot, Trophée de France, Stella.]

[Ebykr summary, fourth paragraph. The motorcycle antivol has been out since 1932 and works on the same principle as the bicycle one. Many makers fit it as standard: Aiglon, Automoto, Gnome et Rhône, Griffon, Météore, Peugeot, Scooters Bernardet, Terrot, Trophée de France, as well as numerous foreign makes.]

[Ebykr summary, final paragraph as cut. The paragraph on the Neiman rubber suspension, covered by international patents, begins and breaks off at the foot of the crop; the rest of the notice is not shown.]

[Text only: a column notice with a bold roman heading set flush right above italic paragraphs, the firm name in small capitals and the words antivol vélo, antivol moto and the make Neiman in upright roman type among the italic. No drawing, photograph or signature appears. The crop ends in the middle of a word at the foot of the column.]