Les guidons Kiprim — L’Officiel du cycle, 19 September 1953, Handlebars for Cycles, Cyclomoteurs and Vélomoteurs

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 79: ‘Les guidons Kiprim’ part 1: handlebars for cycles in a rational shape for bicycle fans, plus cyclomoteur and vélomoteur models; drawing of a cyclomoteur handlebar with grips and levers. 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 guidons KIPRIM

[Ebykr summary; the article’s text is not reproduced. The notice says that, thanks to modern tooling and qualified staff, the Saint-Étienne mark Kiprim, whose director is M. Marcel Heurtier, has very quickly gained a justified reputation, and that its various products, carefully designed, are marked by their sturdiness and their elegance. Kiprim handlebars for cycles are of a rational shape and, for all the “fanatics of the bicycle”, make up equipment of choice. The models for cyclomoteurs and vélomoteurs are described as a guarantee of safety, and the notice lists them, as set out below.]

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,

[A ruled editorial panel of a trade magazine, text above and below a boxed illustration. The heading “Les guidons KIPRIM” runs across the head at the right in bold roman type, with KIPRIM in capitals. Two opening paragraphs are set in italic type with the name Kiprim and the director’s surname in upright roman, the surname in small capitals. Between them and the numbered list stands a wide drawing inside a thin black rule, a line engraving with solid black shading and no halftone. It shows a cyclomoteur handlebar seen from above and slightly in front, with a vertical stem tube at the center topped by a clamp bolt, a curved bar that sweeps up and away at the left to end in a ribbed rubber grip, and at the right a grip with a lever bracket and two long curved brake and clutch levers hanging below it. No caption sits beneath the drawing. The list that follows is set in roman type for the numbered headings and italic type for the equipment, and it breaks off mid-line at the foot of the image. No signature or artist mark shows in the drawing, and no address block appears.]

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simple effet ; 1 poignet caoutchouc fixe, synmétrique ; 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 réglage ou de décompresseur.

[Ebykr summary, closing paragraph of the notice; the article’s text is not reproduced. The Kiprim twist grip is said to be one of the novelties of 1953. It is praised for its looks, its simplicity and its working, and the notice says it gives a smooth and rapid acceleration that delivers the maximum output of the engine with all the gentleness desired.]

[A text-only continuation of the Kiprim notice, set in one column of italic type with the model numbers “N° 6” and the closing sentence’s opening words in upright roman for the firm name and numerals. The image holds the end of the numbered equipment list, then the final paragraph on the twist grip. There is no heading, no drawing, no signature and no address block.]