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Tech Specs

Tech Specs: 1940s Twin Top Tube Randonneuse

Custom Handmade Frame Upright randonneuse arrangement and geometryFine build by accomplished constructeurOriginal twin top tube design is nicely uniqueWonderful lugwork throughout, like early NervexArtistic caps on seat stay tangsChain stays reinforced with tangsCenter mount bridge for rear sidepull brake2x fender/mudguard…

Eric Anschutz
September 8, 2022

Bicycle Makers, Routens

Hugonnier-Routens Catalog Photos & Illustrations

Roger Hugonnier and Jo Routens together made some of the finest (and winningest) touring, randonneuring and sportif bicycles of the mid-twentieth century. The era was one full of transitions – some moving away from World War II and others moving…

Eric Anschutz
January 26, 2021

Hobbs of Barbican, Tech Specs

Tech Specs: 1947 Hobbs of Barbican Superbe

Hobbs of Barbican Superbe Frame Hobbs of Barbican Fork Brampton Headset (Steel) Reynolds Twin Bolt Stem (Aluminum) GB Handlebar (Aluminum) Williams Crankset (Steel, Cottered) Period Bottom Bracket (Steel, Cottered) Huret Svelte Rear Derailleur (4 Speed) Cyclo Derailleur Lever (1 X…