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Vintage Cycles Sprint French lightweight bicycle - $650 (Dallas)
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Frame: “Cycles Sprint” 23 in./59 cm 72◦ parallel, built with Reynolds 531 tubes, forks and stays, Nervex model Professional lugs, maker-unknown forged dropouts with wheel-centering adjusters on the rear, and maker-unknown folded-leaf style seat-stay caps.
Headset: Stronglight model Competition ref. V4.
Wheels: Exceltoo model Super Competition hubs laced to Super Champion model Competition rims with DT spokes. The freewheel is a Cyclo, with five cogs of 14,16,19, 21 and 24 teeth.
Crankset: Stronglight model 93 with chainrings of 42 and 52 teeth.
Pedals: Lyotard ref. 460D, fitted with Christophe toe clips and Christophe toe-clip straps.
Handlebars and Stem: Philippe / Atax model Franco Belge ref. 354 bars capped with Velox plugs, riding on an Atax stem.
Brakes: Mafac model Racer ref. R2 calipers with Mafac model Competition ref. Cn2A levers.
Derailleurs and Shifters: Huret model Jubilee front and rear (short cage) derailleurs, with Huret model Allvit Luxe shifters.
Seatpost: Simplex first variation ref. TS3640.
Saddle: Ideale model 80.
Seatpost Clamp Bolt: Simplex.
Chain: Regina model SC.
Extras:
● Ravat saddle bag.
● Ventolux frame pump.
● Traction Avant (“TA”) cable tidy.
● Ozanne flint catchers.
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“Cycles Sprint” is not a marque about which I have been able to find any information. It is possible that it was a trade name used by one of the many small frame-building shops that flourished in the cities of Nantes and St. Etienne in the 1950s and 60s, and were later absorbed by Peugeot, Gitane and others. These small shops often produced both lightweight touring and racing bikes in their own names, and also provided unmarked frames in quantity to large bike producers.