Wednesday, August 11, 2010

French Find

I passed this woman on the Longfellow, and loved her bike so much that I stopped further on, and got my camera ready so that I could lie in wait and get some pictures at the next light.

She said that she got it at Bikes not Bombs.  I'm not a mixtie expert, but this one looks like a step above your average Peugeot.  The tube says Cyril Guimard (in pristine letters).

 Look at that fantastic  front light!  And the fork crown lugs!
I could have taken a lot of pictures, but as they were stopped in the street, I didn't want to test her patience.  What a lovely find!

4 comments:

  1. that is an unmistakably french front fender and headlight... but i've never heard of that name. very nice, indeed!

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  2. What a lovely Mixte!!! I want one sooo bad its almost pathetic:) The blue on hers is pretty much the shade of blue I'm looking for too. What a great find for her!!

    P.S. The light on her front fender is ingenious!!

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  3. The internet told me that there is a famous French pro cyclist named Cyrille Guimard, but no mention of a line of bikes named (almost) for him.

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  4. My French friend Cyril is sadly about to leave Boston. He will miss us all, but he won't miss our misunderstanding his name, most often changed to a quizzical "Cereal???"

    Lovely mixte!

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