ImagiBike : 2020

8 sept. 2020

The highest end frame Peugeot has ever built

The CF 708PC

The CF708 PC was created by Peugeot which was the sponsor and brand of the famous pro "Team Z" in 1987 for the season 1988, but in the meanwhile Peugeot left the competition and were stuck with a serie of frames stamped with the "Z" , so in 1992 they decided to offer those frames to the public market and was introduced in their brochures only for one year.

This frame is made of very special internal fluted tubing ( just alike a gun barrel) to minimize the weight and to maximize the rigidity.

Few of those frame were actually bought by the public market because they were very expensive and also because peugeot sold very rarely naked frame, only complete industrial production bikes.

The buyer had to order this frame and had to equipe it with whatever he desires, here, Campagnolo Athena first Generation. This particular examplar was assembled at the Cycl'in" shop in Saint Etienne, France.

We present here one of these frame, only two of them are kown to us, cheers

Bar tape not installed yet, bike in mint condition

Matching color for the bidon holder

Athena crankset as good as new as well a the derailleur

Chromed hrorizontal and vertical rear fork, golden chain and chromed casset 9 speeds

On a Athena Campagnolo seatpost is a San Marco Kevlar sadle, very resistant to wear

Like new Campagnolo Athena break calliper

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More photos on demand

Cheers

Adrian

3 sept. 2020

Merckx Alu Sprint 1999

Un Merckx Alu Sprint, pas un cadre haut de gamme, mais intéressant et très beau avec une peinture nacrée. C'est un vélo trouvé en pitoyable état mais à la peinture absolument neuve. Il était monté avec des composants de VTT, un horrible guidon et une roule libre de 7 vitesses alors qu'il devait en avoir 8 il à aussi des shifters 10 vitesses trop récent. Une tige de selle campa super record de 1980, bref, une monstruosité, remettons lui des composants de qualité et d'époque, passons à l'atelier :)

A Merckx Alu Sprint, not the highest end bike, but an interesting and beautiful one, it's a barn found, and was in a very poor condition, broken derailleur bracket, fit with mountain bike crankset and derailleurs. 7 speed on older wheels while having 10 speed campagnolo shifters from 2010, wrong period seatpost, break calipers, horrible stem and handlebar. The paint was surprisingly like new . Lets get to the shop...

Before restoration... Avant restauration

After....
Looks better now that we looked after her as she deserves... don't you agree ?

Après... bien meilleur look non ?

Campi Veloce crankset shining like the door of a whore house :)

Campagnolo véloce brillant comme la devanture d'un bordel :)

8 speeds chromed casset and long cage campi veloce derailleur

Veloce break caliper

Merckx hand paint job stickers

Peinture faite à la main par masquage

Modolo "cockpit"

Looks like a real racer now

Un look de vrai coursier maintenant

Thanks for watching

Merci d'avoir regardé

Ride hard ride long

Roland Liboton's Guerciotti / Alan cyclocross bike

World Campion 1980, 1982, 1983 et 1984

2nd world champion 1981

Champiion of Belgium : 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989

Superprestige 1984-1985-1986

Here is a 1984 Alan-Guerciotti Super-Record professionnal cyclo-cross bike, that has belonged to Roland Liboton, the greatest cyclocross champion of all times. The roland's sponsor and team was Guerciotti for many years, this picture dates from 1983

Le cadre et les pièces d'origines de Liboton trouvés près de Gand-Belgique et achetés à un vieux fermier qui l'a vendu pour son fils qui a connu Liboton, il nous a dit que Liboton voulait récupérer son vélo mais il a refusé pour des raisons inconnues. J'ai ensuite reconstruit le vélo avec des pièces que j'avais sur les étagères. Toutes les pièces ne sont pas exactement identiques à l'origine, la selle, les pédales, le ceintre, les leviers de frein Mais plus tard je mettrai les bonnes pièces. Liboton a utilisé des pédales très spéciales, les Lyotard 460 équipées d'une double couche de cale-pieds et de sangles rivetées. Au début, nous avons contacté la femme de Liboton pour revendre le cadre de à son mari pour le prix que nous l'avons payé, 200 euros, sachant que son ancien velà a été détruit stupidement par Mathieu Van Der Poel, video ici https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEOwE_zgY9U

il était d'abord heureux et a accepté, puis pour des raisons inconnues, tous les contacts ont cessé... peut-être qu'ils pensaient que nous voulions l'escroquer Tant pis pour lui. Nous contactons également la société de cadres Alan pour avoir plus d'informations sur ce cadre, il confirme que ce cadre avec ce numéro de série a été vendu à Guerciotti. Nous avons les documents officiels

The frame and original parts from Liboton found near Ghent- Belgium and bought to an old farmer who sold it for his son of guy who new Liboton, he told us that Liboton wanted to recover his bike but he refused for unknown reasons.

I then rebuilt the bike with parts I had on the shelves. Not all the part are exactly the same as the original, saddle, pedals, handle bar, break levers and wheels aren't conform. My be later on I will put the right parts. Liboton used very special pedals , the Lyotard 460 fitted with double layer of toe clips and riveted straps.

At first we conatct Liboton's wife to sell his husband his bike frame back for the price we payed it, 200 euro, he was at first happy and agreed and then for unknown reasons all contact stopped... I wanted Liboton to get his own bike back, since Mathieu Van Der Poel has destroyed his old bike stupidly (video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEOwE_zgY9Umay be they thought we wanted to crook them. Too bad for him. We also contact Alan frame company to have more info about this frame, he confirm that this frame with this serial number was sold to Guerciotti.

The bike equiped with road clinchers instead of cyclocross tubular tires

Typical Roland's trace of use due to the unic way he carried his bike when on foot. (Only cosmetic wear)

Its size

Top range Alan frame, the " Super Record" and the date" November 1984"

The super record crankset 50 teeth chainring (not the usual 52 or 53

Mafac cantilevers breaks,

Campagnolo record seat post, rare 25 mm

Potence Cinelli 1R, longueur 12 cm centre à centre. Elle a des trous percés comme arrêt de câble, une meilleure solution que le support d'arrêt de câble laid mafac monté sur le jeu de direction.

Cinelly 1-R stem, 12 cm long center to center. It has a holes drilled through, to be used as a cable stop

, better solution than the ugly mafac cable stop bracket fitted on the headset.

The Guerciotti team, Brand and Sponsor. Guerciotti was and still is a famous bike and team builder Company.

The rear derailleur is Campagnolo super Record second generarion.

Leviers de vitesse Suntour avec système de clic intérieur unique, oui, pas les médiocres campagnolo, Suntour était de loin supérieur

Suntour gear levers with unic inner click system, yes, not the campagnolo counterparts, Suntour was better

Campa hub and maillard free wheel with cyclo-cross tubular tire

This bike is from 1984, and therefore, it shows the last 1983 world champion cyclo-cross victory won on a Guerciotti, by Roland of course.

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The history of Guerciotti

http://www.guerciotti.it/en/guerciotti-history

We can prove this Frame once belonged to Liboton

Cheers

Adrian

Ride Hard Keep Cool

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Vélo du Tour de France 1937

Here is a Belgian competition bike from 1937. With an unknown Brand: AGLAVE. This bike has been used till 1973, The handle bar is from the 50's. All the rest is into its original shape, original black paint with silver star like patern . This bicycle will be cleaned and will receive new old brake levers and will hit the road again

Chain tensioner super Champion, dated 1936/37

The First and original rear derailleur authorizerd in the "Tour de France" for the first time in 1937, brand; The Super Champion. Before this date, no derailleur were allowed on the Tour, the Super Champion was the only model to be accepted .