LE PETIT BI
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DATE: 1937
COUNTRY: FRANCE
WEIGHT: 15,1 KG / 33,21 LB
FRAME HEIGHT: 26,5 CM / 10,4 INCH
GEARS: 1 x 3, SIMPLEX TOURISTE
CONDITION: 3
- possibly the first folding bicycle with small wheels for adults
- design origins in the 1930s
- although the frame itself does not fold
- noteworthy features are its brakes
- ornately decorated and embossed leather seat
- the sprung seat post offering rudimentary suspension
-some of the styling is pure streamline such as the aluminium chain guard and the teardrop-shaped headlamp
THIS BIKE APPEARS IN
- Cyclepedia - A Tour of Iconic Bicycle Designs
- Cyclepedia - Application
NEWSPAPER AND MAGAZINESSELECTION
- MAK/ZINE #1/2013
EXHIBITIONS
- MAK 2013
RELATED BOOKS
- Bicycle Design - an Illustrated History - MIT Press - T. Hadland and H.-E. Lessing - 2014
Condition report
Paintwork and general information:
lettering - le petit pete: very old and badly damaged, chrome pieces: surface rust, bike rack: bent
Gears:
neutral
Tubes /Tyres:
very porous but still usable
Saddle:
leather saddle
Frame:
in order
© Embacher-Collection, Photo: Bernhard Angerer
19.05.2015 - 18:00
- Erzielter Preis: **
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EUR 1.375,-
- Rufpreis:
-
EUR 500,-
LE PETIT BI
DATE: 1937
COUNTRY: FRANCE
WEIGHT: 15,1 KG / 33,21 LB
FRAME HEIGHT: 26,5 CM / 10,4 INCH
GEARS: 1 x 3, SIMPLEX TOURISTE
CONDITION: 3
- possibly the first folding bicycle with small wheels for adults
- design origins in the 1930s
- although the frame itself does not fold
- noteworthy features are its brakes
- ornately decorated and embossed leather seat
- the sprung seat post offering rudimentary suspension
-some of the styling is pure streamline such as the aluminium chain guard and the teardrop-shaped headlamp
THIS BIKE APPEARS IN
- Cyclepedia - A Tour of Iconic Bicycle Designs
- Cyclepedia - Application
NEWSPAPER AND MAGAZINESSELECTION
- MAK/ZINE #1/2013
EXHIBITIONS
- MAK 2013
RELATED BOOKS
- Bicycle Design - an Illustrated History - MIT Press - T. Hadland and H.-E. Lessing - 2014
Condition report
Paintwork and general information:
lettering - le petit pete: very old and badly damaged, chrome pieces: surface rust, bike rack: bent
Gears:
neutral
Tubes /Tyres:
very porous but still usable
Saddle:
leather saddle
Frame:
in order
© Embacher-Collection, Photo: Bernhard Angerer
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