Lot No. 42


ROCHET / Super Special


DATE: 1954
COUNTRY: FRANCE
WEIGHT: 10 KG / 22 LB
FRAME HEIGHT: 56 CM / 22,0 INCH
GEARS: 2 x 4, Simplex
CONDITION: 2 - 3
- this Rochet Super Special once owned by an amateur racer
- brazed from high-grade Reynolds 531 tubes
- the fork lugs and dropouts are chromium plated
- fitted with a steel Simplex derailleur Juy 51
- a second gearshift cable screwed to the end of the first to overcome the spring pressure of the derailleur cage allowing limited slack in the chain
- the cranks "double-clanger" is operated directly by a lever clamped low down on the seat tube
- the time a well competitive bike in amateur races

THIS BIKE APPEARS IN
- Cyclepedia - Application - The Competition Bicycle, a Photographic History - J. Heine, J.-P. Praderes - Vintage Bicycle Press - 2008

EXHIBITIONS
- MAK 2013

Condition report
Paintwork and general information:
scratched in places, chipped, handle: leather brittle, incomplete

Gears:
soiled

Tubes /Tyres:
old but in order

Saddle:
leather saddle

19.05.2015 - 18:00

Realized price: **
EUR 3,000.-
Starting bid:
EUR 1,500.-

ROCHET / Super Special


DATE: 1954
COUNTRY: FRANCE
WEIGHT: 10 KG / 22 LB
FRAME HEIGHT: 56 CM / 22,0 INCH
GEARS: 2 x 4, Simplex
CONDITION: 2 - 3
- this Rochet Super Special once owned by an amateur racer
- brazed from high-grade Reynolds 531 tubes
- the fork lugs and dropouts are chromium plated
- fitted with a steel Simplex derailleur Juy 51
- a second gearshift cable screwed to the end of the first to overcome the spring pressure of the derailleur cage allowing limited slack in the chain
- the cranks "double-clanger" is operated directly by a lever clamped low down on the seat tube
- the time a well competitive bike in amateur races

THIS BIKE APPEARS IN
- Cyclepedia - Application - The Competition Bicycle, a Photographic History - J. Heine, J.-P. Praderes - Vintage Bicycle Press - 2008

EXHIBITIONS
- MAK 2013

Condition report
Paintwork and general information:
scratched in places, chipped, handle: leather brittle, incomplete

Gears:
soiled

Tubes /Tyres:
old but in order

Saddle:
leather saddle


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Auction: Bicycles from the embacher-collection
Auction type: Saleroom auction
Date: 19.05.2015 - 18:00
Location: Wien | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 09.05. - 19.05.2015


** Purchase price incl. buyer's premium and VAT

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