Hi gang,
I recall a special moment after the 1983 Paris Brest Paris on my extended vacation following the event. I was riding south of Paris toward Nice on the Riviera. A group of 13-14 year old school boys overtook me from behind. There were only four of them but they were in Huret Jerseys (Green and Back and White As I recall) and burning up the road. I being loaded with camping panniers struggled to catch them and went through their pace line with a little difficulty,
After a few turns at the front they dropped me on a good hill. They were ruthlessly efficient at beating me up. I was impressed at their age.
They all rode Huret, the champions choice.
Regards,
Gilbert Anderson
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In a message dated 8/1/02 8:16:59 PM, tr4play@cox.net writes:
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> Interestingly, I don't recall the Jubilee derailleur was ever on a bike
that
> won the TdF; the LJ was on several. Did Huret sponsor any major teams?
> Regards,
> John Taglia
I'm unaware of Huret sponsering any major teams but as I recently posted,
the Jubilee's were if fact used by the Raleigh Team on their Team bikes back
in at least 1973. Of the Team bikes about 1/2 seem to have been equipped
with the Huret Jubilee's (along with Nervar Star cranksets and Weinmann
brakes) while the other 1/2 were Campagnolo NR as I had always assumed.
Eric Elman
got my 7th ride in a row in today :-) and got my freshly restored 1974
Raleigh International which was pristine, absolutely filthy :-( ,when I got
caught in a downpour about 10 miles from home.
Somers, CT
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