Dennis Young wrote:
A Royal Norton tandem bike from 1975, currently at the Japanese auction. I belive that this was a Japanese made frame. I guess French components, but can anyone verify?
http://page3.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/
My pure unadulterated guess is that this is not a French frame. first, in my experience, no self-respecting French builder would have used an idler instead of an eccentric front bracket. Second, the boom (bb tube) seems of larger diameter than I remember for round-tube Follis, Gitane, etc. It has been "tuned" by the owner - note the Universal-like front hanger instead of Mafac. Few factories back then, in my experience, had the third brake operated by the stoker.
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