In a message dated 2/27/04 10:07:35 AM,
classicrendezvous-request@bikelist.org writes:
>Well, I stumbled onto the most marvelous photo of a bicycle on Jan
>Heine's site. It is a chrome or stainless '52 Faure.
>http://www.mindspring.com/~heine/bikesite/bikesite/images/faure.jpg
>It may have the coolest integration of light to fender to something else
>(anybody know for sure just what it is?) that's round... several of us
>have speculated about it. <snip>
>-------------
>
>That is, I'd bet $$ to Bayliss Donuts, a cyclometer, perhaps driven off
>the belt you can vaguely see (larger diameter spool at hub end). Size and
>shape look a lot like the Huret, but clearly not the Bowden cable drive
>("speedometer cable" I'm used to.
>
>wouldn't bet very many donuts, though...
>
>harvey sachs
>mcLean va.
>
I'm sure you're exactly right... if you look closely at the bottom photo you can see that the belt is one of the old tightly-coiled-spring variety.
Bob Hovey
Columbus, GA