Pre-(French-themed) Cirque special:
I have two pair of "good" Lyotard Berthet platform pedals I could part with, for folks trying to complete French restorations with the most common upgrade of the era.
By "Good" I mean that they have spots of rust on the end caps, etc, but ought to clean up decently with a little elbow grease.
By "French" I mean that I just checked the threads, and they are about 0.3 mm smaller diameter my reference English Suntour Superbes, so I assume French threading. BUT, they are long-thread shafts, meaning the ones intended for cotterless aluminum cranks (Remember the difference, when these were less common than the short shafts for steel cranks?).
So, if you want pedals that make the bike look right, these will do fine. If you want to ride hard, you better not use English crank arms if your weight or strenght are large.
But, let's be honest: most of us ride with off-topic pedals, and just put on the authentic ones for display.* These will cinch up and look just fine. No toe clips or straps. Tell me the price is absurd and offer something in trade, or
$28/pr, shipped in US.
harvey sachs mcLean VA.
*And that is a good thing, too. For all the loveliness of the design, these darned things were not a great design. The barrels are steel, and just sort of press-fitted to the aluminum pieces that carry the steel platform, helped a bit by clamping with the bearing cover. They did eventually loosen up and fail, which happened to us on a tour in the Appalachians once. Looked funny with radiator clamps holding them together. The ones for sale are pretty tight.