[CR]Lyotard Model 23 Marcel Berthet Pedals

(Example: Framebuilding:Norris Lockley)

From: "Raoul Delmare" <Raoul.L.Delmare@worldnet.att.net>
To: "C.R. List" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>, "Bruce C." <BruceCumberland@comcast.net>
References: <67.25261cd4.2d9835da@aol.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 13:05:20 -0600
Subject: [CR]Lyotard Model 23 Marcel Berthet Pedals

well . . . I'd have been the first to reply to Josh's question , except just before I could send in my reply , I was called away by major distractions .

there have now been several replies - the ones from Roy Drinkwater and Jerry Moos even specified the same pedals I'm recommending .

but , since my reply includes links to photos , I'm sending this in anyway .

Hi Josh ,

The easiest and quickest answer which springs to mind is ; a pair of Lyotard Model 23 Marcel Berthet "platform" pedals . According to one noted historian ( a certain Mr. Sheldon Brown ) these pedals are , "one of the most elegantly designed bicycle parts ever ."

Here is the address of that wonderful "Pedal Museum" , courtesy of Speedplay :

http://www.speedplay.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=pedalmuseum.quill

When you look through the collection of photos , be sure to use THEIR scroll-bar , to scroll across the collection . The right arrow on your keyboard is not the way to do it .

Those pedals came as standard equipment on the Road Racing Paramounts , of the early to middle 1960's . Here is the correct page from a 1963 Schwinn catalog ( thanks Bob Hufford! & Eric Amlie! ) showing those pedals on a 1963 Schwinn Paramount :

http://www.geocities.com/sldbconsumer15/1963/63ccpg04b.jpg

And here they are ( thanks Dale Brown! ) on the Classic Rendezvous web site :

http://www.classicrendezvous.com/France/Lyotard_main.htm

:^)
Cheers ,
Raoul Delmare
Marysville Kansas U.S.A.


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Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2004 8:06 AM
Subject: [CR]French pedals for wider feet (Josh Berger)


> I'm restoring a 1960's Peugeot PX 10. The Lyotard 45 quill pedals are just
> too narrow for my EE feet.
> Can anyone recommend a French threaded pedal, relatively period correct, that
> would be more comfortable? I have no problem with Campy Nuovo Record.
> Thanks,
> Josh Berger