[CR]Huret Jubilee Introduction Date?

Peter,

http://www.classicrendezvous.com/France/Huret/huret_jubilee_rear.htm If it's the Jubilee that looks like the one above, then I'm certain it was available before 1973. I had a college friend whose Raleigh came with this derailleur and some sort of Stronglight-ish crankset. This would have been during 1971, perhaps late in the year. It's funny - I remember certain details of that bicycle quite clearly, including when I first saw it. But having gone to high school in Manahattan, I felt duty bound to disdain anything other than an Atala, Frejus or LeJeune. (I know I was being weird.) So there were some details on this bike that I simply missed. The derailleur, though, was unmistakeble since it looked so different than the Campagnolo and Simplex pieces that I considered to be "correct". Cheers, Fred Rednor - now in Arlington, Virginia (USA)
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> From: Kurt Sperry haxixe@gmail.com
> Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 12:35:57 -0800
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: Re: [CR]Huret Jubillee Introduction Date?
>
>
> "'73 is my guess too based on nothing better than my hazy
> recollection.
> I
> wasn't going to post speculation but if that's all we've got
> perhaps a
> consensus can be arrived at on people's memories.
>
> Kurt Sperry
> Bellingham WA"
>
> Yep, that seems to be the concensus. I wish it were c. 1971
> since this
> is
> for my Harry Quinn but since no one knows the date that was
> made either,
> hey... !
>
> Looking at the '73 Raleigh catalogue, I was struck by how my
> taste in bike
> s
> was largely determined at age 15 when this came out. My
> pencilled in
> component list for my Quinn: Huret Jubilee derailleurs, TA
> Pro 5 vs
> chainset, GB stem and bars, Weinmann brakes etc.... well
> it's..
> . it's a
> Raleigh Competition Mark II!!! It's even black. Too scary.
> But maybe I
> 'll
> come to my senses. And a repaint is in the offing, too.
>
> Anyway, thanks to all for their assistance. Maybe we should
> poll the gro
> up
> and fit this one out per "CR List" specs? As long as its not
> the "Death
>
> Bike" one.
>
> Peter Kohler
> Washington DC USA
>
>
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