Nelson; I passed your note onto Peter Leffe.
We met online months ago online after bhe had purchased a Ciocc frame from me. He never told me he had joined the CR in all the times we've written each other.
Best regards, Peter
nelson miller <nelsmiller@msn.com> wrote:
Group---
After searching extensively (and in vain) for the Singer shoppe on three successive trips, I finally made the following discoveries. Victor Hugo must have been a very popular person in Paris. There are Avenues Victor Hugo--- Boulevards Victor Hugo---Rues Victor Hugo, etc. Paris has about twenty sections/departments called Arrondissement, arranged in a circle starting in the center of the city. Every time you go into a different sector, the street names can start all over again---- thus, lots of Victor Hugo related streets.
The Singer shop is in the section called Levallois, which is northwest of city center, just outside of the city proper across the Peripherique freeway that surrounds Paris. On a detailed map, it is very close to the train station called Clichy-Levallois, and a little plaza called Plaza du 8 Mai 1945. Also, coincidentely I'm sure-- it is just north of a stadium called Stade Louision Bobet.
Mr. Csuka speaks NO English---- a delightful gentleman, however... and extremely accommodating if you are really looking for something.
Another nice shoppe (through the window with a chrome Carlton displayed) is about mid way down Boulevard Beaumarchais, just north of the Bastille, on the west side.
Cheers and enjoy
Nelson Miller ---Seattle WA
PS, Norris Lockley can tell you the location of every bike shop in Paris, but probably won't....
From: "Mitch Harris"
To: mdschmidt@patmedia.net
CC: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Freind in Paris !!
Date:
Fri, 26 May 2006 10:21:01 -0600
>For your friend:
>Also try Rando Cycles, two shops together, one a bike shop and the
>other a
>famebuilders shop. Easy to find and get to on the east side side of
>the cit
>y
>and near a metro stop--Castille Vincennes area is what I remember
>off-hand
>but it's in the book. The shop displays a vintange Routens that's in
>Jan
>Heine's book, and a Herse I think. They also have a lovely yellow
>tandem
>that took me a while to examine. Gilles B. bags, etc.
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>Take care when finding the Alex Singer Shop
because there is an
>Avenue
>Victoire Hugo that is the wrong one in the north and just outside of
>Paris
>proper. Search the archives for the right V.Hugo avenue--I think I
>asked
>this question after failing to find it once and it is well answered
>in the
>archives.
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>Spend time glancing over parked cycles anywhere you are in the city
>because
>there are classic gems. On a recent trip I remember seeing lots of
>gorgeous
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>stylishly dressed, women riding classic mixtes in the center of
>town.
>
>Mitch Harris
>Little Rock Canyon, Utah
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>>Wish your friend "bon chance" & Have a great weekend
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