Re: [CR]1958 RRA Moderne Pix on Wooljersey site

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Date: Sun, 04 Feb 2007 17:00:54 -0500
To: <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
From: "John Betmanis" <johnb@oxford.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]1958 RRA Moderne Pix on Wooljersey site
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At 04:37 PM 04/02/2007 -0500, P.C. Kohler wrote:
>These are GB "Maitland Road" 'bars. And perfect if, like me, you ride only
>"on the drops".

The most popular bars I remember from my experience in the UK in the 1950s were the Maes bend. These are pretty much the same as you'd find on most OT bikes from the 70s and 80s. However, these Maitland Road bars are quite unusual. http://tinyurl.com/37a4ss However, I do remember seeing bars very much like like those on some bikes imported into the UK in 1950s. Anyone know what they would have been? French? Italian?

John Betmanis
Woodstock, Ontario
Canada