Hi Jerry,
"Trois tubes bases et montants" refers to three main tubes, chain stays (ba ses) and seat stays (montants).
The fork has its own Reynolds 531 sticker
Regards
Alexander March Bordeaux France
--- En date de : Ven 25.7.08, Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.
net> a écrit :
> De: Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
> Objet: Re: [CR]For frame builders...Re: Helyett frame on eBay
> À: "Dale Brown" <oroboyz@aol.com>, alexpianos@yahoo.fr, Classicrendezvo
us@bikelist.org
> Date: Vendredi 25 Juillet 2008, 2h26
> This is a Reynolds decal I've not seen before. What
> does "Montants" mean in this context? One might
> think "stays", but later French 531 decals used
> "fourreaux" of "fourreaux de arrieres"
> to refer to stays.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jerry Moos
> Big Spring, Texas, USA
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> Dale Brown <oroboyz@aol.com> wrote:
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> Re: eBay item # 360073075777
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> This is an interesting frame to look and to try to analyze
> the construction technique...
>
> The seat stay tops are hard to figure out exactly how they
> did them... At first I presumed these was a? variation on
> the "squish and fill" in method that some cheaper
> frames use.. But looking at Alex's excellent photo:
> http://www.reneherse.com/
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> It almost looks like it was cut, ala a "bologna
> slice", and then filled with brazing material as are
> done with the smaller (lower) ends of seat and chain
> stays...
>
> The fork crown is also unusual.
> http://www.reneherse.com/
>
> Looks to be a fairly normal twin plate crown but with a
> downward pointing triangular bit of metal added to the
> outside.. Neat!
>
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> Dale Brown
> Greensboro, North Carolina USA
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: alex m
> To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Sent: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:54 am
> Subject: [CR]Hugonnier Routens and Helyett frames on eBay
> (mine)
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> Items 320278578344 and 360073075777
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> Both stunning in their way, the Helyett is of the type
> ridden by Anquetil,
> the Hugonnier Routens is super rare and an object of great
> beauty.
>
> Alexander March
> Bordeaux
> France
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