[CR] Pink Merciers

(Example: Component Manufacturers:Ideale)

From: <NHell39123@aol.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2009 23:24:38 -0400
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: [CR] Pink Merciers


For those Francophiles interested in pink Mercier bikes,may I suggest trying to find this book published in 1976.It is called Bicycling-A Guinness Superlatives Guide, author Jean Dury, originally published in Paris,Editions Denoel. There are amazing pictures of Merciers, Peugeots, and other great photos. It also has black and white photos of a whole range of Peugeots, Merciers, Gitanes, Motobecanes, and others. In addition, it shows a change in frame design from top of the line the pink Merciers in the early 1970s to a tighter wheelbase and shallow fork rake in their 1976 model. I found this gem in the famous Strand bookstore in Manhattan several years ago.