Gene Portuesi's Cyclo-Pedia sold Louison Bobet Bicycles, from entry level up to ~PX-10 level in that era. The inside cover of the seventh Ed. of the catalogue shows "Messieurs Emile Mercier and Eugene Portuesi examining a replica (C-35 Model) o the frame used in the 1965 Tour de France." Another picture shows "Messieurs Pascal Selles, Mercier's Chief engineer, and Eugene Portuesi discussing the fine points of frame construction and design." I'd take these pix as reasonable guesses for the sources of the indicated Louison Bobet cycles.
harvey sachs mcLean va +++++++++++++++++++++++ Jerry Moos wrote: So do we know who might have made the Louison Bobet bikes mass produced in the late 60's and mentioned in the original edition of Sloane's book? Did Bobet actually have any part in production or marketing, or did someone just license his name?
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Jerry Moos
Big Spring, Texas, USA