Mercier Tour De France Bicycle
Emile mercier died in 1973.
Mercier tour de france bicycle. Mercier from 1969 special edition tour de france. Mercier was a french professional cycling team that promoted and raced on mercier racing bikes. Dimitris wanted to cycle again after many years.
Born 15 april 1936 died 13 november 2019 nicknamed pou pou pronounced was a french professional racing cyclist who rode for mercier his entire career. Royal fabric from the mid 30s with the first derailleur allowed on the tour de france the super champion by oscar egg. Campagnolo hubs laced on mavic open elite rims with michelĪ¹n dynamic classic tires and we ve added a 7 speed freewheel in silver.
Mercier special tour de france decal set 1960s 70s. Mavic monthlery tubular rims also avilable in tire rimes according to the stock. Any long term fan of the tour de france will undoubtedly recognize the jerseys of the mercier teams and their partners gan hutchinson bp et al a garish clash of purple and yellow before evolving to light and dark blues with a splash of pink.
Mercier set 36 25 97. Another mercier rider who placed second in the tour de france was joop zoetemelk who switched to the raleigh team and then won it. Mercier special tour de france.
Handbuilt in france by the historical brand mercier. For this restoration we have changed the shifters from downtube to the stem and added two brake levers for security reasons when you cycle with your hands on the straight part. He had a vintage mercier road bicycle waiting in the storage for some years.
Similar to set 32 above except for gold outline to letters and additional fork decals. 4 different head tube decals supplied. Circa 1981 mercier service des courses.
The previous months we finished this high end restoration of kostas pink mercier special tour de france from reynolds 531 tubes for many fearless and fast miles after many years. Together with the peugeot team the mercier team had a long presence in the cycling sport and in the tour de france from 1935 until 1984. Mercier tour de france bicycle restoration.
Here is a photo of the gan mercier team which i think dates from 1972. The mercier team was active with numerous affiliations from 1935 to 1983 the halcyon days of professional cycling. Raymond poulidor french pronunciation.
This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. The original company filed for bankruptcy in 1985.
It is the model special tur de france from the year 1972.
