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HIRONDELLE

HISTORY

1916

System bike

Saint-Etienne, France

DESCRIPTION

Sublime copy dating from 1916 for this Hirondelle with retro-direct system.

Two speeds: one when pedaling normally, the other when pedaling in the opposite direction.

Two inverted freewheels allow this ingenious system.


Patented in 1903 by Manufrance

56cm frame
650C wheels with balloon tires

Rear brake patented and signed ManufranceSaint Etienne

Acetylene lamp that works!  

Superb original condition for this mythical bike with a retro-direct system which lasted until the end of the 1930s in the Manufrance catalogue.

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