CNC appreciation

[carpenter]

Post by @oldtel in ...sometimes you find an image of the skill of frame building that makes you stop what you were doing... has inspired me to start this one.

I have a Special CNC mixte (bought for eldest daughter, but she has not really used it). My wife thinks that I should sell it, or some of my other bikes but I can't bring myself to do it - I love the bike, the curves, the romance of its origins (hand built in Paris), sometimes I take it out of the shed just to look at it.

I think that it is a 1960's build, not sure though. Light, nimble (if that makes sense) and a joy to look at imo. I think that I will have to raise the seat and persuade my younger daughter to use it, or use it occasionally myself for pub runs when this lockdown is over.







More information here:

http://www.thevelocollective.com/vintage-gem-1982-c-n-c-special/

If anyone has more information on this brand, please add to thread - regards. Guy.

 

[oldtel]

Hi, just passing on some documented info, the Shop was considered important enough to be included in the ‘80’s American Bicycle book ‘The Custom Bicycle’. Thanks Terry

 

[carpenter]

Brilliant - thanks for the information

Any more?

 

[Specialeyes]

Joined the thread to see if it was about woodworking machines, stayed because of that very lovely mixte bike!

I've always had a soft spot for mixte frames - as there's something tres chic about them.
Every so often they threaten to come back around in fashion and never quite do, which is a shame.

 

[avecReynolds531]

Thanks very much for starting this thread - beautiful mixte & great info.

I don't know why I hadn't heard of this manufacturer - Rene Herse & Alex Singer tend to get the most attention of the French builders, alongside Jo Routens.

There's a lovely CNC here (post number 2082): https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vintage/612294-show-your-french-bikes-84.html

Norris Lockley has info and an photo gallery here of a Rene Andre:
View: https://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclecrank/5316965468


Look forward to further posts.

 

[carpenter]

Hi @Specialeyes - I owe you a thread (and much gratitude) for the Mercian. I will post a few pictures later this week.

Regards. Guy.

 

[Specialeyes]

ooh @carpenter - looking forward to it! No rush of course, not going anywhere for a while

 

[oldtel]

I don't know why I hadn't heard of this manufacturer - Rene Herse & Alex Singer tend to get the most attention of the French builders, alongside Jo Routens.

Hi,
just to make you aware some lower end Singers were made by CNC when demand was greater than the capacity at the Singer shop. This was also the case for many French professionals you used the shop to have a CNC frame rebadged to their sponsor's frame, but do bare in mind they also had a large number of bread and butter frames as well, so all in all quite a 'shop'.
Thanks Terry

 

[avecReynolds531]

Hi,
just to make you aware some lower end Singers were made by CNC when demand was greater than the capacity at the Singer shop. This was also the case for many French professionals you used the shop to have a CNC frame rebadged to their sponsor's frame, but do bare in mind they also had a large number of bread and butter frames as well, so all in all quite a 'shop'.
Thanks Terry

Thanks for this & the Custom Bicycle article - really interesting. I once saw a photo of a magical Rene Andre bike - I didn't make the connection with CNC. If I find it again, I'll post it here.

The Classic Rendezvous CNC entry: http://www.classicrendezvous.com/France/bicycles/CNC_main.htm

 

[funk2monk]

Post by @oldtel in ...sometimes you find an image of the skill of frame building that makes you stop what you were doing... has inspired me to start this one.

I have a Special CNC mixte (bought for eldest daughter, but she has not really used it). My wife thinks that I should sell it, or some of my other bikes but I can't bring myself to do it - I love the bike, the curves, the romance of its origins (hand built in Paris), sometimes I take it out of the shed just to look at it.

I think that it is a 1960's build, not sure though. Light, nimble (if that makes sense) and a joy to look at imo. I think that I will have to raise the seat and persuade my younger daughter to use it, or use it occasionally myself for pub runs when this lockdown is over.

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More information here:

http://www.thevelocollective.com/vintage-gem-1982-c-n-c-special/

If anyone has more information on this brand, please add to thread - regards. Guy.

Very nice Guy. Never seen this one before. Would make a lovely Petanque commuter

 

[rogerzilla]

Ok...who else was expecting a Pace RC200?

 

[carpenter]

Very nice Guy. Never seen this one before. Would make a lovely Petanque commuter

So that will be 2021 (God willing) - only two weeks and I'm missing the pub/petanque

 

[carpenter]

Pace RC200 - Bit out of my price league old Chap