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To complete the classic appearance, a Nitor style seatpost and bar-end shifters are installed. This 1960s racing bike has the quality you would expect from the name Jaques Anquetil and it certainly was well enough equipped to compete on at least a semi-professional level. A great piece for a collection and a great ride for classic cycling events.
- Stronglight
- Shimano
- Stronglight; 165mm; 52/46
This quality gentleman’s racing cycle was manufactured in France c.1965 and bears the name of French cycling hero, Jacques Anquetil, five times winner of the Tour de France. The 22inch frame is furnished with Grand Sport Milano drop handlebars, lightweight Dunlop wheels, Huret Derailleur gears, Milremo alloy hubs, Arius Professional seat and Huret speedometer. Acquired by the present family ...
This Anquetil had the functionality of indexed shifting with a six speed freewheel, and rides pretty damn well in my view. It’s not a quick bike, but it’s quiet, has solid shifting and better brakes than most bikes of the 1970’s. Indeed, this is a utilitarian machine that wouldn’t let you down. It may weigh around 24lbs, it may not have ...
- The Rider
- Who Built The bike?
- Loved and Loathed
- What I Like About The Bike
- The Anquetil Brand
- The Bad Points
- The 600
- The Rivalry and France
- The Real Hero of The Times
- Stats
Jacques Anquetil is France’s greatest cyclist, five times winner of the Tour and winner of 8 tours in total. For 19 years, he dominated his sport with his graceful riding style, and was considered a very intelligent and articulate rider. His era was the 1950’s and ’60’s, riding Gitane and Heylett bikes, and he died quite young in 1987. His great ri...
It’s no wonder the name Anquetil has adorned so many French bikes over the years, and you can imagine how French bike companies lined up to put “Anquetil” decals on their bikes. I think this bike was probably built by France Loire or Jeunet, though its difficult to be sure. Gitane, Cizeron and other manufacturers all built bikes with Anquetil’s nam...
Jacques Anquetil cuts quite a complex figure through the great sport of cycling in France. He engenders the difficulty of capturing French hearts, for all his success and graceful riding style. Perhaps he is a mirror to the divisions and struggles of French society, for their cynicism and antipathy of him.It is well known that he was often spat at ...
I love the colour of this bike, a kind of mint, shiny and luminous even after all these years. It has some lovely details, the stamped seat lug cluster, the long Bocama lugs with gold details, the ornate fork crowns, and the nice linear decorations on the tubes. The decals are simple plain stickers over the paint. Mountings for derailleurs and shif...
Bikes with the Anquetil name on them sold in large numbers over the decades in France, and though they were exported internationally, a great many of them are still to be found on French roads. You can see them tied up around lampposts outside universities and colleges, or turned into fixies by a new generation of riders, still keen to ride on a fr...
This bike needs a good clean and a tune up, not much more. The bikes headset feels rough, and may need regreasing; the hubs are greasy as well as the crankset, and it needs its brakes and gears tuned. Its biggest problem is its strangely ill-fitting seatpost. For some reason, the post is too small and does not belong to this bike. I’m guessing, as ...
The Shimano groupset, I must admit, does look impressive. I really like the design of the crankset, and I haven’t seen many of this particular style in the 600 range. Shimano may have been imitative and brazenly aping their rivals, but there’s no doubt that they made a distinctive and attractive groupset in this particular Arabesque design. Bertin ...
The more you read about the Anquetil – Poulidor rivalry of the 1950’s and 60’s, the more you become immersed into the wider sweep of social history of France itself. That two cyclists represented different elements of the French social psyche and constitution, isn’t an overstatement of the significance these two men had on the hearts and minds of t...
The man who made success look so easy, and who won so much in his career, Anquetil, didn’t perhaps represent the outlook of some of France’s agricultural ethos; life is hard, and success never comes. Is it too much of a reach to say that this explains why Poulidor bikes, like this one, were made with simple frames and understated designs? Poulidor ...
Jacques Anquetil Super Vitus Road Bike1980? No Serial Number57cm Frame, Centre to Top, 57cm Top Tube, C- CVitus Dropouts, Becoma Long Pointed LugsThis bike is assumed to be from 1963 on the basis of the Stronglight 63 crankset and the new Simplex Prestige derailleurs, largely manufactured from Delrin, introduced that year. Copied at the bottom of the page is an advertisement from the November 1962 issue of Coureur Sporting Cyclist which states that Jacques Anquetil used this gear in the ...
Classic older road bike that I completely restored. All cleaned and tuned.
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Jacques Anquetil was a French professional road cyclist. Anquetil, who was born on January 8, 1934 in Mont-Saint-Aignan, France, was recognized for his smooth riding style and aptitude to time trial. He began his professional career in 1953 and rode for numerous teams, including Helyett, Saint-Raphael, Ford France, Bic, Gitane, and Faema.
