drawings from the pages of

What's new on this page? (06 Feb 2005)

some years ago, when i picked up a copy of the data book, the english reprint of a japanese compilation of drawings from french cycling magazines circa 1890-1960, the rebour drawings therein immediately caught my eye, but it was tremendously frustrating only having the drawings, but no explanations! a little while back, i tracked down a good number of issues of the french cyclotouring magazine le cycliste, which published the originals of these drawings, and contained the french commentary on them - a gold mine!

so, armed with these magazines, presently covering rebours work during the years 1948-1954, im going to be uploading images and explanations from these magazines. itll be a slow task, as there are a lot of drawings, and i dont really speak french, but im getting better at translation as time goes on. on occassion, some of this material will appear in vintage bicycle quarterly before or after it is published here - with the added bonus of commentary and reference on the drawings and descriptions, and better quality reproduction.

for more information on vintage bicycle quarterly. contact the pubisher, jan heine by email or c/o il vecchio bicycles, 140 lakeside ave., seattle wa 98122 USA.

so, here we go, in chronological order - ill be cataloguing everything ive got here, and adding links as i scan stuff in and translate. if you have particular interest in seeing certain drawings, email me and let me know - ill try to keep up with requests as best i can. if an issue isnt listed here, either i dont possess it, or there were no rebour drawings in it.

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