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Parts for Old French Bikes From Harris Cyclery

We love old French bicycles,

but it can be hard to find parts for those built to older French standards and dimensions.
We stock repair parts to help keep yours on the road.

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Bottom Brackets | Brakes | Chainrings | Cotters | Handlebars

Headsets | Pedals | Rims | Tires & Tubes | Tools

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In addition to this commercial page, we have a very useful page of technical information and tips about older French bicycles.

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Chainrings

T.A. Pro 5 Vis Cyclotouriste

For many, many years the T.A. Cyclotouriste was THE triple, and was standard eqiupmemt on virtually all top-of-the-line touring machines. They are unusually light, and have very narrow tread (a.k.a. "Q-factor"). Cyclotouriste triples work best for half-step plus granny setups, where the middle chainring is only a few teeth smaller than the large one.

They don't work with many newer "MTB-type" front derailers, due to tight clearance between the outer ring and the inside of the arm.

As it turns out, half-step-plus-granny setups work better with "double" type front derailers anyway.

The Cyclotouriste is unbeatable as a wide range double.

Only the chainrings are available. The crank set exploded view is for reference only.

T.A. cranks


CY205 Chainring-outer 40-52 teeth. 7075 aluminum.   buy button

208 Chainring-middle/inner 26-42 teeth. 7075 aluminum.   buy button

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French-thread Bottom Brackets

Loose-Ball French Bottom Bracket Cup Set BBF37 buy button

They're back! Affordable, traditional bottom bracket cup set!

Cups, lock ring and retainer bearings, 35x1mm threads, Dual Right hand thread.

Fix that old Peugeot, Motobecane or Gitane on the cheap!




Many French bikes sold before the late 1970s used the now-obsolete French bottom-bracket threading: 35 mm x 1mm (1.378" x 25.4 TPI), right-hand thread on both sides.

Instead of the ISO standard threading: 1.370/1.375 x 24 TPI left-hand fixed cup, right hand adjustable cup. If your frame is made for a French-thread bottom bracket, a standard adjustable (right) cup will fit in, at least a little way but it will be very loose and will be unusable.

We were probably the last online source for loose-ball French bottom bracket parts, and the supply has just been replenished!.

Chainwheels

Some 5-bolt crank sizes:

"C-C" is the distance between adjacent stack bolts.
This is easier to measure directly than the actual Bolt Circle Diameter. Click on BCD size to see what we've got available
BCD
(mm)
Smallest
Ring
C-C
(mm)
Application
1444184.6Old Campagnolo standard, still used for track applications.
1303876.4Standard Road double
1283875.2Nervar (Obsolete, not available)
1223871.7Stronglight 93, others (Obsolete, not available)
1103364.7Touring double, standard triple outer
862850.5Stronglight 99, some SR triples. (Obsolete, not available)
A more comprehensive version of this chart is available on our Drive Train Page
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