After some time, finally a new post in this blog. This is about my Bauer, a bike I got off ebay for a very reasonable price.

It came with a Shimano 105 rear derailleur and a Weinmann rear brake. Also the front fender was cracked and the wheels were obviously not original. A matching brake as well as a front fender were found via the CR-List, the best place to look for such parts. Finding the fender was really astonishing as these brilliant red beauties are really rare and never dreamed about eving asking for one. My guess is that this bike was originally sold with those color-coordinated Fenders and the flat touring bars. Shifting must have been a Huret Louison Bobet rear derailleur, since the frame carries double cable stops for these unique double-cable operated super rare units. I subsituted the Shimano-mech with a Huret Alvit which was a common upgrade in the 50ies an sixties. One of my local bikestores even had those nice shifter rubbers in stock which gave a nice additiobn to the classic look.

The wheels were built out of 4-speed (narrower) Pelissier Plume hubs and Altenburger clincher rims. One of those rims was bought about 20 years ago at my LBS as a substitute for another broken rim in my touring bike then. Visiting the store soem month ago resulted in finding a matching second rim, still in it's original wrapper. The saddle, one of those rare alloy railled Ideales came with the bike, and this alone made up for what I paid for the complete bike.