The none-too-proletarian Baron de Mauni castes his languid, aristocratic, eye over the bicycle scene of 1898, taking in London, Paris and probably New York (or at least Hartford, Connecticut). He has time to mention Paul de Vivie, Peugeot, Terrot (which he calls Terront) and Mercier amongst others, but his real enthusiasm is reserved for Mikael Pedersen’s fantastic creation.

(Source gallica.bnf.fr/ Bibliothèque nationale de France)

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• Publisher: T.C.F. Revue Mensuelle
• Country: France
• Date: February 1898
• Derailleur brands: de Vivie, Peugeot, Terrot, Mercier
• Derailleurs: none