DISRAELI DOCUMENTS
see also TCF Rev Mens 04/1906 - Chalumeau ad
see also TCF Rev Mens 04/1906 - Chalumeau ad
see also French Patent # 813,241 - Huret 1936
see also French Patent # 813,241 - Huret 1936
see also L'Auto 05/04/1937 - Huret ad
see also L'Auto 05/04/1937 - Huret ad
see also L'Auto 05/07/1937 - Huret ad
see also L'Auto 05/07/1937 - Huret ad
see also L'Auto 19/04/1938 - Chaluret ad
see also L'Auto 19/04/1938 - Chaluret ad
see also Agence de presse Meurisse 07/1938 - Chaluret photo
see also Agence de presse Meurisse 07/1938 - Chaluret photo
see also French Patent # 849,729 - Spirax 1939
see also French Patent # 849,729 - Spirax 1939
see also L'Auto 18/04/1944 - Chaluret ad
see also L'Auto 18/04/1944 - Chaluret ad
see also New Cycling 05/1981 - Derailleur Collection
see also New Cycling 05/1981 - Derailleur Collection
Chaluret was the derailleur brand of Établissements Chalumeau et Menneret, a company based in St-Ouen in northern Pairs and Chitenay, near Blois. The word Chaluret is formed from the initial letters of Chalumeau and the final letters of Menneret.
I have an advert for Chalumeau bicycles dating from 1906, giving an address in northern Paris. Perhaps Chalumeau originated in Paris and Menneret in Chitenay.
I also have two Chaluret flyers probably dating from 1949 and 1950 indicating that the company produced tub cement, handlebar tape and a derailleur called the ‘Chaluret 93’. Frank Berto shows a picture of this derailleur and claims it was launched in 1946. It is a pull-chain design with a single pulley wheel and an extravagantly shaped pulley cage.
There is a company still in business today (or at least in business as recently as 2012) called ‘Hervet-Chalumeau et Menneret’ that is based in Sassay, 15 km from Chitenay. It is owned by the Hervet family and appears to manufacture plastic pipes.