see also TCF Rev Mens 01/1891 - Le Cycliste ad
see also TCF Rev Mens 01/1891 - Le Cycliste ad
- Publisher: T.C.F. Revue Mensuelle
- Date: January 1891
- Derailleur brands: de Vivie
- Derailleurs: none
see also TCF Rev Mens 04/1891 - Communications Officielles
see also TCF Rev Mens 04/1891 - Communications Officielles
- Publisher: T.C.F. Revue Mensuelle
- Date: April 1891
- Derailleur brands: de Vivie
- Derailleurs: none
see also TCF Rev Mens 08/1893 - De la Position du Cycliste
see also TCF Rev Mens 08/1893 - De la Position du Cycliste
- Publisher: T.C.F. Revue Mensuelle
- Date: August 1893
- Derailleur brands: de Vivie
- Derailleurs: none
see also TCF Rev Mens 03/1895 - La Bicyclette du Touriste
see also TCF Rev Mens 03/1895 - La Bicyclette du Touriste
- Publisher: T.C.F. Revue Mensuelle
- Date: March 1895
- Derailleur brands: de Vivie
- Derailleurs: none
see also TCF Rev Mens 01/1898 - La Bicyclette idéale du Touriste
see also TCF Rev Mens 01/1898 - La Bicyclette idéale du Touriste
- Publisher: T.C.F. Revue Mensuelle
- Date: January 1898
- Derailleur brands: de Vivie
- Derailleurs: none
see also TCF Rev Mens - 02/1899 Machines à plusieurs développements
see also TCF Rev Mens - 02/1899 Machines à plusieurs développements
- Publisher: T.C.F. Revue Mensuelle
- Date: February 1899
- Derailleur brands: de Vivie
- Derailleurs: none
see also TCF Rev Mens 08/1899 - En Montagne
see also TCF Rev Mens 08/1899 - En Montagne
- Publisher: T.C.F. Revue Mensuelle
- Date: August 1899
- Derailleur brands: de Vivie, Whippet
- Derailleurs: none
see also TCF Rev Mens 10/1899 - Bicyclettes à roue libre
see also TCF Rev Mens 10/1899 - Bicyclettes à roue libre
- Publisher: T.C.F. Revue Mensuelle
- Date: October 1899
- Derailleur brands: de Vivie, Whippet
- Derailleurs: none
see also TCF Rev Mens 05/1900 - Plaine ou Montagne?
see also TCF Rev Mens 05/1900 - Plaine ou Montagne?
- Publisher: T.C.F. Revue Mensuelle
- Date: May 1900
- Derailleur brands: de Vivie
- Derailleurs: none
see also TCF Rev Mens 01/1901 - Un peu plus de lumière
see also TCF Rev Mens 01/1901 - Un peu plus de lumière
- Publisher: T.C.F. Revue Mensuelle
- Date: January 1901
- Derailleur brands: de Vivie, Columbia, Hirondelle, Peugeot, Whippet
- Derailleurs: none
see also TCF Rev Mens 05/1901 - Sur le terrain
see also TCF Rev Mens 05/1901 - Sur le terrain
- Publisher: T.C.F. Revue Mensuelle
- Date: May 1901
- Derailleur brands: de Vivie
- Derailleurs: none
see also TCF Rev Mens 10/1901 - Autour du Concours de Freins
see also TCF Rev Mens 10/1901 - Autour du Concours de Freins
- Publisher: T.C.F. Revue Mensuelle
- Date: October 1901
- Derailleur brands: de Vivie, BSA
- Derailleurs: none
see also TCF Rev Mens 11/1906 - Le Moteur Adjuvant
see also TCF Rev Mens 11/1906 - Le Moteur Adjuvant
- Publisher: T.C.F. Revue Mensuelle
- Date: November 1906
- Derailleur brands: de Vivie
- Derailleurs: none
see also Chemineau postcard - 1906 Velocio avec son carrosse de gala
see also Chemineau postcard - 1906 Velocio avec son carrosse de gala
see also Chemineau postcard - Vélocio à l’un de ses petits déjeuners 1906?
see also Chemineau postcard - Vélocio à l’un de ses petits déjeuners 1906?
see also TCF Rev Mens - 01/1907 La Bicyclette de Voyage au Salon
see also TCF Rev Mens - 01/1907 La Bicyclette de Voyage au Salon
- Publisher: T.C.F. Revue Mensuelle
- Date: January 1907
- Derailleur brands: de Vivie, Hirondelle, Peugeot, Raleigh, Terrot
- Derailleurs: Terrot Modèle H
see also TCF Rev Mens 09/1907 - Monos Contre Polys
see also TCF Rev Mens 09/1907 - Monos Contre Polys
- Publisher: T.C.F. Revue Mensuelle
- Date: September 1907
- Derailleur brands: de Vivie
- Derailleurs: none
see also TCF Rev Mens - 12/1907 La Bicyclette de Voyage au Salon (part I)
see also TCF Rev Mens - 12/1907 La Bicyclette de Voyage au Salon (part I)
- Publisher: T.C.F. Revue Mensuelle
- Date: December 1907
- Derailleur brands: de Vivie, Hirondelle, Peugeot, Terrot
- Derailleurs: Terrot Modèle H
see also TCF Rev Mens - 01/1908 La Bicyclette de Voyage au Salon (part II)
see also TCF Rev Mens - 01/1908 La Bicyclette de Voyage au Salon (part II)
- Publisher: T.C.F. Revue Mensuelle
- Date: January 1908
- Derailleur brands: de Vivie, Hirondelle, Prével d’Arlay, Terrot
- Derailleurs: none
see also TCF Rev Mens 05/1908 - A chaque âge sa bicyclette
see also TCF Rev Mens 05/1908 - A chaque âge sa bicyclette
- Publisher: T.C.F. Revue Mensuelle
- Date: May 1908
- Derailleur brands: de Vivie, Terrot
- Derailleurs: Terrot Modèle H
see also TCF Rev Mens 10/1908 - La Bicyclette de Route
see also TCF Rev Mens 10/1908 - La Bicyclette de Route
- Publisher: T.C.F. Revue Mensuelle
- Date: October 1908
- Derailleur brands: de Vivie
- Derailleurs: none
see also TCF Rev Mens 01/1909 - La Bicyclette au Salon (part I)
see also TCF Rev Mens 01/1909 - La Bicyclette au Salon (part I)
- Publisher: T.C.F. Revue Mensuelle
- Date: January 1909
- Derailleur brands: de Vivie, Hirondelle, Peugeot, Terrot
- Derailleurs: none
see also TCF Rev Mens 02/1909 - La Bicyclette au Salon (part II)
see also TCF Rev Mens 02/1909 - La Bicyclette au Salon (part II)
- Publisher: T.C.F. Revue Mensuelle
- Date: February 1909
- Derailleur brands: de Vivie, Hirondelle, Terrot
- Derailleurs: Terrot Modèle H
see also TCF Rev Mens 08/1909 - Écoles de Cyclitation
see also TCF Rev Mens 08/1909 - Écoles de Cyclitation
- Publisher: T.C.F. Revue Mensuelle
- Date: August 1909
- Derailleur brands: de Vivie
- Derailleurs: none
see also TCF Rev Mens - 11/1909 Comment choisir sa bicyclette? (part I)
see also TCF Rev Mens - 11/1909 Comment choisir sa bicyclette? (part I)
- Publisher: T.C.F. Revue Mensuelle
- Date: November 1909
- Derailleur brands: de Vivie, Peugeot
- Derailleurs: none
see also TCF Rev Mens - 01/1910 Comment choisir sa bicyclette? (part II)
see also TCF Rev Mens - 01/1910 Comment choisir sa bicyclette? (part II)
- Publisher: T.C.F. Revue Mensuelle
- Date: January 1910
- Derailleur brands: de Vivie
- Derailleurs: none
see also TCF Rev Mens - 03/1910 Comment choisir sa bicyclette? (part III)
see also TCF Rev Mens - 03/1910 Comment choisir sa bicyclette? (part III)
- Publisher: T.C.F. Revue Mensuelle
- Date: March 1910
- Derailleur brands: de Vivie, Terrot
- Derailleurs: Terrot Modèle H
see also TCF Rev Mens - 05/1910 Comment choisir sa bicyclette? (part IV)
see also TCF Rev Mens - 05/1910 Comment choisir sa bicyclette? (part IV)
- Publisher: T.C.F. Revue Mensuelle
- Date: May 1910
- Derailleur brands: de Vivie
- Derailleurs: none
see also TCF Rev Mens - 07/1910 Comment choisir sa bicyclette? (part V)
see also TCF Rev Mens - 07/1910 Comment choisir sa bicyclette? (part V)
- Publisher: T.C.F. Revue Mensuelle
- Date: July 1910
- Derailleur brands: de Vivie
- Derailleurs: none
see also TCF Rev Mens - 09/1910 L’Avenir du tandem mixte (part I)
see also TCF Rev Mens - 09/1910 L’Avenir du tandem mixte (part I)
- Publisher: T.C.F. Revue Mensuelle
- Date: September 1910
- Derailleur brands: de Vivie
- Derailleurs: none
see also TCF Rev Mens - 11/1910 L’Avenir du tandem mixte (part II)
see also TCF Rev Mens - 11/1910 L’Avenir du tandem mixte (part II)
- Publisher: T.C.F. Revue Mensuelle
- Date: November 1910
- Derailleur brands: de Vivie, Whippet
- Derailleurs: Whippet New Protean
see also TCF Rev Mens 01/1911 - La Bicyclette au Salon
see also TCF Rev Mens 01/1911 - La Bicyclette au Salon
- Publisher: T.C.F. Revue Mensuelle
- Date: January 1911
- Derailleur brands: Boizot, de Vivie, Loubeyre, Hirondelle, Peugeot, Terrot, Whippet
- Derailleurs: Boizot Tri-direct, Loubeyre Polycelere, Terrot Modèle H, Terrot Modèle HE, Whippet New Protean
see also TCF Rev Mens 02/1911 - de Vivie letter
see also TCF Rev Mens 02/1911 - de Vivie letter
- Publisher: T.C.F. Revue Mensuelle
- Date: February 1911
- Derailleur brands: de Vivie, Boizot
- Derailleurs: Boizot Tri-direct
see also TCF Rev Mens 04/1911 - Un Nouveau Concours?
see also TCF Rev Mens 04/1911 - Un Nouveau Concours?
- Publisher: T.C.F. Revue Mensuelle
- Date: April 1911
- Derailleur brands: Boizot, de Vivie, Hirondelle, Peugeot, Terrot, Whippet
- Derailleurs: Terrot Modèle H
Le Cycliste 1911 - Prével d’Arlay ad
Le Cycliste 1911 - Prével d’Arlay ad
- Publisher: Le Cycliste
- Date: June 1911
- Derailleur brands: Prével d’Arlay
- Derailleurs: Prével d’Arlay P. d’A
see also TCF Rev Mens - 09/1911 Les enseignements du Tour de France
see also TCF Rev Mens - 09/1911 Les enseignements du Tour de France
- Publisher: T.C.F. Revue Mensuelle
- Date: September 1911
- Derailleur brands: de Vivie
- Derailleurs: none
see also TCF Rev Mens - 01/1912 Aux débutants les solutions simples
see also TCF Rev Mens - 01/1912 Aux débutants les solutions simples
- Publisher: T.C.F. Revue Mensuelle
- Date: January 1912
- Derailleur brands: de Vivie, Terrot, Whippet
- Derailleurs: nothing specific
see also TCF Rev Mens 02/1912 - Le Cycliste ad
see also TCF Rev Mens 02/1912 - Le Cycliste ad
- Publisher: T.C.F. Revue Mensuelle
- Date: February 1912
- Derailleur brands: de Vivie
- Derailleurs: unknown (if any)
see also TCF Rev Mens 03/1912 - Nos Ennemis (part I)
see also TCF Rev Mens 03/1912 - Nos Ennemis (part I)
- Publisher: T.C.F. Revue Mensuelle
- Date: March 1912
- Derailleur brands: de Vivie
- Derailleurs: none
see also TCF Rev Mens 05/1912 - Nos Ennemis (part II)
see also TCF Rev Mens 05/1912 - Nos Ennemis (part II)
- Publisher: T.C.F. Revue Mensuelle
- Date: May 1912
- Derailleur brands: de Vivie
- Derailleurs: none
see also TCF Rev Mens 08/1912 - Nos Ennemis (part III)
see also TCF Rev Mens 08/1912 - Nos Ennemis (part III)
- Publisher: T.C.F. Revue Mensuelle
- Date: August 1912
- Derailleur brands: de Vivie
- Derailleurs: none
see also TCF Rev Mens 11/1912 - Nos Ennemis (part IV)
see also TCF Rev Mens 11/1912 - Nos Ennemis (part IV)
- Publisher: T.C.F. Revue Mensuelle
- Date: November 1912
- Derailleur brands: de Vivie
- Derailleurs: none
see also TCF Rev Mens 03/1913 - La Bicyclette hors du Salon
see also TCF Rev Mens 03/1913 - La Bicyclette hors du Salon
- Publisher: T.C.F. Revue Mensuelle
- Date: March 1913
- Derailleur brands: Boizot, de Vivie, Fichtel & Sachs, Loubeyre, Hirondelle, Peugeot, Prével d’Arlay, Sturmey-Archer, Terrot, Whippet
- Derailleurs: Boizot 5 Speed, Terrot Modèle H, Terrot Modèle HT, Terrot Numéro 1
see also TCF Rev Mens 10/1913 - Nos Ennemis (part V)
see also TCF Rev Mens 10/1913 - Nos Ennemis (part V)
- Publisher: T.C.F. Revue Mensuelle
- Date: October 1913
- Derailleur brands: de Vivie
- Derailleurs: none
see also TCF Rev Mens 04/1914 - Nos Ennemis (part VI)
see also TCF Rev Mens 04/1914 - Nos Ennemis (part VI)
- Publisher: T.C.F. Revue Mensuelle
- Date: April 1914
- Derailleur brands: de Vivie, Terrot, Whippet
- Derailleurs: nothing specific
see also TCF Rev Mens 09/1920 - Jantes et Pneus
see also TCF Rev Mens 09/1920 - Jantes et Pneus
- Publisher: T.C.F. Revue Mensuelle
- Date: September 1920
- Derailleur brands: de Vivie
- Derailleurs: none
see also TCF Rev Mens - 12/1920 La Bicyclette de Tourisme au Concours des Voges
see also TCF Rev Mens - 12/1920 La Bicyclette de Tourisme au Concours des Voges
- Publisher: T.C.F. Revue Mensuelle
- Date: December 1920
- Derailleur brands: Audouard, Chemineau, de Vivie
- Derailleurs: Audouard, Le Chemineau
see also Random French postcard - Paul de Vivie dit “Vélocio” 1926?
see also Random French postcard - Paul de Vivie dit “Vélocio” 1926?
- Publisher: Random French postcards
- Date: photograph 1926?, postcard 1930?
- Derailleur brands: Cyclo, de Vivie
- Derailleurs: Le Cyclo
see also Rue de la Préfecture, St-Étienne - postcard 1930
see also Rue de la Préfecture, St-Étienne - postcard 1930
- Publisher: Random French postcards
- Date: April 1930
- Derailleur brands: de Vivie
- Derailleurs: none
see also TCF Rev Mens - 04/1930 Nouvelles du Tourisme
see also TCF Rev Mens - 04/1930 Nouvelles du Tourisme
- Publisher: T.C.F. Revue Mensuelle
- Date: April 1930
- Derailleur brands: de Vivie
- Derailleurs: none
see also TCF Rev Mens - 01/1931 Les Salons du Cycle en 1930
see also TCF Rev Mens - 01/1931 Les Salons du Cycle en 1930
- Publisher: T.C.F. Revue Mensuelle
- Date: January 1931
- Derailleur brands: Chemineau, Cyclo, de Vivie
- Derailleurs: Le Chemineau, Le Cyclo 3 speed, Le Cyclo 4 speed
see also TCF Rev Mens - 11/1931 La cinquième semaine du cycle de Saint-Étienne
see also TCF Rev Mens - 11/1931 La cinquième semaine du cycle de Saint-Étienne
- Publisher: Le Cycliste
- Date: December 1932
- Derailleur brands: BGA, Cyclo
- Derailleurs: Le Cyclo 3-speed
Le Cycliste 12/1932 - Cyclo ad
Le Cycliste 12/1932 - Cyclo ad
- Publisher: Le Cycliste
- Date: December 1932
- Derailleur brands: Cyclo
- Derailleurs: Le Cyclo 2-speed, Le Cyclo 3-speed, Le Cyclo 4-speed
see also TCF Rev Mens - 12/1932 La bicyclette au Salon de 1932
see also TCF Rev Mens - 12/1932 La bicyclette au Salon de 1932
- Publisher: T.C.F. Revue Mensuelle
- Date: December 1932
- Derailleur brands: Chemineau, Cyclo, de Vivie, Huret, Peugeot, Simplex, Super Champion, Centrix
- Derailleurs: Le Chemineau, Le Cyclo, Huret, Le Simplex, Super Champion, Centrix Route
see also TCF Rev Mens - 09/1934 Chronique cyclotouristique
see also TCF Rev Mens - 09/1934 Chronique cyclotouristique
- Publisher: T.C.F. Revue Mensuelle
- Date: September 1934
- Derailleur brands: Cyclo, Funiculo, Super Champion
- Derailleurs: Le Cyclo 4 speed, Funiculo
- Publisher: Le Cycliste
- Date: 1952
- Derailleur brands: Huret
- Derailleurs: Huret Randonneur
- Publisher: Le Cycliste
- Date: 1952
- Derailleur brands: Spirax
- Derailleurs: Le Spirax
- Publisher: Le Cycliste
- Date: January? 1958
- Derailleur brands: Cyclo
- Derailleurs: Cyclo Randonneur
- Publisher: Le Cycliste
- Date: 1961
- Derailleur brands: Zeus
- Derailleurs: Zeus Gran Sport
see also Editions Rencontre card - Paul de Vivie 1978
see also Editions Rencontre card - Paul de Vivie 1978
- Publisher: Editions Rencontre
- Date: 1978
- Derailleur brands: de Vivie
- Derailleurs: none
Le Cycliste is a French cycling magazine founded by the legendary Paul de Vivie. Paul de Vivie is widely viewed as the ‘father’ of the derailleur gear. The bare bones of the story might go like this:
- In 1887 Paul de Vivie founded (and edited) a magazine called ‘Le Cycliste Forézien’. Forez is an area of great natural beauty to the west of St-Étienne and Forézien is a dialect spoken there and in St-Étienne.
- In 1888 he renamed his magazine ‘Le Cycliste’. It continued to be published, under successive editors, at least until the 1970s.
- When writing in Le Cycliste Paul de Vivie used the famous pen name Vélocio.
- In 1889, inspired by the Cyclists’ Touring Club, he helped found the Touring Club de France (TCF).
- Paul de Vivie regularly contributed articles to the ‘TCF Revue Mensuelle’ (the TCF Monthly Revue) from the 1890s to the 1920s. These articles served as an introduction for many readers to the even greater joys to be found in Le Cycliste.
None of this captures Paul de Vivie’s importance in the history of cycling. He was among the first Frenchmen to understand that there was the cut and thrust of racing cycling, there was everyday utility cycling for transport but there was also something else - a kind of cycling that was about unalloyed freedom, the simple pleasure of exercise in the fresh air, away from the crowded polluted city, a zen activity in which you competed against nobody but yourself and the view from the top of the climb was the only prize you required. Paul de Vivie called this type of cycling ‘cyclotourisme’ and wrote about it extensively in Le Cycliste.
Paul de Vivie also quickly realised that the very essence of ‘cyclotourisme’ included the brisk, but not too brisk, covering of heroic distances, the measured, but relentless, climbing of Herculean mountains and the achievement of all this without dying of exhaustion. This naturally led him to explore variable gearing, but to do so with a healthy scepticism about hub gears with their fixed gear ratios and their multiplicity of tiny, fragile, precision engineered, expensive, parts. This, in turn, led him, step by step, to the derailleur. And on the subject of the derailleur, Le Cycliste became the sacred vessel that carried the word of god.