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Follis Project Mixte

By Cyclingforlife on 03/04/2013. Bike tags: Road bike | Commuter | follis | Lippicil | mixte | more tags >>
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Steel / 54 / 1970's ?

Steel original / BF alloy

both Steel original

27 X 1 1/4 Mavic

27 X 1 1/4 Mavic (stamped 0771) / Cheap tires

Solida double / Maxium

Something from Japan / Steel

? / ?

Shimano stem shifters / Shimano Eagle rear / Fuji front

Mafac Racer center pull / Mafac plastic & alloy

13 - 30 / 40 - 52

Just got this old Ugly brown Follis Mixte. Took my before pictures tonight and did my evaluation of it. I have to paint it, I can't stand the brown, but I hate to lose the decals just because I can't replace them. My local media blaster only charges me 20 dollars to blast a frame so I will start there. Then the hard part of what color to paint it. I may go with white and trim it with some color. This must have been the bottom line for Follis. The head badge is a decal and not a separate badge so it may be Late 70's or early 80's. It has grips labled "Lippicil" anyone ever heard of these before? Almost finished. Still need head badge and a pair of matching pedals. The only thing new besides finish is decals, cables, brake pads and grips. Oh yeah, lots of parts polishing! Everything had a coat of spray paint and over spray on it.

People who friended this bike cicadashell, campystamp, eaglerock
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New pictures!

Submitted by Cyclingforlife on 05/30/2013.

Cyclingforlife
Almost finished my Follis Mixte today. I forgot I didn't have a pair of matching pedals for it. I have some old ones but the are in bad shape. Still looking for a Follis head badge or decal.

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One heck of a straddle cable

Submitted by vqstaphbeard on 05/30/2013.

Looks very clean! That's one heck of a straddle cable.

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Part way home

Submitted by Cyclingforlife on 05/17/2013.

Cyclingforlife
New decals on and stem, shifters and crank polished and installed. Still need head tube badge and/or decal. Wheels need lots of cleaning and polishing yet.

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New photo

Submitted by Cyclingforlife on 05/13/2013.

Cyclingforlife
Just added a new photo of my Follis. It has been media blasted sanded smooth with every nook and cranny cleaned out the powder coated a med. silver. I just added the decals I have so far tonight.

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funky brown

Submitted by cicadashell on 03/05/2013.

white would great, just make sure you give the tops of the seat stays the same treatment they have now. it seems i just recently saw a set of follis decals on ebay, repros probably, that included the seat tube wrap. i actually have one of those head tube decals somewhere, let me know if you're interested. i don't think i'm going to use it any time soon, and it would look great on this bike.

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Head tube decal

Submitted by Cyclingforlife on 05/13/2013.

Cyclingforlife
I am interested in your head tube decal if it is the Follis badge. Let me know if you still have it. Thanks Lots!

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Decal

Submitted by Cyclingforlife on 03/05/2013.

Cyclingforlife
Sure I'm interested in the decal you have. I tore the bike down today while we were getting 9 inches of snow. The frame seems to be in good condition inside all the tubes. Original parts I took off are in the parts cleaner for the night.

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Decals

Submitted by Cyclingforlife on 03/06/2013.

Cyclingforlife
Found the seat tube and down tube decals today and ordered them!

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FYI, VeloCals now carries some 70s Follis decals

Submitted by eaglerock on 05/17/2014.

Actually stickers, like most of the repop operations. Including a headtube sticker:
http://www.velocals.com/servlet/the-Follis/Categories

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