http://www.ebykr.com/2006/05/tech-specs-1951-rene-herse/ Bicycle Artistry Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:57:41 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.ebykr.com/2006/05/tech-specs-1951-rene-herse/comment-page-1/#comment-167786 pete Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:22:43 +0000 http://www.ebykr.com/?p=58#comment-167786 D'une beauté rare! Pictures don't open please fix! D’une beauté rare! Pictures don’t open please fix!

]]> http://www.ebykr.com/2006/05/tech-specs-1951-rene-herse/comment-page-1/#comment-13309 Caminade: The Circle of Cycle | EBykr Thu, 16 Nov 2006 07:12:54 +0000 http://www.ebykr.com/?p=58#comment-13309 [...] Unlike some other French cyclo-artisans of his era - Singer, Herse, Goëland, et al - Caminade is relatively unknown today; but he must have been a familiar name to cyclists during his peak years, even if they had never seen one of his distinctive machines, for M. Caminade appears to have been a sharp and relentless marketer. Begin with the name of his bicycle line: most Caminade velos were sold under the "Caminargent" moniker, a clever combination of words with multiple meanings. There was also his practice of embedding the company logo into the heads of the frame's fasteners and of course there were the ads, which apparently were everywhere. [...] [...] Unlike some other French cyclo-artisans of his era – Singer, Herse, Goëland, et al – Caminade is relatively unknown today; but he must have been a familiar name to cyclists during his peak years, even if they had never seen one of his distinctive machines, for M. Caminade appears to have been a sharp and relentless marketer. Begin with the name of his bicycle line: most Caminade velos were sold under the "Caminargent" moniker, a clever combination of words with multiple meanings. There was also his practice of embedding the company logo into the heads of the frame's fasteners and of course there were the ads, which apparently were everywhere. [...]

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