New grail bike acquired – a 1960’s Jo Routens randonneuse bicycle. Jo Routens was the father of Jean-Paul Routens, who built a 1970’s “cyclosportif” bicycle I featured recently.
I bought this bike from a French seller on eBay France, and these are the original auction photos. I’ll have my own up in future articles, but I wanted to post these now to show it in the original condition I received it in. After re-assembling and servicing the bike, I’ve been riding it daily. Read on for more…