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"Richard Depoorter" project (page 1)

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When riding a vintage bicycle and someone calls you and says 'look what I've got here to get rid of', it's happy days. Fell in love with the lugs, internationally seen (Cinelli, Galmozi, BRH, JNA, Aandewiel, ...) and most propable casted in sand by EKLA (Belgium). To honour a Flandrien named Richard Depoorter who won two times Luik-Bastenaken-Luik but unfortunatly died under mysterious circumstances (as a potential winner he was run over by a following tourcar) in the Tour of Switzerland 1948, the bike is called 'La Doyenne'. Richard died on the 16th of june, the very same day Gino Mäder died in the same Tour in 2023.
Richard Depoorter project after restoration (page 2)
Richard Depoorter with old  photos (page 3)

Model: 
Year: '60 ies
Frame Size: 
Serial number: 3
Tubing: Chrom-Molybdeen
Crankset: 
Bottom Bracket: 
Pedals: 
Front Derailleur: 
Rear Derailleur: 
Shifters: 		Front Hub: 
Rear Hub: 
Handlebars and Stem: 
Headset: 
Brakeset: 
Seat: 
Seatpost: 
Extra: EKLA lugs
 

 

vintage steel race bike Richard Depoorter La Doyenne
After restoration, decals still to be applied

 

vintage steel race bike Richard Depoorter
1998, 50 years after ...

 

 

vintage steel race bike Richard Depoorter raece bike
Richard Depoorter on an exhibtion for remembering the death of Richard after 75 years

 

Richard Depoorter head badge
Richard Depoorter headbadge
Richard Depoorter head badge
Richard Depoorter headbadge

 

"Corsa Sportivo"
In the fork, stamped 'chrome molybdeen'

 

Corsa Sportivo
Headtube before restoration

 

vintage Corsa Sportivo
Headtube with Ekla lugs and Ekla "D" forkcrown after restoration

 

Vintage de poorter bike
Ekla

 

Classic steel bikes EKLA fork crown
Another example of EKLA forkcrown, type 'Round, track

 

Oude stalen koersfietsen EKLA vorkkroon
Another example of a EKLA forkcrown, type 'Round', piste

 

"Corsa Sportivo"
Dropout before

 

Corsa Sportivo
Dropout after with a "3"

 

Vintage lugs
EKLA sand casted bracket

 

"Corsa Sportivo"
Bracket after restoration, with grease nipple

 

"Corsa Sportivo"
Some soldering work had to been done ...

 

"Corsa Sportivo"
The Cyclo front derailleur is waiting to be mounted

 

"Corsa Sportivo"
Seattube decals
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"Corsa Sportivo"
Headtube decal 

 

vintage steel race bike Richard Depoorter La Doyenne
The application of this artwork (from the hand of Ian Da Costa) required surgical precision

 

vintage steel race bike Richard Depoorter La Doyenne
La Doyenne and Richard Depoorter joined together

 

 

 

Stan-Ockers-en-Depoorter
Richard Depoorter, a biography

Richard Depoorter race bike (page 2)
Richard Depoorter with old photos (page 3)

 

Year
1950's
Model
Depoorter
Info
Belgium
Tags
id-pb
T_Frame
yr-75-83
DCI-bikes
DCI-frame
DePoorter
richard depoorter frame project 1950s

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Dag Marco, dit is schitterend nieuws. Ik zoek ondertussen met deze informatie verder naar mogelijke herkomst met eventueel een Dutch connection.
Dank voor deze nuttige informatie. Heb jij nog een link of info over Ekla 'D'?

Ik zie dat Ekla een Belgische firma was die tot jaren '70 zandgegoten lugs maakte. Ik zie die lugs ook bvb in fietsen van de jaren '60 van België/Nederland (BRH Belgisch Rijwiel Huis/Jan Nieuwenhoff A'dam/... ) tot in Italië (Cinelli/Galmozzi/ ...) terug. 

Submitted by non-fixie (not verified) on Tue, 08/16/2022 - 14:51

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Volgens een lijst die ik op het internet vond zou het merk RICH. DEPOORTER op de markt gebracht zijn door ene Debou, O. uit Ichtegem. Voor wat het waard is.