I found this Haral on Craigslist in Santa Cruz. Had never heard of the brand before, so looked it up and didn't find much. I did find that it was a French custom bike maker located in the French mountainous area of the Haute Savoie. The red cross insignia on the frame, similar to a Swiss cross, is the symbol of this area of France. It is a 59cm Haral "Chambery" and was made of unique tubing by Gautier-Trousell of Longueville near Paris which was used in the Excell Mexico II series of frames. It has a curved top tube and seat tube which allows for shorter rear chain stays. The strong yet lightweight tubing design made the bike frame stiffer and increased pedal efficiency, and I understand that these frames were popular time trial or Triathalon bikes They usually were built out with a top rated component set. This one has Shimano Dura Ace derailleurs, and a 500 brake set circa late 1980s. Not many of these bikes made it across the Atlantic. I was told that this bike originally belonged to a tall beautiful female professional rider from Wisconsin.
2 comments:
Hello,
HARAL is a brand from Savoie France,
Chambery on the logo but the workshop was at La-Motte-Servolex just near to Chambery.
Haral made racing and city bicycles with different level of quality.
I have 5 HARAL, all different. HARAL use often Reynold sand Vitus tubes and Shimano/ Simplex/ Campagnolo derailleurs.
HARAL use also EXCELTOO hubs and ALDO stems, very specific components.
Haral as also a perfect paintjob and produced also bike "sur mesures"
This brand produced bike between the beginning of the 70's to 1985, not good precision yet for that.
Check HARAL on the french blog and forum you will find much more bike.
Thanks
hellow I have a haralframe can you help me a little bit with it
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