Rétromobile Paris 2024 
Rétromobile is an annual classic car show held in February in the French city of Paris. First held in 1976, the show is hosted at the Paris expo Porte de Versailles, a convention center located between the Boulevards of the Marshals and the Boulevard Périphérique. Traditionally the first major classic car show of the year. Rétromobile is also the location of a classic car auction. More than 100,000 spectators will visit the exhibition.
Address: Porte de Versailles, Paris, France
Contact: https://www.retromobile.com/en
And if you're lucky, you'll also come across bicycles - often for sale.
Notre Dame des Cyclist, Labatiste-d´ Armagnac, France
The Chapel of Notre Dame des Cyclistes becomes a mandatory stop for most cyclists and cycling enthusiasts, sometimes even at the cost of a long detour.
The chapel building is early Romanesque (late 9th century) and later served the Templars. In 1959, it was dedicated to Our Lady of Cycling. The clergyman who organized all this was an avid cyclist and collector of cycling trophies, which you will find on display here. Even part of the interior decoration is made of bicycle parts (for example, candlesticks). Here you will also find prayers to Our Lady of Cycling in various world languages. In 1966, a cycling wedding took place here. The portal of the chapel is decorated with a French inscription, which, translated, reads: "Let the sun shine above us."
Address: 40240 Labatiste-d´ Armagnac, France
Contact: https://artsandculture.google.com/story/the-chapel-of-our-lady-of-the-cyclists/JwXRjPtfOV99Ig
Musée Moto Vélo, Domazan – France
This highly specialized museum concentrating on the beginnings of development of bicycles is located in a family castle Château de Bosc . All machines in the collection are very rare examples, many of them are not possible to show on next places because they exists only in one example. Just these bicycles made this museum as one of the best bicycle museum around the World.
Contact: http://www.chateau-de-bosc.com
Last visites in 2017 a 2018 and some new examples:
08/F. Moto velo musée, Domazan – France
New face of museum after exchange some bikes from spring 2015 :
08/E. Moto velo musée, Domazan – France
Musée du Velo du Haut Limousin, France
Very nice and very dignified premises for a cycling museum. Sensitively edited. A private museum open to the public. The museum includes two exhibition spaces, a part dedicated to racing cycling and personalities. The second space presents the history of bicycles since 1817. Temporary exhibition of professional bicycles in the summer season of 2024.
We visited larger museums and exhibitions where there were more unique machines. But the atmosphere in Arnac-la-Poste, the owner's welcome, interpretation and passion for the cause is more than any TOP exhibit. Absolutely great mood and love for cycling is felt from the first moment.
Adress: 2 Rue de la Piscine, 87160 Arnac-la-Poste, Francie
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Musée-du-Vélo-du-Haut-Limousin-100084251950503/
Musée d'art et d'industrie, Saint-Étienne – France
National cycling museum in France with a large bicycle collection. An important place for the production of bicycles and components in the entire history of French mass production and an important museum.
Address: 2 Pl. Louis Comte, 42000 Saint-Étienne, France
Contact: https://mai.saint-etienne.fr
Our last visit in 2023
16/A. Musée d'art et d'industrie, Saint-Étienne – France
Guns in museum
The same exhibition area, ofcourse approximately is dedicated to weapons in the museum. Tradition is as essential to Saint-Étienne as it is to bicycles. However, we did not find the bicycle revolver "VELODOG" for driving away dogs in the exhibition.
Musée d'art et d'industrie in Saint-Étienne - "The velocipede - a modern object"
National cycling museum Musée d'art et d'industrie in Saint-Étienne, France organized excellency exhibition "The velocipede - a modern object" in summer 2008. There was many nice machines from period 1865 - 1870.
Contact:
http://www.forez-info.com/actualite/culture/velocipede_objet_de_modernite_2907.html
L’épopée fantastique - Compiègne, France
L’épopée fantastique 1820-1920, cycles et motos (April - July 2016)
The season exhibition in Musée national de la Voiture du Palais de Compiègne.
At the present time I must to say one of the best exposition I have ever seen. The fantastic atmosphere of old buildings are absolutely the right place for early bicycles.
Very special thanks for Elise Fau for her time and hospitality.
Contakt: http://palaisdecompiegne.fr/
Exposition L'historique Moto & Velo – Marmande 2013, France
The absolutelly the best exposition antique bicycles I have ever seen. It is excellency when a lot of bicycles in authentic and original condition are showed for season exhibition only. Thank you Patric and Dominique.
Contakt: http://www.valdegaronne.com/?La-Tomate-a-la-Belle-Epoque´
Support for Assotiation ÉTOILE D'ARGENT: http://pari47.com/index.php?tg=articles&topics=288
Early Machines and First Progres of Bicycle:
Expo Tour de France - Francis Chantal Ostojski, Landas, France
Francis and Chantal Ostojski prepared an absolutely fantastic exhibition dedicated to the bikes and riders of the Tour de France on August 26 and 27, 2023 Everything took place as part of the weekend "Bike Faêtes du Velo!" organized by the CCPC and Landas community.
Address: Landas, Francie
Contact: https://www.facebook.com/francischantal.ostojski/
Fotos: with thanks to Francis Chantal Ostojski
Collection ‘Monsieur X’ – plakáty, Paříž, Francie
"October 2014 - Paris: There was an auction of a single collection of over 350 posters dating from the late 19th to the mid 20th century, all of which were on the theme of the bicycle, and mostly of French origin. The anonymous seller ‘Monsieur X’ had been collecting these over a period of about 35 years, amassing an extraordinary range of images, largely in very good condition. Grouped in themes, they included images of cycles being chased by ‘red indians’, oriental themes, night time images and manufacturers racing exploits. They reflected the various art styles of the times, the Art Nouveau posters being particularly attractive.
Many of the posters were large scale, averaging about 100 x 150 cm, since they were designed to be read from a distance and have ‘impact’. Most were lithographs drawn on to and printed from lithographic stones, and it is only in full scale that you can appreciate the beauty, colour and textures of these pieces. Printed on thin paper, since they were not really designed to last, they are commonly preserved by mounting the fragile sheets on linen." said Tim Dawson on his blog http://vintagebicycle.wordpress.com/about/
During four days before auction was organized exposition showed all these posters. It was last oportunity to see this bigest world collection together. For all these who missed this time we prepared full overview here in gallery.
