In typical n+1 fashion I seem to have acquired another bicycle. I found it on the ground with broken spokes, stripped saddle, flat tires, bent chain guard, and no lock. So I left note with my phone number and took it home to keep it from the scrap metal recyclers. No one has contacted me so I guess it's now on me to restore. It appears to be 1970s French; or, at least all of the components are French and from that era. In addition to the charming foil "Champion du Monde" decal on the seat tube the down tube has some faded cursive lettering that I think says "R"__"eulade" but I haven't been able to match that with any brand or model yet. I'll try reddit and some forums next, but if anyone here has ideas please let me know!

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If anyone can figure out what this said I would be grateful!

edit to add: I _think_ it's 1970s French.

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@redjives I'm interested in what appears to be an isolated dot after the initial R.

Though perhaps it might be the stylized crossbar of an A.

@varx R. _eulade is plausible. It could be a name (of a shop, or frame maker, or something made up…I don't think this was high end at the time)

@redjives There was a disgraced French Senator by the name of René Teulade... but no relationship to bikes that I'm aware of. :-)

I checked all English and French Wikipedia titles for words ending in [ec]ulade but didn't find anything plausible.