A miraculous break (brake) through.
The SIMPLEX handlebar stem-that-brakes-when-pulled-back
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Writes owner Nels Miller:
"...my favorite French toy (other than B. Bardot, of course -- this one is at least accessible!) 'Guideonstop' means, I think, 'for those who pray a lot'? ... the age -- assumed 1950s."

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