Here is the catalog of MAFAC in 1964. MAFAC was a French brake maker. I think the company was already closed in 1980s. However, a number of cyclists have been using MAFAC ever afterwards.
It depends on cyclist's age what model is favorite. Criterium, Racer, Competition, or Ride must be familiar to those who began cycling in early 70s like me. To elder cyclists more than me, Driver, Dural-forge, Top 63, or Tiger might be familiar.
A lot of MAFAC have been sold in the online auction. Therefore if you don't persist in the product year, you would be able to buy the popular model such as Criterium, Racer, and Competition in the mint condition.

Those who were my generation and had ridden mass-production sports bicycle, have had an experience which exchanged Dia-compe cantilever brake or centre-pull brake for MAFAC Criterium or Racer, and must have been surprised for its good performance. I had used three types of model such as Competition for road-racing bicycle, Ride for 650*38 randonneur, and Racer for 700*35C randonneur. But, I hadn't used the most popular model Criterium.

It might be a bit hard to compare MAFAC brake with present brakes, because of advanced function and quality. However, if you change a brake shoe to present model or attach the brass bushing, you will be able to get mild brake performance. There are a number of cyclists who use them carefully even now.

Together with the brake, the mobile tool kit has been famous. This tool kit was composed of thin offset-wrench, socket-spanner which is used with offset wrench, tire levers, and pedal wrench. Back in those days, I always thought that it was very convenient.

This catalog doesn't have a front cover. It is 4 pages of the center fold, very simple. The exploded view of Top 63 is interesting. Illustrations were drawn by Daniel Rebour.

This catalog was offered by Mr. Old Cyclist.

Here were several cantilever brakes and brake levers. There have been a number of cyclists who had used Criterium or guidnet lever. Those products have been popular in Japan.
Cycle motor which had long arm and long brake shoe was often used for Tandem or Pass-hunter which needed a strong braking force.
As for Guidonnet lever and flat lever, there were two types such as aluminum model, and Delrin model with steel core. However, cracks had happened to Delrin model soon.
I used the brake lever for a flat handlebar of my Pass-hunter.


Note: About the Pass-hunter

"Pass hunting" means the crossing a mountain pass. I don't know about the detail. But I think it is Japanese- English. It was already used in New cycling magazine more than 30 years ago. There are lots of mountain pass in Japan. So I guess the bicycle which adapt to crossing a mountain pass came to be called "Pass hunter".

However, it's not that the bicycle which is called the pass hunter is used for only running in the unpaved rough forest road. Pass-hunter is used also for crossing a mountain trail (You have to carry a bicycle on your shoulder at times).

Pass hunter is equipped with an all-rounder bar and wider tires of 650. The gear ratio is very low, and cyclists use a backpack because they have to shoulder their bicycle.

Pass hunter was produced from the experience of cyclists who challenged to crossing a mountain pass enthusiastically.

Top 63, hooded lever, and Dural-forge were introduced in this page.

This was an exploded view of drop lever that the body was made of Delrin. The adjustable structure of the arch mounting part (1151E) of Top 63 was unique.

Here were exploded views of Racer and aluminum drop lever. Racer has a stamp of "MAFAC", is it so-called "Dural forge"? Unfortunately, I don't know the detail of that.

Straddle cable bridge was double type. Single type of Top 63 was more familiar to me. There were two kinds of single type of straddle cable bridge such as wire slit model and no wire slit model. I use a wire slit model of straddle cable bridge for my present randonneur which is equipped with XTR cantilever brake and cross sportif bicycle which is equipped with Yoshigai GC510 centre-pull brake.

This is the tool kit. There were four kinds of set such as mod 45, mod 48, mod 51, and mod 131 in the illustration. However, the catalog was explaining that there was other kit which had different number of tool.

This is the first time I see the tools of "cycle motor", "scooter", and "motor" for Mobylette, Vespa, and Lambretta.

This tool kit is mine. I think it is mod 48. I lost one tire lever.
Randonneur bicycle which I had ridden in the past had a lot of bolt and nut. Therefore the offset wrenches of 12/14, 10/11, and 8/9, and the socket wrench of 8/9 of the right side were very convenient for a cycling as a mobile tools. The third tool from the right was the combination of 15 mm offset wrench and pedal wrench. The right side of it was the combination of 13 mm offset wrench and hub spanner. The tool of the right upper was minus driver and 15/17 socket wrench and nipple wrench.

I took a photo of back side of the case. There was a trade mark of Miyata on the back side. I think it was attached tool or optional kit of the Miyata sports bicycle. I got it at the bicycle shop I had worked as a part-time worker at the time I was a student.