De Waele
Named for champion cyclist Maurice De Waele (*1896-†1952), winner of the Tour de France in 1929. Sticker on the tank of a 50s style moped reads "WAELE SACHS". Another, said to be a De Waele, has an HMW engine and chassis from Galletti of Bologna. Images of this model show what appears to be "??RENT DE WYR" on the rear guard.
Sources: Pascal; Dirk van Haren Noman.
April 10th 2025
Ronald van Vlierberghe
I'm one of the "de Waele" owners.
De Waele both used Sachs and HMW.
They build utillity mopeds, sport mopeds and scooters. Frames are from Galletti.
I have a de Waele scooter with HMW 50N engine.
At the moment there are 4 de Waele mopeds known,
3 in Belgium and one in the Netherlands nearby the Belgian border.
"??RENT DE WYR" should be Florent de Wyn. Florent was the dealer for de Waele in Moerbeke (Belgium). these dealer sticker is stil on our de Waele.
24-Jan-24
dirkvhn at hotmaildotcom
I have also some information concerning the Belgian Mopeds 'De Waele' from Maldegem, Flanders.
Maurice De Waele (*1896-†1952) was a cycling ace.
In 1929 he'd win the Tour de France.
After his dead his successors assemble mopeds with the Italian Galletti frame and the Austrian HMW-engine (1958).
As far as we know, only one moped survives.
Kind regards, Dirk
