Vintage Italian Bicycle frame building video

Bicycle Tricks from the 1950s

Harry Kramer, a 76-year-old street entertainer, performs bicycle tricks on Main Street in Travelers Rest, South Carolina.

For Sale- Schwinn Town and Country tandem

 Beautiful original Schwinn Town and Country tandem. Early 1960s- the Sturmey Archer 3 Speed hub is dated 1960. Original paint, bow pedals, Schwinn speedometer, baby seat . . .the whole 9 yards! Chrome is beautiful. It is the same design and look as the 1940s-1950s Schwinn Town and Country tandems, last of that generation. Time capsule piece.

$1000

Early 1950s Raleigh Clubman

54cm seattube x 58cm toptube(both are center to center)
Bayliss and Wiley track hubs with Raleigh Record Ace front wingnuts, and aluminum axlenuts.
Dunlop Special Lightweight rims in excellent condition.
Early version GB Sport front brake and lever.
Lovely aluminum stem.
Headclip headset.
Brooks saddle- I believe it is a 1960s-1970s saddle.
Williams cranks set. Williams date code for the "AP" stamped cranks- 1952.
Reynolds 531 tubing.
Bicycle is straight, and finish is great considering the age.  Some paint worn then (see photos), chrome is beautiful. No dents. Lower pump peg is broken off.

Legend of the Tour de France(pt.1) video

La Legende Du Tour de France  Part 1(in French). Simply amazing footage of a bygone era

Raleigh Industries pedal comparison

1950s Raleigh Industries pedals. Raleigh, Rudge, Dunelt, Humber and Hercules. Slight variations and different pedal dustcaps. All made in England.

Reproduction Schwinn Paramount Lockring for sale

We reproduced track cog lockrings for the early Schwinn Paramount hubs. The lockring thread is unique and original lockring is increasing harder to find.
$50

Cinelli headset spacers

A collector friend had these Cinelli headset spacers reproduced. One pair is chrome plated steel and the other pair is silver. This set has been spoken for, but if there is interest, he would do another run of them, as it is quite a costly process, it only makes sense to do if he is having 10 or so reproduced. They are expensive, current cost is about $200 each, but the more that is reproduced in a run, the lower the cost will be. If you have interest, email me and I will get a tally of how many to make and we can go from there.

This spacer was originally included in the 1950s Cinelli headset. At the time, the headset was not liked by mechanics as it required a special pin tool, and was prone to coming out of adjustment. When the Campagnolo headset came out, it was common to discard the Cinelli headset and leave the Cinelli headset spacer with the Campagnolo headset. The early to mid 1960s Cinelli SC we have at the shop has a Cinelli spacer with an early Campagnolo headset. I also noticed in The Competition Bicycle, the 1960s Cinelli featured is equipped with a Campagnolo headset with a Cinelli headset spacer.

Zefal Course pump

Zefal Course pump from the 1950s-1960s. This is one of my favorite pump logos, and with the red annodization, it is more unique.

Pearl aluminum rail leather saddle

 A fellow collector recently brought me a unique saddle from his collection. It was manufactured by Pearl, a French company that I have advertisements in old issues of Le Cycliste. It is a beautiful 1940s-1950s saddle with great patina and some interesting features.

 The copper rivets are stamped "Pearl", a nice touch that Ideale later added to some of their saddles.

 The French have a great sense of style with their lettering and logos, and the Pearl tag on the back of the saddle is no exception.

 Aluminum rails are bolted to an aluminum cantle with bag loops mounted in between the two.

 This unusual coil spring is mounted in between the aluminum nose piece and the rail mount. A pin tool would be inserted to adjust the tension of the saddle, I guess the spring was included to keep the tension between the front end of the leather saddle in proper tension with the saddle rails?? It is also worth noting the amount of aluminum parts involved in the production of this saddle. On a similar Ideale aluminum rail saddle, only the rails and seat clamp are aluminum, all the other parts are steel. Most of the parts on this Pearl saddle are aluminum, minus the spring, bag loops, bolts/nuts and the aforementioned copper rivets.

 Even the seat clamp as a nice design element cut out of it.

Key hole cutouts from the top view