Random shelf photo

Awesome customer's bike

      This Bianchi city bike rolled in last week. Really nice city set up with great features. My favorite detail is the chromed portion of the down tube so that when you step through the frame to get on the bike, you don't scratch the paint there. Nice full chain case and the rear fender is perforated to accept a skirt guard. original Bianchi fenders, very sturdy. Sturmey Archer AW 3 speed hub dated 1971. Wheels appear to be original to the bike, so that kind of dates it. This bike has seen many miles and it shows. Great burgundy paint with all the original decals. I hope it stays in service for many more years.

 

 

Tour de France bicycle exhibit in France

An exhibition in Arudy, France, of old bikes of the Tour de France. Bikes and memorabilia represented from 1903 to1980. So interest of The Wheelmen and of members of Classic Rendezvous.

Link to a lot more photographs and some descriptions HERE
(http://velosvintage.over-blog.com/article-expo-vieux-velos-du-tdf-a-arudy-p-a-111580483.html)

Ondiana 1900, Peugeot 1907, Automoto 1924, and J.B Louvet 1925

Mercier 1937, Bianchi 1936,  Dalcieri (subcontractor Bianchi) 1949, Legnano 1948, and Stella 1953.

L.Bobet 1955, Helyett 1957,  Robert Cazala's 1959 Mercier, Legnano 1963, Fédérico Bahamontes' 1964 Paloma.

Passage of Tour de France at the top of the Tourmalet in 1927.

Philly Bike Expo cool old bikes

1970s Pogliaghi track bike.

Frejus Track bike

Cool custom bike

Nice cache of Italian steel(early Bianchi with Cambio Corsa, early 1960s Masi, late 1960s DeRosa, and mid 1970s Cinelli)

Badged Cinelli stem on the Masi.

1950s Bianchi Sport city bicycle

Beautiful pair of Bianchi Sport city bicycles we recently sold. They were equipped with Bianchi proprietary headset, Sturmey Acher 3 speed hubs, and full chaincases.

Bianchi stamped headclip stem.

I love these brake levers. Notice the Schwinn copy grips.

Bianchi City bicycle

I'm trying to be better about cataloging some of the amazing bikes we have in our collection. It is a rather daunting task as we have quite a few, and some are not all that accessible. It is hard to sell a bicycle if no one knows we have it.
Here is a Bianchi city bicycle. It has integrated handlebars, stem, brake levers and is set up with a Simplex Champione du monde rear derailleur. I have not checked the 'Bianchi' stamped FB hubs for a date code but I believe it is post war.  At this time, Bianchi, as many bicycle manufacturers would stamp all the components with the name of their company on it. The saddle, hubs, cranks, pedal blocks and even the aluminum 700c clincher rims are stamped 'Bianchi,' even though none of these components were made in house at the Bianchi factory.
This bicycle is original except for the tires and maybe the grips, they look too new.

55cm Bianchi Campione D'Italia for sale

 55cm center to center seattube, 54cm center to center toptube.
1980ish. Campagnolo Super Record cranks and brakes. Campagnolo Nuovo Record derailleurs, hubs, bottom bracket, and seatpost. The seatpost is has also been milled and pantographed. Ofmega 52/42 tooth chainrings. 3TTT handlebars and stem. The rims are period correct but do not match- the front is a Nisi and the rear is a Mavic GP4. Also included is a set of Campagnolo pedals. The rear derailleur is stamped Pat 79, so that is why I am dating the bike around 1980.


$750

Some bikes & frames that are for sale

I will soon do individual post for each of these items, this is a preview of some of the items we will be selling in the near future. If you are interested in something beforehand, just email me at bikevilleatgmaildotcom . 

Teledyne Titan

(one of the first production titanium frames from 1970s)

Raleigh Tourist

1980s Kas Vitus bike

(Sean Kelly rode on this team, definitely not his bike)

super mint Raleigh Sports

early 1980s Bianchi Campione

Ladies 1940s Bianchi

A nice Ladies Bianchi that we are renting out for a theater production. I've always liked this model, and really like the internal routing of the brakes inside the handlebars. And check out those pedals!