Showing posts with label lenton. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lenton. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Cool bikes seen at the Vintage Vagabond ride

 early 1970s Cinelli. repaint, after a cracked bottom bracket was repaired.
A rack of bicycles at the lunch stop. The Hill Cycle I rode, a beautiful wood rim restored Umberto Dei track bike, a fixed gear converted Scapin, and a mid to late 1960s Carlton.
 Rack 2- Peugeot PX-10 converted to a fixed gear with early Schwinn Paramount hubs and fork truss support. Chrome Maino fixed gear. Blue Trek 610 and then a Rivendell Bleriot 650b bike.

 Jed, one of the 2 ride organizers rode this stunning Carlton.
 The early Umberto Dei. Beautiful bike, and pretty fast rider as well!
 Chrome headlugs on the Maino, Italian built bike.
 Seat cluster treatment on the Maino.
 Front brake on the Dei, notice the cork brake pads for the wood rims.

British bikes stick together. 1970s Mercian and Raleigh Lenton Grand Prix- Reg Harris model.
 Colnago
 Beautiful, low miles Marinoni.

Monday, June 13, 2011

Raleigh Lenton Sports Ladies Bicycle recently sold

Recently sold at the shop
53cm Raleigh
Lenton ladies bicycle. Reynolds 531 tubing. Sturmey Archer 4 speed internal rear hub. Milremo pedals. Beautiful Raleigh decaled plastic fenders. 26 x 1 1/4" wheels. This bicycle will clean up beautifully. The paint, decals, and pinstriping is in excellent condition, and the chrome will polish up nice and shiny. This bicycle is a super example of a 1950s-early 1960s unrestored, original bicycle.


More photographs here.