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.

In Rock mix

not bicycles, but this is what I do when I am not talking about, reading about, or riding bicycles. I dj rock music and make mixes. 

Here is the newest one. You can listen to it online or download it by clicking the down arrow, on the left-hand side. It's free.
RockTits 'In Rock' by rocktits!

Boneshaker magazine

 Who doesn't love cool old pictures of old bikes? What about people riding them too? What about trick riding and even animal hospital bicycles? The newest issue of the VCC's Boneshaker has it all. If you are not a member of the Veteran Cycle Club, I highly recommend it. Membership information is here. There is also endless amounts of information with the VCC, not all pictures.


. . . and yes, I keep an issue of Boneshaker under my bed. it's bike porn.

 Veterinarians on wheels. 

I would love to see this routine.

1937 Raleigh Golden Arrow

 We recently got this 1937 Raleigh Golden Arrow in. These are the 'before' pictures, the way we bought the bike and we will soon restore it to the correct specifications. The bike will clean up beautifully, the paint looks great and the plating really only has surface rust on it. We are confident that we have a nice set of period mudguards to install as well. Might be difficult finding a set of Shock-Stop grips for it though.

 Funny how the kept the original quadrant top tube Sturmey Archer shifter on the bike, even though it had been 'upgraded' to normal SA trigger thumb shifter.

 Nice fluted cottered cranks with replaceable chainring.

The Lauterwasser turned upright for a more casual riding position. we will correct that.

BSA Gold Column

(this is a story I posted a while ago, but after the Schwinn Paramount story, I think I am going to make a regular thing- "swap meet tales")

Late 1940s BSA Gold Column that I looked at a recent bicycle swap meet. I did not purchase it, as the price of the bicycle was not fixed, and as the day went along, the price went up, and then was told the bike was sold, but if I wanted to pay $20 more than the price that it sold for, it could be mine. I don't condone that type of selling. 
So I don't know if the bike actually sold or not. Did the buyer not pay for it yet, and if I were to buy it, would the seller just tell the original buyer- 'hey, you should have paid for it.' Or if the original buyer did pay for it, and intended on picking it up from the seller at the end of the swap meet, was the seller then just going to hand back the money and say-'Sorry, this guy paid me $20 more than what I sold it to you for. . .' 

It was a very unique bicycle, in original condition, an outstanding example of post war British bicycle. The brakes are quite rare, and i have never seen the decals on the Dunlop Special Lightweight rims, but imagine that the decals didn't last long.


I also picked up an issue of Cycling magazine that had information about this little known model (I have not yet photographed it). BSA had many models of bicycle that started with 'Gold'- such as- Opperman Gold Special, Triple Gold Star, Gold Shield, Gold Crest, Gold Band, and Gold Vase, and that is just from the 1938 BSA Gold Catalogue.

Bike Shop drawing

This pencil drawing was done by our friend Randall Sellers in 2002. His work is on the small side, I think this drawing is 3"x4.5". It was drawn when the shop was set up opposite what it is now- the shelves and countertop is now on the left when you come in the door, not the right. Oh, we also have a new Fido.

Rene Andre Porteur

 Rene Andre is one of the lesser known French constructeurs but many Parisien cyclists rate him as one of the best. He was a builder in Paris, and used to braze for Cycles CNC. This bike has been restored and recently for sale on Ebay(I don't usually post other peoples auctions, but this bike is beautiful and the seller agreed I could post the photos). 
The bike appear to be from the 1960s-1970s. In Fred Delong's Guide to Bicycles(1974), he list Rene Andre as one of the few French builders recommended, along with Rene Herse, Alex Singer, Jo Routens, and R. Ducheron. The blue is perfect, I love it with the box-lining. 

Photos of the Rene Andre taken by photographer Jean-Pierre Pradères - photographer for Golden Age of Handbuilt Bikes, The Competition Bicycle, and The Art of the Racing Motorcycle.

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Ambrosio adjustable stem(same design as 3TTT)

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large front rack.

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Cibie headlight

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Stronglight 49d crankset with TA adapter(that appears to have been milled down, or at least profiles rounded).

Notice the chain rest,

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Mafac criterium brakes

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Mafac inverse levers

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Nice fender reinforcement, a treatment done by only the top french builders.

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I do like the chrome 16mm crank bolts, rather than the typical covers.