Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Vintage Bicycle- one of my favorite blogs

The Vintage Bicycle blog is amazing. great pictures, and well written. Below are some photos of from the blog-
the great Diavolo. Here is a nerdy website discussing Diavolo and the math behind his stunt.
Raleigh Superbe X frame bicycle
Brooks saddle stamps at the Brooks factory

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

1925 track racing in Maryland

from - http://www.shorpy.com/node/12535?size=_original
July 18, 1925. Prince George's County, Maryland. "Bicycle races at Laurel Speedway."
very cool photo showing some young and some older riders. Amongst all the Columbia and Iver Johnson bicycles, looking into the details you see a couple of bikes with brake levers and even one that has a pump mounted on the seattube(4th bike in, that some have wondered if it is young Bobby Phillips Sr.??).

Friday, March 9, 2012

Jerry Casale of Hill Cycle passed away this week

The Casale family owned Hill Cycle shop and was very important to the area cycling/racing community and Jerry Casale later went to run the Corestates and other incarnations of the "Philadelphia Bike Race," even having it upgraded to the U.S. Professional Cycling Championship.
He will be greatly missed.

More information at Hill Cycle on our Blog HERE.

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Brooks Paris Brest Paris video

Above is a screenshot of 0:38 second in on the video below. This was taken the day before the start of the ride. We casually rode to Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines from Montmartre section Paris, I usually don't ride 1200kms+ wearing Lacoste. Also pictured are my tandem buddies, Pat and Cecily, who were on their honeymoon.

Saturday, March 3, 2012

Customer's bike- Don Walker stayer bike

We sold the owner of this bike the Campagnolo pista headset, pedals, handlebars, saddle support, and Nitor seatpost. Don Walker built the bike. Curtis Odom made the cranks and hubs.

Friday, March 2, 2012

sold- 61cm Pantographed Guerciotti



early 1980s Guerciotti pantographed bicycle

61cm center to center seattube,
57cm center to center toptube.
Campagnolo Super Record group.
Rear derailleur is stamped 1981.
The Campagnolo Super Record brakes are the milled and painted.
Also Pantographed Super Record seatpost, chainring, and Cinelli Stem.
Super Record rear derailleur has an incorrect cable anchor bolt.
the Campy gum brake lever hoods are dry and cracking and will need to be replaced.
there are some scratches and scrapes of the paint, see pictures.
no dents.
Wheels are Campagnolo Nuovo Record hubs, with Mavic GP4 rims. there are a set of used Tubular tires.
Tubular tires are the type that MUST be glued on. If you are not sure what I am talking about,
please email me.
Bearings are smooth, wheels are round and true.
bike looks completely ridable BUT I highly recommend a tuneup because it is a bike from the early 1980s.
with Campagnolo SL pedals, not pictured

sold

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Wednesday, February 29, 2012

sold 54cm Teledyne Titan frameset

 Teledyne Titan.
serial number #14XX, so dates around 1974-1975.
54cm center to center seattube
56.5mm center to top of seat lug
56cm center to center toptube
120mm rear spacing.


Minimal use and looks great. The decals are a little ragged, but are mostly complete. the seat tube decal is the worst.
early Shimano Dura Ace headset.
included 2 Shimano toptube brake cable clamps and one chainstay cable stop.
$sold