Cirque Du Cyclisme this weekend

I will be speaking at Cirque this year and highly recommend you to attend, if not for my presentation on swap meets or the comradarie of like-minded bike nuts, then at least for the swap meet!


Information HERE!

Items we recently sold

I am not the best at updating the website, and I am constantly reminded about that. I have said it before, but the upkeep of the website and this blog is almost entirely done after work hours. So blog posts are written before I go to work and website additions are worked on in the evenings after I eat dinner. As backward as it might seem, what works well is customers emailing lists of that they are searching for, and below are some items sold recently that were never listed, just located after someone emailed looking for them.

 New old stock Cyclo Oppy derailleur and shifter and cable.

 Schwinn Paramount front hub.

 new old stock large flange Campagnolo Nuovo Record hubs.

early Columbia 2 piece cranks.

 Schwinn Sprint chainring set, for early Schwinn Varsity.

Gold Mafac Competition engraved brakeset.

new computer- Campagnolo logos

Sorry for the delay in posts, we recently received a new work computer and I'm in the process of transferring information from the old one to the new one, organizing it, and getting used to a PC again, it has been a couple years.

Below are some Campagnolo logos I have found while transferring photos. Some images are pictures I took, and some I did not take but I no longer have any idea where the original image came from.

Collection of Raleigh headbadges

Raleigh headbadges from 1950s-1980s

Cyclo (UK) interesting offerings and components

Cyclo catalogs I was recently looking through. Interesting to see offering an 8 speed bicycle in 1934, and it took Schwinn to mass market an 8 speed bike until 1960 with the Schwinn Varsity. I guess the American market was inundated with heavy single speed bicycles that looked like motorcycles and rode like tanks.

1934, 1936, 1960

This Rosa pedal extension looks like a great item for riders with wide feet. I don't think I have ever found a pair on pedals before??

Cyclo Oppy toe clips. named after Sir Hubert Opperman, these wire toeclips were light and inventive solutions. Soma recently produced their version of them- HERE.

A handlebar camera mount, I assumed for when not currently riding. GoPro currently makes a mount to attach a camera to your handlebars as well, but this is for when riding, to record your ride.

Rosa rim truer. Does any reader have experience with this tool?

Cyclo Rosa rim truer. Efficient and simple. I would love to try them out on some of the old Raleigh Tourist rims. Anyone use them before?

Cyclo Benelux tools for adjusting and setting up the cantankerous rear derailleur.

Now this is just a wacky design, I don't understand how the turning of the block face will give better braking power when the rubber is worn down? I have never seen on a bike, maybe that speaks to it's effectiveness.

Swap Meet sighting- Early Jewel Tank Schwinn Autocycle

 Yes, complete with bent fork, and bent rear triangle. To the casual observer, this is just a rusty ol' bike. To a balloon tire bicycle or Schwinn collector, this is an amazing "barn fresh" bike. Barn fresh is a term used in the collector world that means it has recently surfaced from where ever it has been for the last 75 years or so, untouched by a restorer or collector.
Sold, before we got there. Yes, we were late.. . .

 Beautiful fender bomb with green reflector.

 Schwinn Excelsior headbadge

 Crossbar with built in speedometer(needs a little work, of course)

 Reflectors are attached to both sides of the hanging tank.

 EA bake-a-lite button.

 Interior of the speedometer. seen better days.

 "Pogo" seat- it is a sprung saddle, that gives a pogo effect when riding.

 Tank opens from this side to store batteries, tools, baseball cards. Locking fork, complete with key.

Hole in chainstay from the crankarm rubbing while riding. The crank arm is not bent, it is the rear triangle of the frame that is out of alignment. I guess 'junior' didn't hear that clicking noise every crank rotation. Notice the Miller kickstand, this was before Schwinn welded their patented kickstands on their frames.

Broken Campagnolo crank arm

 __It happens. Sure it is scary and horrific, but it is aluminum that is 30 years old, and sometimes we forget we are riding on vintage stuff. I have a lot of parts on my bikes that were made before I was born, some were even manufactured before my father was born. It is good to inspect your components every once and a while. Make it a routine to clean your bike and make sure no hairline cracks or other defects developed. You will be left with assurance your parts are good and you will have a clean bike!

Moser Campagnolo Gran Sport crank arm,