by velocollective | Oct 24, 2019 | Repair Tips
French Steerer Threads Here is an email I received recently from Carles, with an interesting but difficult problem with his Vitus bike: “I recently ended up in your website, which I found super useful. I had the bad luck of ending up with a vitus with italian...
by velocollective | Oct 18, 2019 | Vintage Bikes, Vintage French Bikes
Lapierre SuperLux: Rare in America Unlike the plentiful examples of Peugeots, Motobecanes and Gitanes found on the streets of American town and cities, there are few Lapierre bikes to admire. Even fewer Lapierre Superlux models. They weren’t exported to...
by velocollective | Sep 13, 2019 | Vintage Bikes
A Bike for Séraphine I’ve only ridden a vintage Atala bike once, back in the days before the housing market in Seattle was still affordable and the Capitol Hill district of the city was more bohemian than tecchie. I owned it for a few weeks, but there was no...
by velocollective | Aug 15, 2019 | Vintage Bikes, Vintage French Bikes
Manufrance Bikes If you go looking for a vintage bike advertised on French classifieds, chances are you’ll easily come across a Manufrance for sale. A ubiquitous sight on French roads for many decades, the company was founded way back in 1885. The model...
by velocollective | Jul 24, 2019 | Vintage Bikes, Vintage French Bikes
Monsieur Chrono This is a 1980’s Jacques Anquetil bike sent by Phillip, who is going to improve some parts of it and find out some more about the bike. I wrote a blog about an Anquetil find which I enjoyed restoring here, though with its Vitus frame and Shimano...
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