by velocollective | Jul 30, 2017 | Repair Tips, Vintage French Bikes
Good Beginnings.. Its not often you find a Jacotey bike, and from the first moment I really liked it. Great colour, Vitus 788 frame, custom built by a boutique frame builder in Picardy, a nicely put-together bike. Jacotey retired in 2016 as a well known...
by velocollective | Jul 23, 2017 | Repair Tips
Changing a Tubular Tyre: the Basics Changing a tubular tyre doesn’t require any tools or special skills, and if a tyre has been mounted before it is generally much easier to refit it back onto the rim. Contrastly, new tyres can be a real pain to mount,...
by velocollective | Jul 4, 2017 | Repair Tips
The Shifting Mystery It’s always really disappointing when you build your bike and get it primed for the road, clean and freshly greased, only to find on your first test run that it’s unrideable. When you change up a gear for the first time,...
by velocollective | Jun 6, 2017 | Repair Tips
French Bottom Bracket – Service I’ve uploaded another repair video to youtube titled: French bottom bracket service video. I hope this is useful and can provide some easy visual steps to how best service your vintage bottom bracket. French bottom...
by velocollective | May 29, 2017 | Repair Tips, Vintage French Bike Parts
Stronglight Crankset Removal – Video Stronglight crankset removal for pre-1982 models requires a special tool, a 23.35 crank puller. This particular tool is not easy to find these days and can be quite expensive to buy, even some bike shops won’t have the...
by velocollective | May 17, 2017 | Repair Tips, Vintage French Bike Parts
Adjusting Mafac Centrepull Brakes Buy a vintage French bike and it will likely have Mafac centrepull brakes. These brakes are very adaptable with their long reach arms, and earned a reputation over the years for providing reliable and effective brakes....
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