by velocollective | Feb 3, 2022 | Other Vintage Bikes, Vintage Bikes
Vintage Specialized Allez Restoration If a vintage bike has been ridden for years as a commuter bike, then chances are its condition is going to cause some issues for the restorer. Riding in the elements year after year, especially through the long winters of...
by velocollective | Jul 1, 2020 | Other Vintage Bikes, Vintage Bikes
Video Review Below: Clash of the 501’s I recently posted a blog about the Peugeot PH501, though it doesn’t feel recent. It was actually in January, before the pandemic began and when normal, mask-free life was taken for granted. It seems another world,...
by velocollective | Dec 23, 2019 | Other Vintage Bikes, Vintage Bikes
I Bet You.. ..£5 that you haven’t seen one of these before. It has nothing in common with De Rosa, the Italian brand par excellence. This is an entirely different kind of objet d’art. I’m not going to lie, I had never heard of this brand when...
by velocollective | Mar 26, 2019 | Other Vintage Bikes, Vintage Bikes
Raleigh Professional v Schwinn Paramount I once owned a Raleigh Professional and a Schwinn Paramount at the same time. Yes, I was living the American dream, of having two of the most prestigious vintage bikes that were sold in America in my garage. Not a...
by velocollective | Apr 3, 2018 | Bike Histories, Other Vintage Bikes, Vintage Bikes
1986 Tour De France, mid 1980’s, and that rivalry: LeMond v Hinault. It’s become one of the great events in the history of the race, and I was in my teens at the time. I remember seeing those Look bikes and wishing I had one. LeMond’s...
by velocollective | Mar 13, 2018 | Other Vintage Bikes, Vintage Bikes
Vintage and Modern This Bianchi was made in a time when bike technology was revolutionising how bikes were made and ridden. Gone are the downtube shifters and non-aero brake levers, the five speed freewheel and chromed forks; what we have instead is...
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