by velocollective | Jan 15, 2019 | Vintage Bikes, Vintage British Bikes
Carlton Criterium Restoration I’ve never owned a Criterium before, but I have restored a couple of Pro Ams and Longfellows in recent times. The bike in this blog, which needs top to bottom work, was lower in the ranks than the Pro Am, which had Reynolds 531...
by velocollective | Jan 9, 2019 | Vintage Bikes, Vintage French Bikes
Peugeot Camargue Often in the depths of winter you can find a used bike for a good price. Last month I saw this nice French mixte bike for sale on Ebay, locally advertised, and wondered if the seller would take an offer for a quick...
by velocollective | Jan 5, 2019 | Vintage Bikes, Vintage French Bikes
Motobecane Super Champion – a Gem I received an email from Rafal from Poland, who told me about his beautiful Motobecane Super Champion from 1975, similar to the one I blogged about last year here. Both share the same deep red colour,...
by velocollective | Dec 15, 2018 | Vintage Bikes, Vintage French Bikes
Mystery Vintage Bike James got in contact with me with quite a special bike that he has just restored, the identity of which remains a mystery. He’s done a great job of restoring it, part by part, rebuilding it with obvious care and precision, but...
by velocollective | Nov 30, 2018 | Vintage Bikes, Vintage French Bikes
What’s in a Name? Whenever the word “professional” is used for a model of a road bike, you expect something really good. Am I wrong? I think I’d expect a replica of a professional team bike, like the old Raleigh Professional and the similarly...
by velocollective | Nov 7, 2018 | Vintage Bikes, Vintage British Bikes
Vintage Carlton bike for sale – now sold Patrick write to me with a vintage Carlton bike for sale, in fact there are two of them, both built with Reynolds 531 tubing, a Carlton Pro Am and a ladies’ Courette, which is quite rare. Here...
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