by velocollective | May 15, 2020 | Repair Tips, Vintage Bikes, Vintage French Bikes
An Unrideable Peugeot HLE The Peugeot HLE was owned by my brother in law from new, but a few years ago the rear chain stay snapped on it and the bike was ruefully stored in his shed. I sent him the quite striking replacement for it, a repainted frameset...
by velocollective | May 2, 2020 | Vintage Bikes, Vintage French Bikes
The Frameset Diggs got in touch with me about a very beautiful frameset he bought from an enthusiast in Paris, pictured below. As you can see, it’s a lovely frameset, black with superb gold detailing around the lugs, gold decals, half chrome forks...
by velocollective | Jan 23, 2020 | Vintage Bikes, Vintage French Bikes
Peugeot PH 501 from the 1980’s I like this era of Peugeot bikes, a time when technology was changing and the brand’s grip on the market was slowly but surely slipping away. Peugeot were still making cool bikes at this time, I’m in...
by velocollective | Jan 2, 2020 | Vintage Bikes, Vintage French Bikes
The Vintage Mercier Rose I’d had my eye on this vintage Mercier rose bike for a few days, so on the morning when I finally arranged to meet the seller and see the bike, I felt quite determined to buy it. It was about a 25 mile drive to the seller’s house, deep...
by velocollective | Dec 6, 2019 | Vintage French Bikes
Vintage Alan bikes and Peugeot Vitus Niaz wrote to me recently with some pictures of his superb French machines, his vintage Alan bikes and Peugeot Vitus, with some excellent informative background about them. He’s kindly agreed that I can share them on...
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...
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