by velocollective | Nov 21, 2017 | Vintage Bikes, Vintage French Bikes
The Super Champion Trying to find information about the Super Competition isn’t so easy; in fact, a few bike enthusiasts on some forums even dispute it ever existed. Well, here is proof that Motobecane did make this model, albeit infrequently, through the...
by velocollective | Nov 16, 2017 | Repair Tips, Vintage French Bikes
Mystery Man There’s very little information out there on the mysterious Eddie Koepler. From what I can gather, he was a professional cyclist, perhaps a domestique, who quite possibly rode in the Molteni team with another Eddy, the iconic...
by velocollective | Nov 9, 2017 | Vintage Bikes, Vintage French Bikes
The Earlier, the Better It’s well known that identifying Peugeot models can be very confusing, so at least this bike had its name written on the top tube: Course. In French it means “race”, equivalent to the British term for a road bike...
by velocollective | Oct 21, 2017 | Vintage Bikes, Vintage French Bikes
The Tubing Debate I notice on forums that Peugeot HLE bikes get some interesting reviews and opinions. You find that some come from the perspective that if a bikes tubes aren’t built with Reynolds, Columbus or similar double-butted frames, then its...
by velocollective | Oct 19, 2017 | Vintage Bikes, Vintage French Bikes
Who Were C.N.C? It is not a brand I’d come across before; that makes it often more interesting. This C.N.C bike is quite a stunning colour blue, and was in very nice shape when I acquired it from its original owner. He was an elderly man who...
by velocollective | Oct 3, 2017 | Vintage Bikes, Vintage French Bikes
Vintage Mercier Bike Now Sold Beautiful Mercier road bike, 56.5cm frame size from centre to top, 57cm top tube, centre to centre, 10 speed, with stamped fork crowns and hear shaped lugs, Columbus tubing, in used but excellent condition for its...
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