by velocollective | Jan 10, 2022 | Vintage Bikes
Specialized Allez SE I watched this vintage Specialized Allez bike, a 1987 version, looking rather forlorn and beaten, sitting advertised at a good price for weeks. For days I looked at its photographs a dozen times, tilting my head to look at the clumsily...
by velocollective | Nov 22, 2020 | Repair Tips
Can 10 Speed Friction Shifting Work? Some people have commented on the video that they have succeeded in making 10 speed friction shifting work. I accept that some set ups could function, but the precision involved would surely cause two issues: All parts would...
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 | 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...
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