by velocollective | Jul 30, 2017 | Repair Tips, Vintage French Bikes
Good Beginnings.. Its not often you find a Jacotey bike, and from the first moment I really liked it. Great colour, Vitus 788 frame, custom built by a boutique frame builder in Picardy, a nicely put-together bike. Jacotey retired in 2016 as a well known...
by velocollective | Jul 12, 2017 | Uncategorized, Vintage Bikes, Vintage French Bikes
Definitely not a Peugeot If you don’t know the story, this is a follow up to an original post about a mystery bike I bought without decals, with no serial number, and no form of identification. You can read the original post here: It had me...
by velocollective | Jul 8, 2017 | Vintage Bikes, Vintage French Bikes
Restoring a vintage bike: the Guimard Stablinski, Poulidor, Anquetil..some great riders have lent their names to bikes over the years, many of them being mass produced and cheap to buy. Most Anquetils and Merckx bikes you see around are as cheap...
by velocollective | Apr 30, 2017 | Vintage French Bikes
The Mystery Bike It was in a shoddy state. Unridden for a long time, I’d guess for more than twenty years. The tyres were flat, the rear derailleur was locked up with thick dirt; the chain was off; the Stronglight headset was rusty and so loose...
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