The Catch In summer of 2020, with pandemic fatigue already setting in, a dark inky-blue-fillet-brazed road frame came my way from Portland, Oregon. I purchased the frameset from my fellow bicycle…
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Beautiful Bicycles My Bikes2014 MAP S & P Randonneur Project: Kinda Fancy, Pretty Fast, Super Comfy
With its Land Rover green color, honey leather saddle and matching amber shallaced bars, it is a bike that looks borderline matchy-matchy. I’m guilty of fetishizing the build a little, although…
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For a number of years, I’ve been obsessed with a very specific kind of French bicycle: the randonneur or, more correctly the randonneuse. In American usage, this is most often reduced…
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As cycling sub-genres go, randonneuring is an obscure and geeky one, probably less familiar to Americans than BMX riding and unicycling. Typical randonneuring rides, (they are not races but there are…
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In a color combination that recalls pumpkins, charred wood, and Eddy Merckx, Motobecane’s top mid-70s model in orange and black livery is a lusted after machine. To see one is to…
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I’ll admit that my initial attraction to Jack Taylor bicycles was superficial. I loved the flamboyant paint, the box striping, and the mid-century modern logo. After a few years of searching,…
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One of my all-time favorite bicycle graphics features a squirrel rolling a bicycle wheel. This squirrel was the longtime signature of the now-defunct French maker, Cycles Roold. When your brand mascot…
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Read more about Cycles Roold here.…
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Beautiful Bicycles Fashion & MemorabiliaGender-Bending Cycling Fashion, Part Two: Slippers, Polka Dots & Arm Warmers
Classic cycling shoes, the sort worn for vintage events like Eroica, California, are usually Italian perforated leather uppers attached to hardwood soles. Brands such as Detto, Duegi, and Vittoria, come to…
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I was seated next to collector extraordinaire, Pat Moffat, who was liquidating a few decades of collected bike parts in a fever. It worried me a little, because at previous swaps,…