Posted in bike geekery, cycling on Apr 20th, 2010
I saw this styling bicycle for sale on Craigslist. This is where classic ‘retro’ components, frames and carefully selected new parts can get you. A handsome city bike, for sure. Well looky that… I saw this on the Two Serious Bikes blog a few weeks ago. See how much stuff you can load on a low-trail [...]
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Posted in bike geekery, cycling on Apr 19th, 2010
I’ve added a link to a new blog connected to an “old” site that I visit once in a while: Cyclofiend. Of particular interest (well to me, anyway!) is the current classics gallery. If you like lugged steel, aluminium fenders, leather saddles and canvas bike bags have a look at the more than 700 bikes. Yes, it’s [...]
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Posted in day-to-day on Aug 23rd, 2009
I saw via bikelovejones that Rivendell is discontinuing the venerable built-in-Japan Atlantis framesets. Photos of this bike re-ignited my interest in cycling, and gave me a whole new appreciation of classic steel lugged bikes. In 2005 I purchased a Rivendell Romulus that uses cantilever brakes instead of sidepulls (hence it’s known as a Canti-Rom). I [...]
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