This bike belongs to one of our best customers. He recently acquired it and brought it in for us to assemble / service. He rode it for the The Great British Bike Weekend that happened over the weekend here in Philly. It is an early 1970's Pete Matthews. Mr. Matthews is mostly known for … Continue reading Awesome customer’s bike: Early 1970’s Pete Matthews
The Great British Bike Weekend in Philly Oct. 16th-18th
The Great British bike Weekend Philly The link gets you to the Facebook event page with all the details! not to be missed!
MAFAC / ACS cantilever brakes
There was a bit of chatter about these oddities on The CR (Classic Rendezvous) list a couple days ago. MAFAC was a French bicycle component company with a long history of quality and pioneering products. in the 1980's however, the company went bankrupt and everything was sold off. ACS, an American component company, mostly … Continue reading MAFAC / ACS cantilever brakes
Clement tire sample case
Found this gem the other day going through some stuff. It is a salesman's sample case showing all the different tires clement sold at the time. i am dating this to 1963-ish because of the English price list and catalog i found inside the case. I love finding stuff like this that can … Continue reading Clement tire sample case
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