joelflood 1890's, 1900s, Bicycle, Campagnolo, ccm, Copake, cotter-less cranks, cotterless cranks, restoration, stronglight

Unknown turn of the century bicycle

 This bicycle was shown at the Copake swap meet with a sign on it asking "Do you know what I am?" I didn't know, along with a lot of other fellow collectors there but maybe someone on the internet can look at the clues and figure it out. It has been beautifully restored, with the … Continue reading Unknown turn of the century bicycle

joelflood 1940's, french, Ideale, le cycliste, leather, pearl, saddle, seat clamp

Pearl aluminum rail leather saddle

 A fellow collector recently brought me a unique saddle from his collection. It was manufactured by Pearl, a French company that I have advertisements in old issues of Le Cycliste. It is a beautiful 1940s-1950s saddle with great patina and some interesting features.  The copper rivets are stamped "Pearl", a nice touch that Ideale later … Continue reading Pearl aluminum rail leather saddle

joelflood Airlite, Appelhans, bacon slicer, bike, Colnago, drillium, drillium revival, harden, Jack taylor, speedwell, swap meet, swiss army

Pictures from Cirque du Cyclisme 2013 swap meet

 Jon Williams amazing work at Drillium Revival Milk crate full of hubs. Harden bacon slicers, airlites, campagnolo track. . .  Truing stand Miscellaneous items from sale by Dale Brown, Classic Rendezvous founder.A Willy Appelhans bike. More pictures in a couple days, this is just a teaser of his headbadge- one of my favorite headbadges of all … Continue reading Pictures from Cirque du Cyclisme 2013 swap meet