3 interesting dropouts hanging in the window at Peter Weigle's shop. One is a super drilled out track dropout, one appears to be a French vertical dropout, and one is a British dual dropout- it can either be used as a vertical dropout when used with a derailleur or horizontal dropout when used as a … Continue reading Weigle window view
British road race from the 1940s
5th International Bicycle Tourist Trophy Race on Isle of Man.http://www.britishpathe.com/embed.php?archive=26361(Click on picture to go to video, sorry, I couldn't embed)there are a lot of cool British bike videos there. Remember to enlarge to full screen.
Philly Tweed Ride
More information here- http://tweedride.phlbikes.com/
Shellwin track hubs- new old stock
Shellwin hubs are some of the coolest,weirdest hubs out there. They were British made, post war(1948-1949), and used traditional bend spokes.Here is an article written about them- here on Classic Lightweights UK.
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