some random pictures of some cool things around the shop and some recently sold pieces.A nice display of handlebar double waterbottle cages.(Coloral, Simplex, etc)I have never seen this Huret Allvit decal before, found on a lower end French bicycle.Gran Compe 450 front brakeBSA Continental De Luxe front hub.Humber headbadge.
Derailleur demonstrator
Back in the 1960s, there were a couple different gear demonstrator offered to bicycle shops to help educate customers how the 'new' derailleur gear bicycles worked. The Schwinn gear demonstrator was the most common one, like a mini bicycle, with feet that would sit on the a counter top, and a handle as a 'pedal.'The … Continue reading Derailleur demonstrator
1950s British Bike(possibly Claud Butler?) we sold
59cm center to center seattube. 60cm center to center toptube.Looks like a Claud Butler, the bilaminate lug work and seat stay treatment.but it may not be a CB, it does not have Serial # stamped under the bottom bracket shell(Chater Lea BB shell). Also, eyelets are different on this bike, compared to the other CBs … Continue reading 1950s British Bike(possibly Claud Butler?) we sold
old French cycling newpapers
I have always liked to collect paper goods- catalogs, books, magazines and even newspapers on bicycling. They are an invaluable source of information on history and contain facts and clues to properly restore an old bicycle. I have many issues of French newspapers from the late 1940s-late 1950s chronicling the cycling greats at the time. … Continue reading old French cycling newpapers
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