TA – Page 2 – Via Bicycle

May 2, 2011February 7, 2017 joelflood edelux, Hanford, Paris brest paris, pbp, Peter Weigle, Schmidt, TA

400km bike ride

On Saturday morning I awoke at 3:45am to take a shower and get prepared to begin a 400km bike ride that started at 5am. I should add that I was as prepared as I could be at that point, other than dressing myself, everything else that I needed for the ride as been taken into … Continue reading 400km bike ride

April 24, 2011February 7, 2017 joelflood Campagnolo, chainrings, ephemera, stronglight, TA, track

vintage packaging for various chainrings

I have always liked bicycle ephemera with an affinity toward paper-catalogs and packaging. Below are some of the envelopes that chainrings were packaged in.I love the boastfulness of this Stronglight envelope. (what didn't they win!)For the Stronglight Mod. 63 Super Competition chainringTA's logo was simple and beautifulEarlier Campagnolo envelope, for 1"pitch track chainring.early 1980s Campagnolo … Continue reading vintage packaging for various chainrings

April 23, 2011February 7, 2017 joelflood Campagnolo, french, stronglight, TA

French Aluminum cottered crank arm

This French aluminum cottered crank arm was manufactured after WWII in the late 1940s. Stronglight had already been manufacturing aluminum cotterless cranks for over a decade, so it seems a little strange that manufacturers didn't all move toward using square taper crankarms over cottered. All that said, TA did introduce their Criterium crankset that employed … Continue reading French Aluminum cottered crank arm

April 21, 2011February 7, 2017 joelflood TA, waterbottle

TA waterbottles

Nice selection of various TA waterbottles. I wonder what I would put in the hip flask?