How to Glue Tubular Tyres on Aluminium Rims

Few Instructional Videos For Vintage Bikes   If you have a vintage bike and need to replace your older tubular tyre, it's not so easy to find a...

Peugeot PX10 Restoration, 1964 or 1965.

Peugeot PX10   I owned a Peugeot PX10 about twelve years ago. I was living in Seattle in the era when vintage bikes were all the rage, before...

Vintage Look Carbon Road Bike

Vintage Look Carbon - the Pros   Part of the pleasure of watching the Tour de France when I was young was to see the developments in bike...

Stronglight Altec – Anodised, Lugged – Beautiful!

Finding My Stronglight Altec   Often you expect rare and high end bikes to be properly advertised for sale, with a good description, detailed...

Motobecane Super Champion Restoration by Rob

Motobecane Super Champion I received an email recently from Rob who came across a Motobecane Super Champion and did an outstanding job of restoring...

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If you love vintage French bikes, there are lots of reviews and restorations, bike repair tips and information on this site dedicated to classic bikes. You can also find posts on other vintage European, Japanese and American road bikes, many with links to videos on our Youtube channel. Thanks for visiting!

How to Glue Tubular Tyres on Aluminium Rims

How to Glue Tubular Tyres on Aluminium Rims

Few Instructional Videos For Vintage Bikes   If you have a vintage bike and need to replace your older tubular tyre, it's not so easy to find a video about how to glue tubular tyres of aluminium rims. Why? Well, it's because most videos and instructional guides...

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Riding My Vintage Bike Through Normandy

Riding My Vintage Bike Through Normandy

Riding my Vintage Bike through Normandy   If you've visited this blog before, you may well get the impression that I've moved around a lot. In the last ten years I've lived in the UK, the US and most recently, France. I've travelled all over France and have lived...

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Swapping Out Triple for Double Shifters

Swapping Out Triple for Double Shifters

  Swapping Out Triple for Double Shifters   Your biking needs may change over the years. It may happen that you buy a bike which has a triple shifting transmission, a system that you don’t need. Alternatively, you could find yourself no longer riding on...

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Restoring a Vintage Leather Saddle

Restoring a Vintage Leather Saddle

Restoring a Vintage Leather Saddle NOTICE: I HAVE NOT BEEN PAID FOR ANY PRODUCT PLACEMENT IN THIS BLOG; THESE ARE JUST CLEANERS I EXPERIMENTED WITH, THANK YOU! When I first saw the leather on the Peugeot PA10L I was about to buy, I really didn't think it could be...

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Are the French Still Riding Vintage Bikes?

Are the French Still Riding Vintage Bikes?

    Are the French Still Riding Vintage Bikes?   Rouen is an historic town in the Normandy region of France, about 70 miles north of Paris. It is best known for its wonderful cathedral and the place where Joan of Arc was burnt at the stake by the...

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