by Dominic | May 18, 2019 | Vintage Bikes, Vintage French Bikes
Peugeot HLE, Beziers With its undeniably 1980’s paintwork, this Peugeot was one of the few vintage bikes I saw around the town of Beziers, in south west France. I don’t think the owner of this bike has much concern about the originality of its...
by Dominic | May 4, 2019 | Vintage Bikes, Vintage French Bikes
Going Alpine I’m not one for climbing large mountains in some pursuit of my own cycling fantasy. I admire those who do make it up Alpe D’Huez or Ventoux, but I would much follow the meanderings of a lazy river, or in this case, follow a bike trail around...
by Dominic | Mar 14, 2019 | Vintage Bikes, Vintage French Bikes
Lapierre in Dijon This is a beautiful bike. It has the same frame design and aesthetic of Vitus Dural frames which were highly admired in the early 1990’s, and which were exported to the US and sold as premium aluminium framesets. Sean Kelly rode a Dural...
by Dominic | Mar 3, 2019 | Vintage Bikes, Vintage French Bikes
Two for $150 I love the higher-end Peugeots of this era, especially the ones made with Vitus 181 tubing like this one. I often find myself looking for them in local classifieds, on Ebay and on Gumtree. The Competition model came in Reynolds 531 tubing, and the...
by Dominic | Feb 14, 2019 | Vintage Bikes, Vintage French Bikes
First Look This is a Motobecane in nice condition for its age. Well, at least, this is what went through my mind when I first saw it and met its owner. I use “owner” here in the loosest sense, as he was a guy who dabbles in fixie projects and had never got...
by Dominic | Jan 5, 2019 | Vintage Bikes, Vintage French Bikes
A Gem I received an email from Rafal from Poland, who told me about his beautiful 1975 Motobecane Super Champion, similar to the one I blogged about last year here. Both share the same deep red colour, virtually the same components and originality, though...
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