by velocollective | Oct 8, 2020 | Vintage Bikes, Vintage French Bikes
Decades of Neglect Perhaps “neglect” is too strong a word for the description of this bike, as it is my impression that it was stored for much of its life indoors. I’ve seen a lot worse; bikes that have been exposed to the weather and have paid the price for...
by velocollective | Sep 23, 2020 | Vintage Bikes, Vintage French Bikes
The Marque Laurent is not a name I am familiar with, so when I went to buy this bike I really didn’t know what to expect. I could see it had some Campagnolo parts when I peered at the two small photographs on the listing, but everything else was guesswork....
by velocollective | Aug 19, 2020 | Vintage Bikes, Vintage French Bikes
A History of Violence Perhaps this bike has no “wow” factor, it’s neither of really high quality nor is it impressively beautiful, but it’’s a cool, lower mid-range bike from the 1980’s that I found for a good price. Is it worth blogging about? No, not if your...
by velocollective | Aug 2, 2020 | Vintage Bikes, Vintage French Bikes
Just Around the Corner I saw this cool 1980’s Motobecane standing outside a neighbour’s house, with a sign “á vendre” ( for sale ) attached to it. Seeing it in the distance, I guessed that it wasn’t a high end bike. The reason? Its red saddle. These plastic types of...
by velocollective | Jun 7, 2020 | Vintage Bikes, Vintage French Bikes
Rebranded Someone wrote to me asking my opinion on this curious track frame which he has recently bought. It has horizontal rear dropouts and lugs that I don’t recognise, but it is not an Italian frame. As you can see from the bottom bracket cup, it has...
by velocollective | May 15, 2020 | Repair Tips, Vintage Bikes, Vintage French Bikes
About time The Peugeot was owned by my brother in law from new, but a few years ago the rear chain stay snapped on it and the bike was ruefully stored in his shed. I sent him the quite striking replacement frame, made up as a Look bike but likely to be...
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