by Dominic | Jul 17, 2018 | Vintage Bikes
Details are Important I loved this bike pictured above. It’s actually one of the favourite bikes I’ve ever ridden, a Miyata 912 that was in really superb condition. It wasn’t dressed up in Campagnolo, didn’t have a flashy paint job or fancy...
by Dominic | Jun 11, 2018 | Vintage Bikes, Vintage British Bikes
Bringing it Back to Life Here is a list of the issues this 1980 Dawes Galaxy had when I bought it: Rear Wheel out of True Headset Loose Bottom Bracket Seized Hubs Bearings Rough Brake Calipers Loose and Untensioned Chain Clogged with Dirt Tyres Flat Mudguards...
by Dominic | May 29, 2018 | Uncategorized
Not Without Problems.. Just because you may have come into ownership of a really lovely vintage road bike, it doesn’t mean to say restoring it will be a series of happy moments. Looks are deceiving. Sometimes, the most wretched looking bikes prove to be...
by Dominic | May 7, 2018 | Vintage Bikes
Let’s Get All Folksy I don’t know of any French folk songs about rivers or journeys, but this ride could be sung like one of those old American folk tunes: I took my Bianchi down to the river Where with every twist And every turn My trail followed with...
by Dominic | May 6, 2018 | Vintage Bikes
The Bike: Late 1990’s Bianchi, Full Cromo Tubes and Forks 57cm 24 Speed, 3 x 8 Campagnolo Mirage Groupset Rigida Rims, Steel Spokes Riding in the Region The Dordogne isn’t like the flat and wide open spaces of Normandy. It is a hilly, rocky place, that...
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