Articles populaires – Vieux velos

2 juillet 2009

Diamonds and Pearls

Well, it goes like this: there's an ad on an internet site, bad pic but a little photoshop work shows a nice bike. Or at least parts which should mean a good bike. So I call the guy, we talk bike and bread, he's happy with 50 euros, I'm happy with what...

Posté par vieux velo blog à 22:46 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Tags: bicycle, velo Caminade, Dutrion, ancien, campagnolo flipflop, course, old, racer, simplex jux 61 export, vintage

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30 mars 2008

The Great Spiv Bike Hoax

Here are some pics and explanations as to why the Meral racer is every bit as good if not superior to a load of spivvy ponce (english idioms) bikes of Italian or Spanish manufacture, who's prices and reputation far exceed that of the Meral. Meral had...

Posté par vieux velo blog à 15:20 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Tags: bicycle, bike, velo Caminade, racer, Meral, equipe pro, tdf, team Tour de France

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18 juin 2009

Caminargent

Caminargent. Pierre Caminade, the founder. Caminade a trademark. Also Caminargent a trademark. Camin as the abbreviation of Caminade, and Argent, meaning "silver" in French. Also meaning "money". Silver of course being the main metal for coins at the...

Posté par vieux velo blog à 23:30 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Tags: 1940, Idéale dural, Jos, Pierre Caminade, alu, caminargent, velo Caminade, velo aluminium

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28 février 2009

BSNYC know's nothing

That's a picture of the most massively cool fixie job ever. It's likely that if you click on that image you get a full size shot which will blow your mind. And I ain't saying that because I did the job from a old track frame. So why's a fixie so Joe Cool...

Posté par vieux velo blog à 12:14 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Tags: bicycle, bike, fixed, gears, idiots, track

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12 septembre 2009

Fuzzy pics and poetry

The thing that ye beholdeth is a 1930's racer which, without bragging, I know no equivalent to. It's equipped with top of the line Osgear (the "Type Professionnel" Super Champion three speed indexed with wing nut for taking up chain slack via the tension...

Posté par vieux velo blog à 19:10 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Tags: 1936, Oscar Egg, Super Champion, osgear

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16 mai 2009

Tendil course circa 1942

Possibly 1942, serila number suggests so, but frame build looks like late 30's. A load of very fancy stuff on it, including a "unknown" Italai (French, says Bte SGDG) derailleur working on the Oscar Egg principle of shifter fork and chain tensionner,...

Posté par vieux velo blog à 23:35 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

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12 septembre 2009

Warning !!!

Adult content warning stuff: This blog contains second degree humour. If your IQ is lower than 3 (a goldfish is 4) or you take everything litterally, you may want to avoid this site.

Posté par vieux velo blog à 19:12 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

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