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Ebykr — Classic & Vintage Lightweight Bicycles
Classic & Vintage Lightweight Bicycles
Essays, timelines, tech specs and images preserving the great marques and the people behind them.
Raleigh for the Masses: Evolution of a Bicycle Giant Raleigh went from a twelve-person workshop on a Nottingham back street to the largest bicycle manufacturer in the world, and from there to a brand owned by a… 
Latest Articles
Freshly published across the archive
Explore by Country
The collection organized by where the bikes were built
France
The Legacy of Spécialités TA: From “Traction Avant” to Drivetrain Perfection
Model Guide: Idéale Saddles and Clips
Two Wheels and a Lion: The Complete History of Cycles Peugeot
Italy
1909 Bianchi Motoring & Transportation Brochure
Legnano Bicycles: A Colorful History in Words & Images
Mario Confente: Passion Personified
England
Raleigh for the Masses: Evolution of a Bicycle Giant
Brooks England: Saddle Database & Model Guide
Hobbs of Barbican: The Strength is in the Spine
The collection by origin
Documented marques per country
40 marques with documented histories on Ebykr.
From the Workshop
Documented build sheets from the Tech Specs database
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1937 Caminade Caminargent Bordeaux-Paris
Build sheetCycles Rafale
Build sheet1947 Hobbs of Barbican Superbe
Build sheet1948 Automoto Concours Sportif
Build sheet1950 A. Maury Randonneur
Build sheet1951 Legnano Tipo Roma
Build sheet1951 Rene Herse Concours
Build sheet1955 Bianchi Campione del Mondo
Workshop DNA
What the 23 build sheets are made of
Brakes
Saddles
Hubs
Five of the 23 machines run no brakes at all — track and path bikes.
Explore the Timelines
Events per decade for eight of the 31 timelines — darker is busier, and every cell opens its marque’s timeline
From the Archive
Catalog scans, period advertisements and a Random Rebour
Roughly 1,822 cataloged images, browsable by marque, type and country.
Largest collections
Cataloged images per marque
Plus 93 plates by the illustrator Daniel Rebour.
Random Rebour
A fresh plate each day
In preparation
The Ebykr Guide to Classic Lightweight Bicycles
The people, the machines and the details that identify them — a companion built from the Ebykr archive. Join the waitlist and help shape the first edition.
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