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Tech Specs: 1950s Le Chemineau Randonneur
Category Bicycle Makers
Articles about manufacturers of classic lightweight vintage bicycles
Ernesto Colnago Photo Gallery
Ernesto Colnago was perhaps the greatest racing bicycle designer, builder and mechanic of the 20th century. He started in 1945 at the prestigious Gloria Bicycle Company when just 13 years old. After apprenticing there, Colnago enjoyed a relatively brief racing…
Ernesto Colnago: Fortune in Fracture and Ferrari
Bicycle racers face immense danger every time they swing their leg over the top tube, from broken bones to outright death. Some might even argue a severe bone break can be worse than death itself, for it can spell the end…
Tech Specs: 1984 Colnago Super Pista
FRAME: Colnago Super Pista FORK: Colnago Super Pista HEADSET: Campagnolo Record, 1″ diameterHANDLEBAR: TTT Pista, deep drop, 39cm lengthSTEM: TTT Pista, steep angle, 115mm lengthSADDLE: Selle San Marco Concor Supercorsa Confort, leatherSEATPOST: Colnago Record, dual clover and Colnago engravings, fluted…
Cycles Alex Singer: Ageless Grace
“Alex Singer” sounds like a name you might more associate with the fumbling lead character in a classic Woody Allen movie than with what many consider the most revered bicycle builder and outfitter ever. Yet this tiny shop, first opened by…
Carlton Cycles: Foundation for Greatness
Carlton Cycles is one of the most deserving bicycle companies to be better known than it is. While revered by its cliquish followers and well-known among enthusiasts of fine road bikes, a mention of Carlton to any member of the general…
The Mystique of Masi: From Vigorelli to Volumetrica
Since the dawn of competitive bicycle racing, Italian frame builders have produced some of the world’s most painstakingly crafted and sought after machines. Of all the Italian brands desired by bicycle aficionados, vintage Masis turn up high or even highest…
Bridgestone: Beyond the Dream
The first Bridgestone I encountered was in 1994, the last year the company sold bicycles in the USA, when I bought an RB-T after a long search for a good touring bike that could be used for commuting — and…
Terrot: Forging the Way
From its 1887 beginnings as a modest textile workshop built by Charles Terrot in rural Dijon, France, the Terrot enterprise grew to become a resoundingly popular manufacturer of bicycles and motorcycles over the next three-quarters century. Terrot successfully combined ground…
Rivendell: Against the Wind
In the Beginning Rivendell Bicycle Works has existed barely ten years — and beginning even before its founding — has managed to engender almost continuous controversy, as well as outpourings of both unadulterated love and scorn. In 2006 it comprises…
