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Sunday morning ride around South Oxfordshire. 'Prefer' pictured on Clifton Hampden Bridge over the River Thames, looking towards Little Wittenham..... ...on the homeward leg of the loop, on Dorchester bridge over the River Thame, with the Roman Catholic church of St. Birinus in the...

Camille Cassou over in France currently has a Terrot with the Lavigne chain system for sale via his 'Cycles 1900' website. It's not shown, enquire within. He has videos of it in action on his Instagram page.

My first road bike was a 531 Raleigh too, back in 1982. Very sweet frames to ride. I can't do too many miles on this type of bike either, but it's fun while it lasts! Keep on riding!

It certainly is, plus NOS Brooks saddle, Williams cranks, inch pitch chainring, Milremo rims, Campagnolo track hubs, an unknown French stem, period track bars and chain. Non NOS parts are the GB brake lever and Weinman brake caliper. The pedals and wire toe cages are new, from MKS Japan. She's...

Finally had a dry, sunny day when I felt like riding my latest 'fixie' out on the road. Most of you will recognise this as being way shinier than most of my other bikes. It's a 1955 'Maclean' Track model frameset, built up with NOS and some newer components..... ...the frameset was...

Out with the W.I. (Wallingford Irregulars) yesterday, Sunday, on my 1925 'Rexor'..... ...a fantastic lineup of bikes up against the church wall in Brightwell Baldwin, as we sampled the very fine beers in the 'Lord Nelson' pub over the road, just one of 4 pub stops we enjoyed; it was so good, we...

A quick 20 mile spin on the 1935 'Ciclos Minaco II' this this morning..... ...before riding over to the in-laws for Easter lunch on the 1900 'Abingdon' tricycle, sadly forgot to take a picture! Doh!

Started working on this new project yesterday. Circa 1900 'Cycles G. Lezin' of Paris (France)..... ...all original, built from BSA parts and fittings, but with American rims..... ...and a beautiful, first generation 'Bowden' rear brake..... ...and lever..... ...looking forward to riding...

From this morning.....

Late medieval cottage, North Moreton, Oxfordshire, England..... ...check out the whitewashed brick infill on the projecting upper storey.

...Ii saw these at the permanent exhibition of 125 years of cycle racing history last September. They're at 'Velodrom Illes Balears, in Palma de Mallorca, Espana.

Out on the 'Prefer' again this morning, another 20 miles on a bright, but cold, day..... ...beautiful day.

Many of my friends consider me dangerous, a few of my fixies have no brakes either, lol.

This is the reason why, on vintage British clubmans racing bikes, that are often fixed gear with a front brake only, the front brake lever is always mounted on the left, so you may use the brake whilst turning right (we crazy people still drive on the left side, as you are aware). It's a safety...

Congratulations to you both and may you enjoy many many more!

First 'Monument' of the season, always a classic (although I would argue for the inclusion of 'Strade Bianche' to become a new 'Monument' one day, give it another 83 years perhaps). Looking forward to a great season of road racing ahead, and the Olympics too. Some of us love it!

Such sad news, Ian's posts and photos were always a pleasure to see from faraway, across the pond. You could sense the joy he found in riding those lovely machines in that beautiful part of the world. And those little comments of greeting in response to mine and other's posts always made me...

Not exactly sure of the maker, so many manufacturers of British roadsters used them. They look like the Raleigh version, but I couldn't say for certain. They're useful as a rough guide to dating a bicycle, when so many of these roadster style bicycles didn't change much stylistically over...

Just a short, 8 mile, ride this morning. I fitted a 1930's 'Super Champion' 3-speed 'derailleur' gear on the Ciclos Minaco II earlier in the day. I had been waiting for a friend to find one of his NOS spoke guards for it and he came up with the goods yesterday. Pictured in...

One from this morning. 1930's 'Ciclos Minaco II', with newly fitted 'Super Champion' gear system, leaning up against an old garden wall in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England..... ...the stone section of the wall is full of old, re-used medieval stone.

...I acquired a real wall-hanger of a bike yesterday, I plan to ride it frequently, (Once it arrives, that is). Ride it! Don't hide it!

Out riding yesterday, with friends..... ...a sunny, cold March afternoon...... ...another 30 miles riding fixed gear on the French TOC mystery machine. Glorious!

Thanks for the information, I was not aware of the internal spring.

There were a few branded offerings of saddle supports for track racing in the UK available. I've seen 50's/60's examples offered for sale. I've recently been offered an 80's example, but it is just frameset, headset, bottom bracket and seatpost.

Unfortunately, those are the saddles he used throughout his racing career so he won't be parting with them. I might be interested in a newer saddle, if you're interested in selling any?

Back on the truss-bridge frame 'Morot' today. First ride in 5 days after minor surgery on Tuesday. Some lovely pieces of French racing bicycle design out in the 'wilds' of Oxfordshire today..... ....from back to front in the lower photo - my 1907 'Morot', Jamie's 1900 'Phebe', Nico's1924...

You usually find riders of those 'high-wheelers' are very adept and practiced at dismounting, typically using the mounting technique (via the step) in reverse; although I have seen people dismount (intentionally) forwards, over the handlebars, but they're just showing off! We don't have races...

Thanks for the information. Practically every 'vintage' stayer I have seen has had an 'Aquila' saddle fitted. They also seem to have been recycled/reused over the years, I have a friend who has a couple of 1980's Spanish bikes fitted with what look like earlier saddles. Do you know how long...

Would they have used a 'short-nosed' style saddle at that point in time, like some of the 'Aquila' examples I've seen before?

Just a supposition, 'Bates' offered a curved stem with a 3 inch extension in their 1937 accessories catalogue, but sadly there is no actual image of it to check against your example Jesse.... ...the company was founded in 1927 in London by Horace Bates. Another possibility is that they are a...

The 'Ordinary' in my photos is an 1880 'Singer' Imperial Challenge model with a 52 inch wheel, sadly I don't have details for the 'Kangaroo'. Anyway, let's get back to perusing that wonderful original photo..... ...I can see 5 tandem tricycles pictured, inccluding 1 side-by-side 'sociable'...

Here's a couple of photos I took in July of last year at The 61st annual 'Benson Rally' ride over here in England. It gives you a nice size comparison between an 'Ordinary' ((high-wheeler) and a 'Kangaroo' (or one of its variants), side by side...... ...always great to see such wonderful...

Ewelme Primary School, Ewelme, Oxfordshire, England this morning..... ...just over 420 years between the age of the brickwork and the age of the bicycle.

Old, rubble stone garden wall in Wallingford yesterday (Saturday).....

Out on the 'Prefer' again yesterday. Only 15 miles, mainly to test the new wooden handlebar grips. I commissioned a guy in the Ukraine to make them in a size to suit these bars..... ...beautifully made, in Walnut; very comfortable to use and they look great! I ordered 2 pairs, one as a...

The V-CC have two catalogues available to view to members, 1932 and 1938. In both of these publications all frames are built of 'Reynolds' tubes; either "A" butted, "HM" (High Manganese) or "531"". The fork steerer may be 'A & P' but that doesn't mean that the rest of the tubes are. Perhaps they...

Oh, @Vintage Velo, why not start a thread on your bike, I'm sure people would love to see some photos. The "Vintage Lightweight Bicycles" forum on The Cabe would perhaps be the best spot.

They also used the ancient Egyptian 'Ankh' symbol as a stamped logo on some of their tubular products. Sometimes seen on 'Major Taylor' type handlebar stems.

Out on the 'Prefer' yesterday for 20 miles..... ...the Snowdrops are looking great in the background. This boat has been wedged up against the weir since floods occurred in January..... Out on the 'Cycles Morot' this morning after yet another 12 hours of heavy rain..... ... had to turn...

From this morning in Wallingford.....

Out for a little ride with my good friend Jamie this morning. Only a little over 10 miles, but great fun on the circa 1900 'Abingdon' tricycle and Jamie's newly discovered, and very sympathetically restored 1936 'Raleigh' RRA..... ....coffee and cake too!

Had to ride around Oxford to visit the hospital today; very sorry to hear about your colleague @ozzie. Used the '96 'Orange' mtb as I knew I was heading uphill at one point. Pictured along the way back, by the kitchen entrance to Brasenose College, where my maternal grandmother worked when I...

...I agree, 'The Train' is a superb film.

...I might have to try that patination technique, I have the exact same bell.

I have an 'Eadie' 2-speed coaster brake hub on my circa 1905 'Prefer'. I believe these were in production from 1902 onwards, but I could be wrong...... ...here is the hub as fitted to the 'Prefer'..... ...it is incredibly quiet in use and the gear reduction is very useful. Interestingly...

This morning, 28/01/24, South Oxfordshire, England..... ...a glorious day to get out on a bike.

After a couple of weeks of only riding the 'Orange' mtb to and from various work sites I finally got out on something a little more interesting today..... ...a lovely day (warmer than it should be for this time of year) after several big storms have recently ravaged across England causing...

...wonderful stuff!!!

Hi, and welcome to The Cabe. While there was an early cycle manufacturer in England called 'Invicta', I don't think that is what you've been given. I believe the bicycle you have is of Dutch origin, from The Netherlands. 'Invicta' was a sub-brand sold by the Gazelle company over there. The...