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I hadn’t thought about Eric Heiden for years. He is still mentioned up here in NorCal, AFAIK he still holds the unofficial record for riding up Old La Honda Road, a notorious grade near Stanford.

But the foxtail is made from real fox!

Hey bulldog, I may be old, but I’m also very slow 😁. Nice to see you still doing it. I can’t say this kind of riding was in my rear view mirror because I was always slow. I’ll get there, eventually. I also can’t speak French, except to say “je regrette”, “je suis desolee”, “pardon”, etc. I...

That’s a beauty! Love to see these older guys like me still doing it. been checking out the Anjou VeloVintage site as well. Nice bikes in there. I saw the shellac on the handlebar tape and knew I was on the right place.

Thanks to all for the replies. I checked leboincoin.fr and that was fun. I saw a lot of mixte framed bikes. A couple of Follis too (one with Campy components, from Lyon). They also had 'randoneeuse' bikes, which look to be fendered steel framed bikes. This one is right up my alley (to small...

Hi, long time lurker, first time poster. my wife and I are planning a trip to France later in the summer. First to Paris and then in the south (Nice) for a couple of days. Probably a long shot, but any vintage bike shops in that area to check out? My favorite bicycles are utilitarian English...

Wow that is amazing! I’ve never seen a light or derailer set like that either. Always love those wing nuts too.

That is a beauty. I love the slack angles of those old roadsters, and that Wrights saddle…(chef’s kiss) is that a bottle generator? I’m hardly an expert but wasn’t aware they had those back in the day.

I’d always heard the Humber fork described as “bifurcated”. This is some nice restoration work.

That was a lesson juvela, well done! Q for the people with knowledge and skill: why is this a rod bike? I was looking for rod brakes but these look like regular caliper brakes.