Bikeville thoughts and news

10 tooth Inch Pitch cog for sale

noreply@blogger.com (bikeville) — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:15:00 +0000

A customer had a machinist make this a few years ago. It is a 10 tooth 'skiptooth' cog to fit on more modern 3 spline coaster brake hubs. it is 1" x 3/16". New.

$30

Boston Raleigh Users Group visit to our shop

noreply@blogger.com (bikeville) — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 12:45:00 +0000

Scott has a very informative blog about Raleighs and Sturmey Archer. He recently completed a series of step by step overhaul tutorials of a Raleigh Sports. His blog is definitively worth following.

Here is the series of pictures of our shop he took- Via Bicycle Pilgrimage

and here is his blog. Boston Raleigh Users Group

French Cyclist map

noreply@blogger.com (bikeville) — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 13:47:00 +0000

Well it is actually Automobiles and Cyclists, but still cool. I bought this in 2007, when I was in Paris for PBP. It is for the Lyon, Savoie, and Dauphine region of France. There is no date, but from my limited french knowledge, I would speculate it if from the 1950s.

Lucifer Baby! light for sale

noreply@blogger.com (bikeville) — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:49:00 +0000

New in original box, Lucifer front light/generator combo set. What a great looking box and equally great looking light. Mounts to the fork and is a self contained unit, no need to fumble with wires. Made in Switzerland. Lucifer lights were commonly outfitted on British bikes, including a couple Jack Taylors we have and I have seen it on a Hurlow as well.
Oh yeah, great name too.

$150

Items seen at Westminster bike swap

noreply@blogger.com (Via Bicycle) — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:39:00 +0000

Here are some quick pictures from the Westminster, MD bike swap over the weekend.

Forsyth early coaster brake hub. Very nice looking hub.

Chater Lea cranks and early Chater Lea "tommy bar" pedals.

Campagnolo 'con denti" track pedals.

Harden 'Bacon Slicer' large flange track hubs.

Colnago Duall Ergal. rare aluminum Colnago with twin downtubes, built by Alan for Colnago.

Fork crown on Raleigh Grand Prix- Reg Harris model.

A very tired Colnago Sport. corroded and rusty.

Fancy Pictures taken at our shop

noreply@blogger.com (bikeville) — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:33:00 +0000

davis with prewar Raleigh Golden Arrow

Michael Shronk came in and offered to take some pictures to help with his portfolio. This really makes our shop look amazing. Take a look at more photographs HERE of his work. There's even a photograph of me there.

Jacob

fido in her sports bra

Jacob

2011 PBP Brevet card

noreply@blogger.com (bikeville) — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:12:00 +0000

So the way Paris Brest Paris works, it is similar to an alley cat race, where you check in at different checkpoints(controls) where your brevet card is stamped and the time is recorded. Along with the scheduled controls, there are secret ones as well. So 1200+km of that, in the French countryside. I like that it is only organized every 4 years, it makes it special.

Customer's chrome bike- Unknown make

noreply@blogger.com (bikeville) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:17:00 +0000

Nice custom set up bike. Elgin air cooled hubs(manufactured by Musselman) laced into faux wood finish steel wheels. Brooks saddle.

Keystone headbadge loosely fitted. not original.

Torrington #7 touring pedals with Standard toeclips.

Faux wood finish on metal rims. This was painted on by Quaz.

Early Gormully & Jeffery type wood clincher rim

noreply@blogger.com (bikeville) — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:33:00 +0000

Gormully & Jeffery patented the first clincher tire rims. This rim is of that type, but I am unsure if it is a authentic G&J rim.

Schwinn Phantom Rack with taillight for sale

noreply@blogger.com (Via Bicycle) — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:40:00 +0000

Schwinn Phantom rack with taillight for sale.
original, not a reproduction
used in excellent condition. light currently not working but looks like it could be fixed easily.
$200

Lapize toestraps on original card

noreply@blogger.com (bikeville) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:55:00 +0000

What would you do? Sell the toe straps separately and be left with a cool advertising piece, or only sell it as a whole piece, the buyer purchases all the toestraps and the display card as well. Very cool piece.
I think we should sell it as it is, with the full display.

Sold- 1938 Raleigh Golden Arrow

noreply@blogger.com (bikeville) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:18:00 +0000

1937-1938 Raleigh Golden Arrow. original paint, decals, finish.

20" center to center seattube, 21.5" center to center toptube
Sturmey Archer AW-7 3 speed with top tube shifter.
Dunlop 26 x 1 1/4" rims.
Raleigh R front wingnuts
Sturmey Archer rear wingnuts
Raleigh fluted cranks and Heron chainring
Terry saddle
Headclip stem with Lauterwasser handlebars
replacement fenders, originals will be included, but they are broken.
one original hardened, deformed grip.
new tires.
$sold

I can deliver to the following swaps at no extra cost- Westminster, Dudley, Monson, Copake, Memory Lane, Ann Arbor, T-town, Highstown, or Cirque. I think that is most of the swaps in the next few months I will be at. payment and arrangements to be made beforehand.

Space required for bikes

noreply@blogger.com (Via Bicycle) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:06:00 +0000

Post War French Aviac Aluminum Bicycle

noreply@blogger.com (Via Bicycle) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:25:00 +0000

Cool bike we bought a couple years ago. These pictures were taken by Dale Brown of Classic Rendezvous when we brought it down to Cirque when we got the bike. It was as found, with the aluminum rack on top of a rare rear Lefol fender with a rack built onto it.

Swap Meet table

noreply@blogger.com (Via Bicycle) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:34:00 +0000

Kunstradfahren(artistic cycling) + techno music

noreply@blogger.com (Via Bicycle) — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:14:00 +0000

Katrin Schultheis and Sandra Sprinkmeier from Germany, the four times World-Champions.Unless you like techno music, I would recommend turning down your speakers on your computer. Music is Erol Alkan and Boys Noize- Lemonade.

More information on Kunstradfahren here.

Torrington 1930s-50s Track handlebars for sale

noreply@blogger.com (bikeville) — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:54:00 +0000

25mm clamp diameter. 39cm center to center drops. Original plating. American made, and would look great on your 6-day race bike or early Schwinn Paramount.

$250

1965 Schwinn Varsity for sale

noreply@blogger.com (bikeville) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:37:00 +0000

original and very nice condition Schwinn Varsity. from the serial number the frame was made just before Thanksgiving in 1965. Equipped with the Sprint line of derailleurs(that were just rebranded Huret for Schwinn)
19" frame(center to top seattube)

$sold

BSA Paratrooper bicycle

noreply@blogger.com (Via Bicycle) — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:30:00 +0000

This really clean and original BSA paratooper bicycle was sold recently by a friend of our bike shop and we worked on it about a decade ago.
(Please pardon the photographs, as I did not take them.)

some bicycle badges

noreply@blogger.com (Via Bicycle) — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 13:02:00 +0000

laying around my house. I rounded them all up and put them into a cubby. Hetchins, Cinelli, Dawes, schwinn, Lightspeed, Coventry Eagle. and Louvet.

Cinelli lugs rough and prepared

noreply@blogger.com (Via Bicycle) — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 23:52:00 +0000

Sturmey Archer Lockring for sale

noreply@blogger.com (Via Bicycle) — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:25:00 +0000

Sturmey Archer lockring for 12 spline drivers. (TF, and other pre-WWII hubs). For use with a single speed freewheel. Quite rare, we had this reproduced from an original we had. $60

Old Spokes Home restoration 1914 Peerless

noreply@blogger.com (Via Bicycle) — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:38:00 +0000

Amazing bike. read about it here and more pictures on Old Spokes Home blog. Little known fact about Sturmey Archer too.
and yes, I know I just mentioned Old Spokes Home a week or so ago.. . .

Team Schwinn Paramount track bike

noreply@blogger.com (Via Bicycle) — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:11:00 +0000

With it business slowing down this winter, we have a chance to clean up and photograph some of our bikes we have up stairs. Here is a Team Schwinn track bike. Outfitted with lightened Campagnolo hubs laced to Schwinn Approved rims. Titan chrome steel stem and handlebars. Unicanitor track saddle. Still has the original Clement Seta track tires, but they are not holding air.

BSA bottom bracket shell

noreply@blogger.com (Via Bicycle) — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:16:00 +0000