Lo pro cycling club

textima- DDR

2013-03-26T04:58:00.002-07:00

a couple of Textimas from Bici Cronos flickr- http://www.flickr.com/photos/cronobikes
Bill Huck SC Dynamo Berlin
Bernd Dittert SC Dynamo Berlin

TVM - Gazelle - Netherlands

2013-03-22T04:07:00.001-07:00

Hi, I thought you might like to see images of my lo pro......it's also for sale! Pat

Moser pursuit

2013-03-22T03:55:00.002-07:00

Hey I am Riefki Do You Know Someone want to sell Italy LowePro/Pursuit Track Bike Size 51-53(ST)? And I want Share My Moser Bike To You. riefki_nasru@hotmail.com

Montagner - Italy - on ebay

2013-03-15T03:32:00.004-07:00

Handmade Italian bicycle frames using Oria GM0.0 Ribbed and Oria ML25 Indented tubing.Montagner frames were built by Luigi Montagner, whose claim to fame was being builder to the Czech and Polish national teams for the 1987 season.

Takhion TT. - USSR.

2013-03-13T09:14:00.001-07:00

Colnago Pista

2013-03-10T09:22:00.001-07:00

Siegfried sent me this photo of his Colnago pista-

Rychtarski - Poland

2013-03-06T01:38:00.003-08:00

Rychtarski - Polish frame builder
more here-
http://www.flickr.com/photos/87449662@N04
and here-
http://lopro.blogspot.co.uk/2011/12/rychtarski-poland-over-30-years.html
thanks Ben from Melbourne for drawing my attention to these.

Moser big wheel

2013-03-05T02:04:00.001-08:00

walked onto my host’s stand at the bike show I was visiting in Budapest this weekend and the hairs almost stood up on the back of my neck. Right in front of their stall was one of the legendary bikes of cycle sport – the extraordinary bike ridden by Italian star Francesco Moser in 1988 to break the “the hour”, one of cycling’s most extreme records.To anybody immersed in cycle sport at the time this was the stuff of legends. It even had a photo indicating authenticity....

the rest is here-
http://idonotdespair.com/2013/03/05/when-a-bike-is-too-good-to-be-true-it-is-almost-certainly-not-true/

Rossins at Brick Lane Bikes

2013-03-04T08:02:00.002-08:00

we have just come back from Italy and brought few nice frames , I thought you will like them , white one is super rare I guess , never seen one before , all will be available from our webshop at some point , but if anyone is interested they can email me direct
http://bricklanebikes.co.uk/
http://www.blbbigmama.co.uk/
The green one is same as as the one rossin build for russian pursuit team on which they won gold in 80's , and it is build from my favourite tubing columbus MAX.

Textima - GDR / DDR Track Pista Frame

2013-02-27T12:44:00.000-08:00

Ben put me on to this Textima on ebay-
more here-
http://lopro.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/more-textima-ddr.html

Rich Gängl Colorado USA.

2013-02-26T12:35:00.000-08:00

Rich Gängl
Gängl builds just 20-25 frames annually in titanium, steel, carbon fiber and aluminum but specializes in TIG-welded titanium and fillet-brazed and lugged steel. He also does exceptional restoration work, his frames have won world and national championships, he has a 6-12-month waiting list, and he himself is a two-time world champion on the track.
more here-
http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/nahbs-2013-gangl-custom-cycles

Tommasini Air Cx tt frame -Itlay

2013-02-20T07:29:00.001-08:00

1 0F 8 FRAMES BUILT FOR THE BULGARIAN OLYMPIC SQUAD FOR THE ATLANTA 1996 GAMES!? off of ebay-

Concorde - Erik Breukink - Netherlands

2013-02-19T02:01:00.001-08:00

on ebay-
Concorde is a Dutch brand, but the frames were manufactured in Italy by Ciöcc-Conti, founded by Giovanni Pellizzoli and later taken over by the Bonati brothers. Concorde became known as a sponsor of the successful Dutch PDM-team towards the end of the 80s. This frame was used by Erik Breukink, a time trial specialist who later became manager of team Rabobank.

Liberia / RMO 1989 France

2013-02-18T01:55:00.001-08:00

Liberia / RMO Team under CLM used on the Tour de Frnace 1989 by thierry Claveyrolat

more here-

http://www.pignonfixe.com/showthread.php?tid=94593
and here-
http://lopro.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/rmo-france-198692.html

Samoilov - Russia

2013-02-15T01:51:00.002-08:00

J.P. Samoylov is a famous Soviet/Russian framebuilder. He supplied the national teams with the frames over a long period of time. more here- http://samoylovjp.tumblr.com/

Asahi TT frame - Japan?

2013-02-14T02:34:00.000-08:00

Argos cycles - Bristol Uk.

2013-02-06T02:39:00.001-08:00

more here-
http://lopro.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/argos-cycles-bristol-uk.html

all kinds of wrong!

2013-02-04T07:28:00.001-08:00

De Santi - Italy

2013-01-31T03:26:00.001-08:00

Trimble -USA. 1990

2013-01-29T02:18:00.003-08:00

The carbon monocoque frame is obviously aerodynamic but it also allows the internal reinforcements to be placed anywhere inside the frame as opposed to a standard frames made of tubes. Not sure how many were made but this one is #62. One interesting feature is the small hatch on the side of the frame which allows access to internal storage and gives us a peek into the internal structure.

more here- http://www.mombat.org/MOMBAT/Bikes/1990_Trimble_Aero.html

Chas Roberts - UK.

2013-01-28T02:11:00.000-08:00

It was made for me by Chas when I was racing, back in the 80's
This bike was only used a couple of times a year, one of which was as part of team Haverhill, we won the 100KM team time trial, beating the Manchester Wheelers.
on ebay

Raleigh - ex team bike

2013-01-25T04:16:00.004-08:00

Malcolm Elliot's Reynolds 753 lo-pro that Raleigh (or more correctly Gerald O'Donovan - witness the sticker at the top of the seat tube) made for his unsuccessful attempt at the World hour record. more here-
http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=170659&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

Argos cycles - Bristol UK.

2013-01-24T06:48:00.002-08:00

Argos Cycles was established by Arthur Needham in 1974 specifically to produce custom bicycle frames. They began exporting to the USA and gained a strong reputation among local pro riders for the quality of their builds, constructed primarily from Reynolds tubes. Renovations, resprays and repairs also kept the business buoyant over the turbulent 80s, becoming a mainstay of the business. Argos Cycles were also well represented among the time trial community, which was a very popular style of local cycling. Here is an example from that era and genre,
more here-
http://www.cycleexif.com/argos-cycles-tt

Winora/Textima -Germany

2013-01-22T04:24:00.000-08:00

Textima track frame. Made for GDR national team
http://www.winora.de/
more here-
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cronobikes/

Takhion BTA-001 advert - Kharkov USSR

2013-01-21T01:30:00.003-08:00

from here-
http://www.flickr.com/photos/40365317@N06/