“Hound dog howlin’, bullfrog croakin’, everything is broken” Bob Dylan, Everything is Broken, Oh Mercy. ‘Housework’, I can struggle with that. ‘Parental…
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Glory Days Bikes – the story
Published 24th July 2016When we were at the Eroica Brittania this year we met a number of enthusiasts who have started to turn their passion into…
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Alan’s Arabesque
Published 9th July 2016The bike is a newly built Colnago Arabesque with a full late 1980s C Record groupset throughout. This was the last groupset produced before Ergopower was…
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Hercules Stayer
Published 26th August 2015For those who may not be familiar with ‘Stayer Racing’ it was a type of madness popular in post war Europe and was a World Championship discipline…
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XB3 – Kharkov, Ukraine’s finest !
Published 20th August 2015To appreciate significance of the much sought after Start-Shosse one must be familiar with peculiarities of Soviet bike industry. This particular bike was made in…
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In a workshop in a secret location in Berlin, Thomas Kabs is busy preparing for the VIC.
Published 31st July 2015Background: The lack of good or modern road bike frames in the former GDR was remedied by some workshops in East Germany. The best known where…
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