Having finished with the nostalgia, I did some research into the specifics of the Gios Torino Super Record. Gios’s own website and a nice blog at Steel Vintage Bikes (where the picture on the right came from) were particularly useful in identifying the variations between the different generations of the bike. I decided that if I was to get […]
So, after an ultimately unsuccessful but useful day searching around shops in London for the frame to base my build upon, I returned home and searched the internet for “Gios Torino” – why had I instantly like it so much? Search results in and all was immediately clear – Roger de Vlaeminck / Brooklyn Chewing Gum […]
As I mentioned in my last post, I’ve done quite a bit of online searching, so it’s time to go on a field trip and get some hands on experience. Luckily, I live near London where there are a multitude of bike shops – many catering for vintage. Step up the LondonCyclist website (yes, I know I […]
Having now spent some time searching online and seeing how much variety there is out there, I’ve narrowed my choices down a little further by deciding to focus on European bikes. Not the UK? – There have been some fine bikes coming out of the UK, but have to say there’s nothing I’ve seen that sets […]
I have some vague, high level ideas of what I’m looking for – if we’re going old it makes sense for the build to be Eroica compliant, but that mostly means steel, pre-1987 (which sadly ruled out a VERY NICE early carbon Colnago frame my LBS have had sitting upstairs for the past year). I want […]
Ok, so having received the green light, its time to start the search, but what am I looking for? It’s a build project, but I have no specific brand in mind!! My old bike from when I first started racing was a Ron Kitching – I’d got the frame & cobbled the rest of the bike together […]
… or Velominati Rule #12: “While the minimum number of bikes one should own is three, the correct number is n+1, where n is the number of bikes currently owned. This equation may also be re-written as s-1, where s is the number of bikes owned that would result in separation from your partner.” Let’s be […]
…well, if you read the Daily Fail & it’s ilk – MAMILs are the spawn of the devil, the source of all evil and traffic problems in the world today(*). MAMIL or “Middle Aged Men In Lycra” originated from market research firm Mintel. There are varying definitions out there, but the common theme is that […]