Posts reminiscing former times
The Losa itself may have been completed (for now…) but as I’d mentioned in my last post, I still needed some essential finishing kit for myself – shoes! The decision to go for new/reproduction shoes was quite easy, as it would appear that our feet have grown over the years, with genuine vintage shoes rarely […]
I’d been sitting on some book tokens for a while and finally got around to spending them not long ago, buying quite a few cycling related books. Although not my normal reading fare, I love to read books about cyclists, cycling events & endeavours and have thoroughly enjoyed quite a few I’ve read over the […]
If you have any interest in vintage bikes, you have to go to this event in Tuscany – even just to watch – it was fantastic. L’Eroica Gaiole is held on the first Sunday of October, however the village of Gaiole in Chianti is taken over for the whole weekend with varying events/entertainment in addition […]
While searching for more information about Vanni Losa I happened across a posting on Retrobike advertising an upcoming show – 50 years of Classic Italian Cycles – where they mentioned that as well as the standard Italian makes there would also be more boutique marques – including Losa! It was to be held in Newbold on Stour in […]
So, being mostly “new” to vintage bikes, Losa was not a brand I was familiar with and having seen the beautiful frame for sale I set out to find out more, however there seems to be very little comprehensive information about Losa bikes out there. Unlike Gios, there is no association to any major cycling team […]
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 […]
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 […]