So a bit like the delays I had at the start of this build project with my original struggle to find a frame, I’m now having a similar problem in sourcing a set of wheels to complete the build. I had thought I had this sorted a couple of months ago, as I’d found a […]
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 […]
There has been a variety of preparation work happening gradually over the past few months in parallel with the component sourcing, I’ve not needed or wanted to rush anything – it has of course also had the delay caused by my little “mishap” when I was removing the steering column bung – but I’ve also […]
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 […]
As I’d mentioned when the frame arrived, one of the first things I did had been to quickly assemble the frame with some spare parts from the man-cave so I could work out correct sizing for some of the components I needed for the build. While at this point I’m keeping my eyes open for […]
Although my little mishap meant I’m unable to continue the prep work on the frame for now, I could get started on finding suitable components. In theory, the decision process is easier than it was for the frame as the choice of country is already made – it has to be Italy in keeping with […]
Although I still have many parts to acquire over the next few months before I can complete the build, I obviously wanted to get started on the process, so the first thing I needed to do was get the base portion – the frame – prepared. As I’d said in the post when it arrived, […]
The frame was being shipped from Sicily (where we’d been on a cycling holiday only a month or so previously – if I’d started this search back then, I could have packed the frame in my luggage!!) The Seller sent me the tracking number and I could see a lot of initial activity that day […]
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 […]