Category Archives: Other bicycles

A few years ago…

Posted on February 15, 2017 by
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Rebuilt in central Illinois: the Royal Scot

Posted on November 16, 2016 by

Dave inserted the Royal Scot back into the flow of history, creating something sure to confuse anyone trying to identify this particular model. Continue reading →

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Big ride (even though we haven’t been king sized since we were 13 colonies)

Posted on June 10, 2016 by

Is this a Schwinn I see before me? Let us now praise a big coaster-brake bicycle with full-coverage fenders. Continue reading →

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Not Old Paint. Don Walker tandem does Horsey Hundred with no paint

Posted on June 1, 2016 by

When a builder sends a fillet-brazed bicycle out without paint, you get to see the frame pretty nearly as it came from the torch. Continue reading →

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They shoot old bicycle stories, don’t they?

Posted on April 19, 2016 by

I may be a bicycling dinosaur, but I know dinosaurs with older stories than mine. Continue reading →

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Bicycle tires: The opposite of supple is ok, too.

Posted on December 6, 2015 by

Sometimes there is such a thing as free tires. And that’s not a bad thing. Not bad at all. Thanks, Larry. Continue reading →

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In the shop: Austro-Daimler Vent Noir

Posted on November 30, 2015 by

In the mid-to-late 1970s, an Austrian bicycle manufacturer went upscale in hopes of capturing the enduring loyalty of bicycle enthusiasts. Steyr-Daimler-Puch made it to the 1990s before disappearing into the parts bins of several other corporations. The company goes back to a gun maker in … Continue reading →

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