Category: Dream bikes and frames

  • This has recently surfaced on an online auction site… The components are certainly a mixed bunch… ” Dura ace 7400 front and rear dérailleur crankset, headset and seatpost.  Shimano 600 brakes tri color.  Cinelli stem and aero bar Shimano bar end shifters Shimano 105 brake levers Shimano 105 front wheel Shimano 600 rear wheel ”…

  • Rene Herse (1908-1976) is considered by some as one of the worlds best frame builders, very rarely do his original bikes come on the market, this fine example has recently surfaced… exquisite lugs and Reynolds 531 tubes,   with an Herse triple crankset and Huret gearing,   machined stem to accommodate center pull brake caliper…

  • I was browsing through the online inventory of Brick Lane Bikes, when I saw this for sale… (a veritable unicorn!)…De Rosa Mountain bike with mostly Campagnolo Record OR gruppo…I popped into the shop a few weeks back and had a chat with the proprietor, Jan, regarding my Cinelli The Next Machine , which had Campagnolo…

  • This is currently on the market, a Mapei Crono owned by the late, great Franco Ballerini Franco Ballerini (11 December 1964 – 7 February 2010) was an Italian road racing cyclist. Born in Florence, his greatest exploits as a rider came with his two victories in the cycling classic Paris–Roubaix, riding for the Mapei cycling team.…

  • There’s been a number of Colnago Oval CX roadies on the market this year, this one recently appeared on a certain on-line auction site for a reasonable price… fine lug work and aero positioning on the frame for the Campagnolo 50th Anniversary components… also noteworthy, the Colnago pantographed seat post is a smaller size in…

  • This appeared today on an on-line auction site, a very rare Gios Torino Cyclocross bike,  (please excuse the poor pictures, taken from the original listing )… complete with Gios coins on the fork crown.. the bike sold reaaaaly quickly, and for a song, I blinked and missed it!

  • This museum piece came on the market recently via a certain on-line auction site… fine lug work and stamped flat crown forks… this 3ttt seatpost/bar clamp s interesting…   features included 3 Campagnolo Super Record cranksets…  

  • I found this image, quite a piece, I’d be happy just to get my hands on a Colnago banner….

  • It seems to be the season for vintage high end time trial bikes, this Cinelli Laser is up for grabs… listed here