There are some great bikes there, but living near Ledbury, I have to go with the Clements! Ernie was a great guy and always had time when I went into his shop. His son is the same now. Quiet, understand and knowledgeable. A proper bike shop.
I was there with my 1970 Holdsworth Campagnolo Professional, will be there next year too. One of my favourites things this year was the homage to Tom Simpson c/w Peugeot Car as his Service Vehicle.
You are not alone, ok many people will say things to you that don't make sense, things like , 'Why have you got so many bikes ' , 'Do you really need all these bikes ' . other half's might even express heresy. 'you really need to sell some' , you must show compassion though, they don't realise they need help, maybe even therapy . You say crazy , I take it you polish your spokes , this is completely legitimate past time but of course they will try and get you on trumped up charges, say your crazy but its not a crime and besides they glisten in the morning sunshine . Its like a Rocky movie, if I can shine, you can shine, we can all shine..
I love the old classic bikes I always wanted a ten speed bull handle bike when I was a kid in the early 60's I thought those bikes was awesome , i brought my first bull handle ten speed bike in 1973 all white I don't remember the brand name but I use to love that bike , living in NYC going to Central Park with my brother with I think he had a 1972 Raleigh 10 speed bull handle bike, those was the days.
My bike is a circa 1978 Raleigh Grand Prix. It was made in England (Worksop, I think because the serial number stamped under the bottom bracket has a "W" by it.). It has "gas pipe" steel frame, Sturmey Archer steel rims, Raleigh Weinmann 610 centre pull brakes and a 10 speed Suntour derailleur. I bought it for $120 circa 2012 and I love it!
Viscount Aerospace Pro. Weird and I love them. My first production “racing bike” bought new in 1978. $229. I found the exact one I had, $75 Craigslist. I did a preservational resto and it’s bad ass! Replacing the sealed bearings in the BB and hubs was a chore but now I cruise in style!
Great video with some lovely machines and details. When I moved to France two decades ago I brought my two Dave Mellor (Shrewsbury) bikes - one a fixed gear frame - fitted with good classic parts including Cinelli, Campag and Mavic. I mostly use the fixie on the gently undulating Sud-Tourains roads, and of course get many curious looks and comments in this land of Le Tour. The mention of Reg Harris was a memory jog too, because I was born in Manchester, and his shop was in my local Chorlton-cum-Hardy with the Harris Stadium just up the road... I remember as a teenager around 1960 gazing into the minimalist window display where he had just a single bare frame sitting there, waiting to be purchased and fitted with the necessary... but my pocket money was not enough. Robson's shop at the other end of Chorlton, on the other hand, had literally everything possible for a bike in the window... and my breath often used to create a foggy patch on the glass divide!
We would come back on our Sunday club ride from the Yorkshire Dale's via Shipley just to look in Ellis- Briggs shop window. Full of Campagnolo and nice expensive bikes. What I liked were the frames hung up above the window. One day I thought One day!! 40 years later, took my Carlton in for respray and it was hanging up with the rest of the frams, just like I remember as a kid!! Enjoy your cycling!!
I love the Raleigh. I own one of its modern versions that must have been inspired by this bike. Mine is a 2011 Raleigh International though my modern version doesn’t have the decals it is painted black with chromed fork and stays and it’s made from Reynolds 853 and is tricked out with Campy Athena Carbon.
Nice video, and what a great assembly of old bikes. I'm plugging for the grandpa with wooden wheels. That is remarkable. I still have a custom 531 bike that I had made in 1972 - fifty years old this year. TA chainset, Stronglight cranks, Fiamme wheels, Concor saddle, all great names from back then. I love the lively feel of it when riding but it suffers from transmitting road buzz to my old guy's spine so a few years ago I got a Specialized Roubaix to make my life a little more comfortable. The old custom sits in my lounge room as a bit of classic art.
thank you, i just bought an Azuki Gran Sport 12 speed, 56cm, it is like a couple of these in this video, the first one Colnago is really close, and the Bianchi. makes me appreciate this bike even more after watching this, mine is a deep red and gold, french atom rear hub, sugino crankset, diacompe brakes, so many nice parts. very smooth light weight.
Thanks for showing off these beauties! The Record Ace is very impressive, and the Flying Gate captures the British tendency to use rather unconventional frame configurations. I've got a Hetchins with curly stays, which is unique and fun.
It’s a shame that you didn’t Notice the Raleigh records ace started it all: The record aces, and the Raleigh-Stanley Archer Team 1936-1940 including world records from Tommy Godwin and others
All beautiful bikes! (Perhaps except for the strange Flying Gate.) At 5:00 an exemplary deep bike mudguard! What a step backwards since then with the dirt throwers that are far too short. Not on my bike, which has an effective (homemade) protective shield, at least as deep as the Raleigh.
I’d rather buy a retro bike than modern ones whose production was moved to China and only names remained from the brands. I have nothing against China, but I'm sick of the hypocrisy
2:50 That's fabulous looking bike. The relaxed geometry looks more relaxed for upright riding. But I would call it a semi-mixte, since the top tubes don't continue to the rear drop-outs. My bike is a new one. A 1974 Benotto mixte from the Mexico factory. With fenders, it should be ready for a proper eroica run. Sand and gravel calls for full randonneur equipment.
No-one else is going to believe you, but I do! After matching multiple rides for course, power, wind speed and direction, temperature and humidity, my 198X Bianchi Campione D'Italia came out even with my 2018 Carbon Aero Bike for speed. I think it has to do with the better bike fit and comfort of my vintage Bianchi. Even the Win-Tunnel testing at Specialized gave the Venge a measly 50 second advantage on a 40 km course at 40 km/hour compared to a classic steel bike. That's about $300/second! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-XE_GKePa3CQ.html
some dude gave two mbk vintage road bikes to my grandpa and when he died they sent the two road bike in our home the orange mbk road bike we revived still uses the 45yr grease and it still runs better than other road bike I used here in the ph
I would love the Ralegh RRA. But in my size, with better hoods, and cork tape. I know someone who collects special cranksets and chainwheels: this would kill them, but they'd die happy.
I've just restored a Raleigh Wayfarer and got 2 1981 Raleigh Traveller's to do. Also have in a 1983 Saffron by Raleigh. Seems I only get Raleigh bikes to restore 🙂
it must be great to rip your pants or shorts I have a schwinn le tour 15 speed I bought in 1971 I think it's a great bike hope you guys across the pond have as much fun as I have in the u.s
All classic beuts that need to be walked up the long mountain climbs of the actual L'Eroica ride. I didn't see one bike here with lower than 37 gear inches.
The Ernie Clement bike is a step through, not a mixte. Mixte frames have the top tube connected with thinner tubes to the chainstays, which that one does not.
I love the Raleigh rre (I have a reynolds 531 frame bike except for the fork)and the tapon.. I would think owning a wooden bike would be cool if it would last... I had a bke w sewups once what a pain they are lighter though. Columbus two bike was just too stiff for me I was not strong enough to ride one with high gearing where I lived..... Riding a single speed or a fixie in hilly country has to be heroic.⚠️
Selling my complete collection - like autographed posters from Francesco Moser, autographed Magazins from Louison Bobet original Cycling Shirts - World Champion and Olympic champion - and a lot more a lot of real rare cycles .... selling all of my love - for race history - no fakes - no shit
This bike was really easy to assemble ru-vid.comUgkxMesz3KOGEmwmvyKQfLfrRSUXLFzfVHZA and required very few adjustments out of the box. The wheels did not require any truing/adjustments. The frame had some small scratches, but nothing major.I did replace the seat though - the seat it came with was very uncomfortable. The tires need to be re-inflated every 4-5 days, but this appears to be quite common for the narrow 700x25 tires.Overall, in my opinion, this bike looks and rides like a much more expensive bike.
HELP!!!!! I’m a 80s baby and I can’t remember my favorite bike. It was a 2 or 3 gear, It was grey in color spokes and I vividly remember the shifter is red.
Guy shouldn't have ridden with that saddle, you can just see it will put all the pressure on your butt hole, i question the guys cycling experience making that mistake, i had to replacs one shaped like that with a wtb devo and a Thomson seat post, thomson makes a nice titanium gravel bike and hardtail sold as a kit, wiah i had money to throw around because they look striking
Kool event but in the over consuming throw away idiot society of the USA will never have this event. However I have restored the older bikes and have sold them to a few bright ones in the Chicago area :)
