Vintage Bike of the Week : Meca Dural Duralumin

Vintage Bike of the Week : Meca Dural Duralumin

'Vintage' is an overused adjective nowadays; we're certainly culpable. Today though, we have every right to use the word...

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Vintage Bike of the Week : Eddy Merckx Professional Aerodynamic

Vintage Bike of the Week : Eddy Merckx Professional Aerodynamic

Picking up from where we left off last year, we're back with a more mildly titled but by no means less rousing weekly showcase...

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Christmas Gifts for Cyclists Part 2

Christmas Gifts for Cyclists Part 2

The big day is approaching pretty darn fast, and if you're anything like us you probably still have most of your presents to buy...

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Jacques Anquetil: Sex, Lies & A Very Purple Bike...

Jacques Anquetil: Sex, Lies & A Very Purple Bike...

Doping has unfortunately been around almost as long as professional cycling. A famous early trainer of champion cyclists...

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Christmas Gifts for Cyclists Part 1

Christmas Gifts for Cyclists Part 1

We held off as long as we could, but decided it's finally time to don the santa hat & give you some gift-giving inspiration...

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The Raleigh Record. Ace.

The Raleigh Record. Ace.

At the moment we have a lovely example of a 1980s Raleigh Record Ace in the shop, a model that over fifty years has chalked up a pretty impressive series of achievements to its name...

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The Hunt For A New Mechanic

The Hunt For A New Mechanic

Yep. We're looking for a new mechanic to join us at our London shop. The position is open now, but we're looking for the right person so we're in no mad rush to fill the role. It comes at an exciting time as we're currently fitting out our new mini-warehouse to handle our restoration work...

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Bright, Bouncy & Over 20 - Iconoclassic, The Retro MTB Show

Bright, Bouncy & Over 20 - Iconoclassic, The Retro MTB Show

Not really being home to many mountains, or hilly surrounds, you’d be forgiven for not pinning Warwick as the locale for the biggest classic mountain bike show in the UK. But that is exactly where it is, home to not only a famous Castle but also some really quite nice mountain bikes.

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Chris Akrigg's Retro ATB Video - Win The Bike!

Chris Akrigg's Retro ATB Video - Win The Bike!

Just 4 days ago we were up in Warwickshire for this year's Iconoclassic classic MTB show, admiring some of the most spectacular mountain bikes ever produced (more on that in our next article...). Rewind a couple more days and we were in the studio photographing Pedal Pedlar's 1st ever vintage MTB...

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Vuelta a España - A Brief History

Vuelta a España - A Brief History

The Tour of Spain, or the Vuelta a España as known in the native tongue. Arguably less revered as the Tour de France or the Giro d'Italia, the Vuelta has a rich history of its own. The first edition in 1935 saw the 50 competing riders average a gallant 240km per stage, with the 3411km course split over as little as 14 stages...

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Jean-Paul van Poppel's Reynolds 753 Gazelle Champion Mondial

Jean-Paul van Poppel's Reynolds 753 Gazelle Champion Mondial

"Popeye" was his nickname, and not only was he one of The Netherlands most successful cyclists, he was also one of the most exciting. Winner of the green jersey at the 1987 Tour de France, and with a total of 9 stage wins overall, he would often claim victory from seemingly futile positions. His four stage wins in the 1988 Tour made him the most successful Dutch sprinter in a single tour...

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Claudio Chiappucci aka El Diablo

Claudio Chiappucci aka El Diablo

As the dust settles on another Tour, we’ve got nothing but congratulations for Chris Froome on bagging his third win. But for all the solid achievements of the Sky Team, the most memorable image of the Tour was undoubtedly Froome’s brief and surreal sprint up a chaotic Mount Ventoux, after the crowd had pressed in and his bike had been trashed in the ensuing pile up...

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