Eddy Merckx at full tilt - Pedal Pedlar Classic & Vintage Cycling

Eddy Merckx - The Cannibal

With a nickname like ‘the Cannibal’ you’d expect Eddy Merckx to be something of a tough character, but off the bike he is notoriously warm and amiable. On the bike was a different matter, his desire to win was immense, and the results were unparalleled.

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Art and bicycles – Dario Pegoretti Ciavete - Pedal Pedlar Classic & Vintage Cycling

Art & Bicycles – Dario Pegoretti - An Italian Master

No one has straddled the worlds of art and bicycles like the late, great Dario Pegoretti. A master craftsman who studied under highly regarded contract builder Gino Milani (also his father-in-law) and pushed the boundaries of both steel frame construction and how beautiful a bike could be.

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Caps Not Hats - The Retro Cyclist's Pièce de Résistance - Pedal Pedlar Classic & Vintage Cycling

Caps Not Hats! The Retro Cyclist's Pièce de Résistance...

Well, first of all it’s caps not hats, apparently there is a difference. Secondly, they are actually an easily available and versatile piece of kit!

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How to get the right brakes - Pedal Pedlar Classic & Vintage Cycling

How To Get The Right Brakes For Your Vintage Bike

We are often asked what brakes are the right ones for people building bikes up from just a frame, there are two main points to attend to: what the type or fixing of brake is; and brake drop (for caliper brakes).

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Art and bicycles – The Keith Haring Cinelli Laser - Pedal Pedlar Classic & Vintage Cycling

Art & Bicycles - Keith Haring’s Cinelli Laser - A 1980s Masterpiece

There are some fantastic examples of where art and bikes combine, and in our eyes the most iconic example has to be the Cinelli Laser pursuit with disc wheels painted by Keith Haring in the 1980s...

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How to measure headset stack height - Pedal Pedlar Classic & Vintage Cycling

How To Measure 1” Threaded Headsets On Vintage Bikes

There are a number of parts you’ll need to put a bike together that can be slightly complicated if you don’t have the old part to hand, and one that we are often asked about is headsets.

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Remembering Tom Simpson - Master of the Classics

Remembering Tom Simpson - Master of the Classics

Were it not for his untimely death on the slopes of the Mont Ventoux aged just 29 Tom Simpson would probably have been one of Britain's most successful ever professional cyclists.

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Pre-CPSC, Post-CPSC - Vintage Bike Jargon Explained...

Pre-CPSC, Post-CPSC - Vintage Bike Jargon Explained...

You may see certain parts on our website, and others, described as ‘pre-CPSC’ and ‘post-CPSC’ – but what exactly does this mean?

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Bianchi Celeste - Classic Colour, Classic Bikes...

Bianchi Celeste - Classic Colour, Classic Bikes...

Is there a more famous colour in the cycling world than Bianchi’s celeste? The name itself comes from celestial, or heavenly...

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Beryl Burton - Seafront Criterium in Lancashire -Pedal Pedlar Classic & Vintage Cycling

Beryl Burton - A True Cycling Legend, 25 Years Gone :(

What Beryl Burton achieved on a bike over her long cycling career is astonishing, that she did it whilst working, raising a child and never turning professional is even more so...

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TJ Cycles 'Flying Gate' - A British Classic, Through The Generations

TJ Cycles 'Flying Gate' - A British Classic, Through The Generations

Hand-made from lightweight British and Italian steel since the 1930s, the Flying Gate is a vintage bike like no other...

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58cm Gazelle Race c.1966 Vintage Steel Road Bike - For Sale at Pedal Pedlar Classic & Vintage Cycling

One For L’Eroica Limburg - The Lesser Spotted Gazelle

We can’t imagine there are many vintage cycling enthusiasts out there that aren’t chomping at the bit to pull on the retro wool, lace up the old shoes and pedal their classic steel bike to one of the many wonderful vintage rides around the world.

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