Thursday, September 11, 2008
crevoebay     |   #  |  Comments [0]
 Friday, September 05, 2008
 
Nice set of Scheeren wood-filled rims on eBay. These are an excellent choice for track bikes from the 50's or so.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270271689920


Scheeren rims

Scheeren rims

Scheeren rims



crevoebay     |   #  |  Comments [0]
 Sunday, August 31, 2008
This is a page scanned from an old Reg Harris scrapbook assembled by a fan in the UK. Over his career, Reg would end up breaking the 1000-metre record a total of 5 times. These photos are from his first attempt.


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 Saturday, August 30, 2008
 
November 7th, 1942. Fausto Coppi rounds the bank at the Velodromo Vigorelli aboard his Legnano (there are some rumors it was built by Faliero Masi) for a successful attack on the hour record distance. At the end, he would set the new standard at 45.798km.




Below is a sampling of the lap times of interest:



1 km
01:17
2 km
02:36
3 km
03:53
4 km
05:12
5 km
06:30
10 km
13:02
15 km
19:35
20 km
26:08
Half Hour Mark
22.946km
25 km
32:41
30 km
39:14
35 km
45:47
40 km
52:19
45 km
58:51
Hour Mark
45.871 km, later corrected to 45.798 km
crevopotd     |   #  |  Comments [0]
 
To help balance out all the Euro content lately, here are a couple of items from the good old US of A. These are very early Schwinn stems and are little different than the more familiar version which has the adjustable aluminum slider. Presumably, these are both products of Emil Wastyn's handiwork.


Schwinn Paramount stems
crevo     |   #  |  Comments [0]
 Friday, August 29, 2008
 
Was out messing around a bit with my bikes and thought I'd throw a photo of my Gloria track bike on to the site. It's difficult for me to pick a favorite from my small stable of track bikes, but this bike would almost certainly be in the top three.

Although the bike hails from the 40's, its aggressive angles and short chain stays are more reminiscent of the 80's. This was almost definitely a sprinter's bike. The nickel finish and paintwork on the bike is mostly intact save for sporadic peppering of rust here and there. The current Cinelli bars and stem aren't quite period correct so if anybody out there has a great set of 40's Ambrosio Pista bars/stem they'd like to part with please get in contact. :-)


 Gloria La Garibaldina Extra Pista track bike
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