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True, but clues like a coaster hub, kick stand and Schrader valves suggest to me that it's on the west side of the Atlantic.

That's because Flandria and it's parent company went bust in the 1980s, was bought by other companies which also went bust in turn by...

I wouldn't go for 27" wheels. I fitted some to the frame from my father's old Super Sports to build something I could use to hack to and...

Certainly in the 1950s, Dynohubs were standard on roadster models and available as an extra on all other models. The forward facing rear...

Classic example of keyboard finger bother - the A is alongside the S.

I assume you mis-typed the BB thread size as Italian is 36x24T. An Italian BB combined with the Shimano dropouts is curious - it could...

HB-RE022 are for hubs with oversize (17mm) alloy axles. I think (although I'm not sure) that HB-BO122 are for 15mm axles.

I had a set of early CLB Professionals, back in the days before alan bolt fittings and before they went overboard with alloy bolts. They...

He sponsored a local road club Cottingham Coureurs.

Those are the sintered (I think they called them 'sinterized' or maybe 'synterized') blocks, the ones that worked. I think Hinault's Vie...

If you're interested in new, try defietsenmaker.nl. I got an Evol 2002 from there a couple of years back and according to the website...

Their sintered brake blocks were a step above Campagnolo - in wet conditions. The levers and calipers not so, having a somewhat spongey...

There was. We used to get one in for repair on a regular basis in the late 70s/early 80s, it was an early one too with the high sissy...

A bit more searching led to this Flickr album. Curiously, Spirito is recorded as having been born in December but the name was...

At least two Godio brothers were pro cyclists, Spirito during the 1940s and Giorgio during the mid-1950s. Story is that Spirito learned...