Miss Modern

From the 1949 Claud Butler catalog
Much more where this came from.

Auckland Track Champs 1996

November Retro Ride Photos

It has been too long since we had a Retro Ride.
I changed the formula bit this time. To make it easier for denizens of the North Shore, we started from the  Quay St Ferry Terminal, and rode around the city instead of out into the countryside.

Redstar Images

Redstar Images

Redstar Images

Redstar Images

Redstar Images

Redstar Images

Redstar Images

Redstar Images

T.White's Weight Weenies Weigh-off

Mt Richmond

Saturday morning, I took my under-utilised cyclocross  bike for an outing.

Hillman



Spotted in downtown Melbourne when I was there for the Track Worlds earlier this year.

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Coppi



Fausto Coppi bike, said to have been ridden by Coppi himself, in the Museo di Campionnissimi, Novi Ligure.



Giame saddle




Angel Garcia photo

More photos HERE 

Condor Superbe

Images from Ebay item # 170839836982

Ron Cooper advertisement

A Bikecology ad fron the '70s. Shamelessly appropriated from zbillster's flickr photostream.

T.Whites Everyday Bikes

Cycle Therapy Closing Down sale, Round 2

This Saturday from 9am to 4pm at Cycle Therapy, Unit 8a, 43a Linwood Ave, Mt Albert.

Cycle Therapy Closing Down Garage Sale and Swapmeet, March 25

After a decade of providing top-notch mechanical services to Auckland's cyclists, Gus is closing Cycle Therapy, which leaves him with a pile of parts and tools that he no longer needs.

Help lighten his load at the Cycle Therapy Garage Sale and Swapmeet, 10am Sunday March 25, at Cycle Therapy, Unit 8a, 43a Linwood Ave, Mt Albert.

If you have bikes, parts or tools to sell yourself, feel free to bring them along to sell in Gus' carpark.

Via Arona 19

Monument at the chapel of the Madonna di Ghisalo

COPPI IL MITO

My Cecil Walker, on the road to Castellania, 2006

More T-Town photos

1994 - Lynn Pettit, Donna, Lucy Tyler

1996 - Donna, Jeannie Farrell, Rebecca Everling

Magpie

lurkingat the bottom of Ardmore Quarry Rd.

Coppi lives!

Trexlertown, 1994

Donna, with Katie Compton on the inside

Fratelli Rossi, Siena

STINKER

West

Sleazy old Jim Morrison once droned that 'the West is the best', but following Jim's advice is usually good for at least a night in jail, so I am slightly surprised that I have the last found myself on Birdwood Rd thrice in the last eight days, each time in the best of company..

First, on Boxing Day Stuart Hill led CTB, Gerry and me through a Gordian knot of West Auckland backroads in lieu of our intended Butter Chicken Loop.

Second, last Wednesday CTB, Gayle and I again abandoned BCL, this time in deference to Gayle's knee, instead heading up Birdwood to the comforts of the Kumeu Bakehouse.

Third, yesterday, despite my providing misinformation about the start time, Amy, Gayle, Emma, Jay and I once again ascended Birdwood enroute to Ridge Rd and on to Devonport.


Emma, despite the possibility that she was hallucinating by the halfway point, has ably recounted the ride on her blog.