By On the language border of the French and Swiss-German speaking Swiss communities, thereâs a village that sits on the French speaking side called Jaun, and where everyone speaks German as a primary language. Jaun is the Swiss-German name for the village, and Bellegarde is its French name. Confusing I know.
Epic! The Helvetic Phoebus Mutaped
Itâs weird how things happen in a sequence and seemingly unconnected, until one thing joins them all up. In this case, the âone thingâ is a catalogue from a Swiss company long since gone. My friend Stefan, who you made have read about before (see links at bottom of page),
A big white Yorkshire horse and a Swiss Cilo horse
Iâm currently in North Yorkshire, UK, and I have for sale on my eBay site, two vintage Cilo road bikes. The slightly higher specification of the two is a Columbus framed, Cilo Challenger. It is priced very competitively for a bike of its age, condition and specification. Iâm obviously interested
When Cool becomes Cilo Cool
Have you noticed how some things are cool straight out of the box and others gain coolness over time? More importantly, cool doesnât have to be proven because itâs gained global recognition. Cool is a social perception and not an inherent quality. A Cool thing is much more than just
The 1981 Cilo (alternativeđ¤Ş) road test and review
All bicycle road test and reviews are stereotypically the same, and have been since Robert (known as Bob from here on) Lillywand, first thought of a new and innovative way to market and sell his bikes back in 1807. Bob reckoned that by using the villageâs local key opinion leader,
A soulful bicycle which carries the name of a true cycling raconteur; Raphael Geminiani
My soulful, 1956 French Randoneur needs a new headset. I shouldâve replaced it when I brought it back to life 4 years ago, but it worked reasonably well and itâs an odd size to find a new replacement. I bought the bicycle as a âprojectâ on eBay from a location
The âDo-it-Yourselfâ TT bike – The Final Part
As a follow-on to the two previous posts about this Time Trial (TT) bike build (if you havenât read them before, you can check them out by just putting ‘Time Trial’ into the search bar), I can announce, that the last piece of the TT bike jigsaw has finally turned
Cilo – The opportunities and pitfalls of re-launching a brand
A number of readers have noticed that the Swiss bicycle brand of Cilo has been re-launched, and its prompted me, whilst being inspired by watching the Alabama Shakes message their brand https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sNNTpORtDQ to take a look at some brands that have gone through a similar re-vitalisation. Firstly, you don’t need
More about Swiss Cilo cycles & their owners
In the early-ish days of club and national cycle racing, like the 1940s and 50s for example, riders had one bike, which they rode to races, and possibly, if they were good riders, he/she would have a second set of lighter wheels that they would use for the race, then
âI want to ride my bicycleâ – The âmake-it-yourselfâ Time Trial bike – Part 2a.
Welcome to Part 2a (which you may read before Part 1) to my TT bike build. Itâs taken a bit longer than I anticipated to build the bike, which shouldnât normally take more than a day to go from ‘parts-to-ride’, but instead, it has taken 3 months, to date. This
