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The Four Musketeers

After 6 months of riding with The Four Musketeers, of which I am one of them now, it looks like the relationship is a longer term thing rather than a ‘one-ride-stand’ kind of experience, and therefore, the subject deserves writing

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Innovation for vintage bikes: The Dropper Post

Here’s some questions to start this post off with some audience (you) participation: 1. Ever gone over the handlebars on a steep-ish descent because that fixed, high saddle behind you pushed you over (on purpose🤬!)? 2. Having trouble getting your

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Mirror, mirror, on the wall, am I really a Cilo Cycles collector🤔?

Looking into the ‘honesty mirror’ on the wall, I ask myself if I’m a Cilo Cycles collector. The mirror says ‘quite possibly’. Hmmmm……..I challenge the mirror with the definition of ‘a collector’. Apparently, and according to the mirror’s friend, Google

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S’Bike Prototypes & electric S’Bikes. Really?

I wrote a post back in April 2021 (link at bottom of page) about my journey unearthing what is believed to be a very interesting S’Bike story. Contentious it may be, but regardless, I seem to have found a (possibly)

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The vintage bicycle market is DEAD! Long LIVE the vintage bicycle market!

Like a lot of people who are passionate about ‘vintage stuff’, I’ve been playing in the ‘vintage velo and Moto markets’ for quite some years as a buyer-seller-hobbyist-projecteer. This means, like a lot of people, and maybe you, I’ve had

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Cilo Cycles – The Factory in Lausanne

Of all of my content on this site, the most read on a daily basis, and from people from all over the world, is the stuff I’ve written about Cilo Cycles. I get regular emails or messages through social media

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By Guy Redshaw April 14, 2018December 29, 2020 Road bikes

Mysterious address Plate

I wanted (read as: didn’t actually need) to get hold of an original French Randonneur bike, and one that was made between 1950 & 1955, as this was the breakthrough period for the type of bike. These post-war bikes were built to a specific frame geometry, wheel size etc, so

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By Guy Redshaw April 12, 2018December 29, 2020 Road bikes

An evening criterium race, Hull, East Yorkshire, UK and sometime in the 1970s………

Its 9pm in the evening and I’ve just been presented with a special pennant for my ‘outstanding effort’. The pennant is made of a silky fabric in white, with black text printed on it and it has blue tassels on the bottom edge. Some blue nylon rope is attached to

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By Guy Redshaw April 12, 2018December 29, 2020 Just bike stuff

My Perfect bicycle shop

  So what do you expect from a really good bike shop? Before you answer, I’m going to tell you about my perfect bike shop. Firstly, location is key. My perfect bike shop would be situated on a crossroads that have traffic lights and which would be on my commute

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By Guy Redshaw April 5, 2018December 29, 2020 Just bike stuff

That thing that makes the chain dance across the gears.

If you get oil on your cycling jersey because you have had to put your chain back on, due to poor gear changing or a derailleur which needs adjusting, I can tell you now, that oil won’t come off in a 30 degree wash. The best way to remove the

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