Photos » Cinelli Aero One of maybe a dozen prototypes made.
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A few months ago I was strolling through an early Saturday morning garage sale when I came upon a pile of bike frames and parts. There were quite a few nice finds: A minty fresh Peugeot PX-10, a Carlton with Reynolds 531, and a newer Raleigh frame and fork. However, there was one frame that [...] While the bicycles most people are familiar with today rely on chains as the heart and soul of their “engine”, there is always someone who thinks there must be a better way to make the two-wheeled machine go. While many innovators try building a better mousetrap, few are true originals, particularly the late George N. [...] Bicycle companies faced a historical deletion about the time World War II rolled around and the prevalence of the automobile became overwhelming. Manufacturers, racers, and race organizers found their livelihoods interrupted and in some cases, those livelihoods never returned. It was around this time that several European bicycle companies found themselves struggling through economic hardships [...] The first Bridgestone I encountered was in 1994, the last year the company sold bicycles in the USA, when I bought an RB-T after a long search for a good touring bike that could be used for commuting, and which I could afford. Since then I have ridden exclusively Bridgestone bicycles, and discovered a benign [...] |
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