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Tech Specs: 1950s Terrot Cyclotouring

Terrot frame set
Terrort Drivetrain
Matching rack and fenders
All Original

Tech Specs: Cycles Rafale

Roger Du Peuty, Rider
1939 Tour de France Solo Entrant*

Vintage French 3 spd.
Cycles Rafale frameset

Bayliss-Wiley: Once Persistent Presence

It’s not a household name, not even in households full of cyclists. When first researching it on the mighty Internet most paths led to folks named Bayliss marrying others named Wiley. All of that belies a few simple facts, though:
Bayliss-Wiley Co. Ltd. was a highly respected designer and manufacturer of bicycle components, ahead-of-its-time inventor of [...]

Holdsworth: British Reliability, Personified

Like so many useful things, cycling apparel was difficult to obtain in Europe after World War One. The region had been thoroughly ravished by a half-decade of brutal conflict and matters of sport went largely unaddressed by all but its most ardent supporters. Margaret Holdsworth, longtime British postal service employee with a family history in [...]

Tech Specs: 1960s Legnano City Bicycle

Legnano: The Warrior’s Wheels

Raleigh has its phoenix, Colnago its ace of clubs, Fuji its stylized mountain, and Schwinn its four-pointed star, but Legnano may be the only bicycle company whose headbadge depicts a sword-lofting warrior, Alberto da Giussano, celebrating triumph — specifically, the triumph — at the Battle of Legnano in 1176, when the “Free Communes” of the [...]