Recent content by Alan Goldstein

Alan made frames for several Italian companies as well as for Nishiki and Gitane. From reading about Alan bikes (I have one) I understand they did make some carbon frames for Colnago and that those had "Colnago" stamped on the seat post lug and do not have "Alan" on the head tube or the top of...

Thanks. It is a Silca frame pump. They are still made but mine was new old stock and is a little different from the current ones. I got it from Velo Classique in Purcellville VA.

Yeah, I know not doing a period rebuild may be a bit controversial to some. But I wanted a fairly modern bike to ride and looked at this more as an "art project" than anything else. Silver, red, and black were the theme obviously. A couple of answers. The shifters are 8 speed with a 7 speed...

Since my name is Alan I decided it would be cool to get an old Alan bike. I put out a request on Craig's list for a 51 cm frame and amazingly a man in California responded within a week and sold me the frame. While I was on Craig's list I read about a large upcoming bike swap about 40 miles...