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The more I look at it, I think it's probably a stickered up CMP (Lyon) who I think were quite a few years ahead of Vitus when it came to...

I picked up one of these 653s myself - they're proper light, pretty much the same weight as a 753 Raleigh build. Mine weighs in at...

My wife is not really that keen, but my nephew is desperate to go cycling. He's got very poor eyesight and needs a stick to walk with...

Seller is adamant it's a road frame and made it of aluminium, it's an oddity right enough

After a good haul and autograph hunt in the riders village, I've got 4 (count em!) Polkadot Carrefour hats to give away (I bagged a...

We have a tandem, old KHS MTB tandem that I restored and hotted up with some more modern bits. Been out a few times with the wife and...

I don't have any storage problems. I've been lucky enough to rent an underground storage of about 120sq m with good enough security. I...

Just out of interest. What's the stopping distance of your tandem with two people onboard from 50mph?

And there came no reply from the unutterable silence.... 😵😜

Yes I've seen a tandem pair rev it up on the flat, even on a level surface they were soon ticking along at 40mph.. I can imagine on a...

I'm pretty firm on a British bike - there's not a single piece of french equipment on it, and the headset looks a standard Shimano 105...

Have spoken a few times to the owner of this lovely latte 1940s Barra aluminium brazed tandem and we've come to an agreement on a...

RGF brackets and Nervex lugs were also a very common feature on French quality frames from 1940s-1970s.

Having a look at the seat stay caps and the RGF bracket, it does put me in mind of a quality Raleigh from the 1970s (Raleigh used these...

It's a nice quality frame, RGF well known investment cast bottom bracket. Identifying a frame without decals/badge or a relatively...