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Scandia marked on the inside of the left crank.

----- among other things, Scandia was a marque employed by Monark-Crescent Bicycles - MCB MCB models were sometimes transferred as...

----- wunnerful textillium, greatly enjoyed here! 🥳 ...and then there is a certain Teval...😍 --- others much loved are the...

----- wunnerful job with the daguerreotypics! :D --- footie rests - wondered about these since post Nr. 1 not seen previously was...

Another buy where size and colour, rather than perceived quality, were the deciding factors. A Jacques Anquetil frameset with a strong...

Could have bought a very nice Reynolds or Columbus frameset for the price, but didn't. Bought this instead: a French Robust of...

When you acquire a lot of parts donor bikes you inevitably end up with many parts that are too modern for your own projects, but also...

One of the strangest birds in my collection is this Van den Eng "Stormvogel". Van de Eng was a shop in Gouda that dealt in domestic...

I have tried the concept of a "winter bike" before, but with little success. They were either too nice to want to expose to wet...

In 2012 I found a pretty Benotto mixte which I thought would be really nice for mrs non-fixie. Seller's picture: After a clean, a...

Thank you. I think so too. 😁 On a more serious note: besides wanting to have 'a few' classic racing bikes to take to events like...

Style and material are somewhat reminiscent of the "R.C." tubing decals that were used by Superia. Same supplier perhaps? Which...

One thing I still needed to do was finish the bike I'd chosen as my designated winter bike before the winter is actually finished. I...

After a lot of grumbling, sighing and cursing to get the brakes to work properly and the front mudguard to sit somewhere near where I...

And since it is the festive season, another rare bike seems to be fitting. This is an Akibo. At least that is what the decals say. I...