Recent content by Woz

Yup. Basically that. 👍 Then get into very stiff wheels with no flex, then work on tyre volume and pressure it becomes easy to compromise and with almost immediate effect what is exactly the major factor at play. Going forward quicker with positive immediate feedback vs. traction in sloppy mud...

The bottom line ;) Try for yourself. Our hobby is cheap and cheap enough to experiment - there is so much out there and all the empirical knowledge out there can very much help design a bike fit for a purpose - for a one off event or even that crazy notion of one bike for life and do it all...

Spoke to a "well known British bike builder" about 2 months ago about the damage done in the competitive world of road racing, and just how long it may take to recover if at all. The reply back was "Never". Already in the Banesto era you could already suspect a lot. In the Fignon era, when he...

The best pleasure I witnessed out of this whole saga was four copies of his book (along with other random books) with a sign saying "FREE - Help Yourself" outside on the pavement in front of a charity shop in Spain - in one of it's epicentres for road cycling.

Having owned a few Cannodales, Funk, Trek, Willier, ridden a Pace, and that dreadful damn Coppi, I was really out of the race to be a AL fanboy. The problem with Ti and Steel for me .... you press on the pedal and you set-off, and you wonder what just happened. Where did that pedal stroke just...

Wanted to come back to this old buddy. For several reasons. Usual disclaimer at this time of evening ..... ;) :LOL::rolleyes: As always ..... bear / bare / baar with me. I think proper research in an historical context I would argue France is rather good - and no offence to any French reading...

I guess the whole of Europe bicycle business is similar. Just making bigger companies, slimming down production, but still owning brand names and patents didn't really work out either to compete with motorbikes and cars. As a customer it all got boring - essentially the same bike (or very...

What I've found when researching (in general) it can get rather complex - thankfully for Terrot a lot is on the web, and of course there would be more public available documents related to legal entities, physical buildings and of course advertisements. The motor-cycle fanboys seem to write the...

That's the one! Excellent read. No, not Dijon (probably got confused Terrot :rolleyes: ). It's a few years ago I had a chat with an Ebay buyer looking for Bebo levers.

Unfortunately I lost some links and can't find them again. There's very little to find related to the legal entity and history for producing Bebo, Bebolux, etc. All I know the head office factory was in Dijon (not too geographically far from Simplex), along with a proper a AL foundry, rather...

@Filochard One of the most fantastic posts ever here. I almost feel like doing selfish replies, but is not necessary. You listed via Rebour the menu a la carte from the 1950s for everyone to be aware of. Good luck and all the best wishes in your continued research. Bicycles and statues...

Ebay USA. The biggest historical archive of any old shit in existence. :wink: Except for French bike parts pre 1960. ;) Jesting a side. Always a great research tool.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/404271313720 ..... suffice to say, they are pointless and not worth dealing with IMHO. They never took off BITD, but a pristine example may gain retro points and earn you a top podium spot at the BotM ;)

In fact, the saving on shoes for a couple of years could buy an Hybrid velo.

On the bright side, out of the bell curve, they do pic up bargains when shoes are discounted. Try to find a 42, 43, 44 EUR size in the the sales ;)