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  1. Augustus

    Hans Rey Roadshow

    Not sure if this has been publicised here already but Hans Rey is doing a UK talk/ book signing roadshow and I think he's in Leamington soon. Details below... https://www.speakersfromtheedge.com/theatre-tours/2024/hans-rey-mandm?fbclid=IwAR1d13nBVBRoVOjfg37NCTJv52sPsrrSsn6uASzpfTw1fS9VOgEVFbCEnHY
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    Anybody here turned a Ringle Twister into a keyring?

    Pretty much as the title says really. Just wondering as I kind of fancy one. But unsure whether the Twisters are still in the barn with all the boxed up bikes that were emigrated but remain unopened.
  3. Augustus

    '87 Hardrock

    I so nearly had one of these and opted for an '87 Courier instead...
  4. Augustus

    Snaps from the Bianchi Factory

    Just found these on an old hard drive from a visit to Bianchi a few years ago that I was told I wasn't allowed to photograph for my Belgian journalist, after we got there.
  5. Augustus

    Some retro bike pics from Sea Otter

    I found a few pics I snapped for road&offroad,cc at the Sea Otter Girona show a couple of years ago.
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    1988 Barn find Peugeot Perthus

    Found this in a friend's barn. Too large for me, it hasn't progressed past sitting on the terrace under the pre-Pyrenees it was named after.
  7. Augustus

    Question - Which is the most famous/ respected cycle brand that no longer exists?

    In your opinion, which is the most famous/ respected cycle brand, either MTB or Road (or both), that no longer exists? A pioneering brand that burned brightly but burned out. Thanks, Gus
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    Article Moots Titanium factory tour

    A modern look at an old school maker, still hand building Ti in the Rockies. There's a link below to the story on my site... https://www.augustusfarmer.com/mutts-of-moots/
  9. Augustus

    Few more pics from Campagnolo's 80th birthday bash

    I found a few more from that do a few years ago so I thought they may be of some interest here. Some legends there that day.
  10. Augustus

    Old pics of the USE factory

    I can't find the story I wrote for Singletrack Magazine to accompany this little factory tour, but here after a surprise hard drive trawl are some of the photographs. Sadly not the pics from boxes of anodised old tat in their loft yet. G
  11. Augustus

    Eddy Merckx Jacky Ickx expo and Eddy 70 bike launch

    I wrote up a few words on the time I went to Eddy Merckx and Jacky Icx's birthday bash expo and Eddy launched a ltd edition steel bike with Campag. Link to the story here: https://www.augustusfarmer.com/i-suppos ... d-my-name/ Few pics here that I took for Retrobike but didn't put in the...
  12. Augustus

    A factory tour of Colnago

    I have posted a story on my site that I wrote for an American Magazine after passing out on the marble floor of the master's cycling museum at the Colnago factory. If you'd like a read on me, there's a link below: https://www.augustusfarmer.com/dont-bri ... o-colnago/ Thanks. G
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    A Visit to Nalini in Italy

    I've uploaded to my site an old story I made on a visit to Nalini nearly a decade ago now. A proper old school cycle clothing manufacturer still going strong and making clothes for a few of the others as a sideline. Anyway, old school clothing production still endures... Link to the story...
  14. Augustus

    Inside the Orange factory, Halifax...

    Forgive me if I've posted this previously, i have the vague excuse my memory ability was damaged in my near fatal RTA two years ago (that and I'm old)... Here are a few pics from a visit to Orange in Halifax I made a few years ago for an American MTB magazine. Link to the story I wrote and...
  15. Augustus

    Photographs from my last Giro d'Italia

    RB family... Going through my hard drives and updating my website, I'm popping a few pics up here that i think although not retro, may just interest some here. If not, mods - please bin. These from the last Giro I photographed - 2016 i think it was. The client was Campag so there's a bias of...
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    Our first RB Calendar, 12yrs ago...

    Found these photographs this morning that I made for our first Retrobike calendar back in 2008. I remember now the calendar company misprinted the dates for February so all the following months were wrong! and they were a calendar specific printers! Happy days.
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    Joop Zoetemelk out for a ride

    Just getting the bike out of the boot as we all do.
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    Joop Zoetemelk out for a ride

    Just getting the bike out of the boot as we all do.
  19. Augustus

    1992 Stumpjumper Comp

    I found this almost NOS in a French shop near where we live in the Pre-Pyrenees. Asking how much it was i thought he said 400 and something Euros and said no thanks. When Sarah asked because she can actually speak French, he replied 60Euros! Then couldn't believe i wanted it and turned the till...
  20. Augustus

    The nicest Flite I've seen...

    and a few other gems at the Selle Italia factory a couple of years ago... Over in the Road section: viewtopic.php?f=12&t=416452&p=3057075#p3057075 But seeing as we all use Flites here, Ithought that could go in here tbh. Thanks G
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