Showing posts with label vintage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vintage. Show all posts

Monday, November 28, 2016

#newLife | John Deere Men's Racer recycled by AJ Branch

Hi riders!
Today we bring you one of your amazing bicycles, in this case, AJ Branch has sent us an email with pics and info about, here you have...



As AJ told us in his email, he found and old, rusty, John Deere Men's Racer 10 speed near him home in North Carolina (USA).
It was pretty seriously deteriorated by the time, he got to it but he thought that, that made it kinda special, so he decided to try and make something cool out of it, and something that he could goes rip around on. 

Tuesday, June 14, 2016

#productReview | Restyling my fixie with singlespeedcomponents.co.uk


Hi riders!
Today we bring you one of our favourite topics, a restyling project, our Prism Cycles restyled with a set of beautiful components from Single Speed Components (UK). We have did one rare restyling, usually people get an old bicycle, clean it, buy new vintage components and finally create his new-old vintage single speed bicycle.... in our case, we started with a new bike, and we gave it an old style, a vintage style with high quality components from Single Speed Components, and...here we have the result, do you like it?


Thursday, May 26, 2016

#newbikes | Bikeman Bicycles now models

Hi riders!
Today we bring you new models from the brand Bikeman Bicycles. The style is really vintage, built with high quality components. Personally, I love the Ruth model...wow, it's a retro inspired urban bicycle. The bicycle is easy recognisable due to the minimal design, leather details, retro-Bauhaus inspiration, classic steel frame, very high quality and colourful design stripes. 

But they have two other models: Ada and Willa, here you have more photos, enjoy!


Thursday, July 30, 2015

#sendUsYourBike | Vintage Koga Miyata by Don Urban

Hi riders! 
Today we have new pics of one of your beautiful bikes!
Our follower and rider Don Urban, from Sidney - Australia,  has sent us his Vintage Koga Miyata with all the trimmings, sure you love it!


Wednesday, February 25, 2015

#ProductReview | COLUMBUS INGEGNERIA CICLISTICA CAP

Hi riders!
Today we bring you another post about the famous cycling wear from Wingedstore, the official Cinelli store. In this case we want to show you another of their new "vintage style" cycling caps, the Columbus Ingegneria Ciclistica, black and red cycling cap.



This cap is part of a new collection that celebrates Columbus' rich history of 'Ingegneria Ciclistica' or 'Bicycle Engineering', that made it the world's number one maker of steel bicycle tubing. The North American Handmade Bicycle Show celebrates the art of frame building in its purest form, and Columbus will be there meeting with the many artisan frame builders that rely on Columbus steel for their craft.

Thursday, February 27, 2014

Macario 1958 Restoration Project by @eisenstaedt

Hello riders, today our post is dedicated to a project of a road bike, yes it's not a fixie, but we found it a bike full of details that deserved a post on our website.
This restoration project will be conducted by @eisenstaedt, a longtime follower of our website from Madrid (Spain) and soon we will post the bike restored. This vintage road bike is a Macario belonging to his father. The bike was purchased in 1958 in the neighborhood of Tetuan Madrid.



Specifications

  • Frame: Macario painted by Richart
  • Crank: Stronglight
  • Breaks: Mafac
  • Derailleur: Campagnolo
  • Drop outs and seat clamp: Campy
  • Stem: Anpi
  • Rims: Super Akront Tubular
  • Pedals: Zeus
  • Saddle: Soffatti Professionale

Close up pics and details

























Thanks @eisenstaedt for your pics and your great project! We keep in touch to see the restoration!


Tuesday, February 18, 2014

PRODUCT REVIEW: SCIC 1969 Adorni Jersey from De Marchi

Sometimes, as a rider, you feel like the cyclist we saw on TV riding the Giro, Tour or La Vuelta, sometimes you want to be one of them... riding like them, feeling the competition like them, and, why not, wearing like them. Today we want to show you our review of a genuine replica of the SCIC 1969 Adorni Jersey from De Marchi.

Front of the SCIC 1969 Adorni Jersey from  De Marchi

Our SCIC 1969 Adorni Jersey review

Inspired by the success of competitor Salvarani in cycling, Renzo Fornari started his fitted-kitchen sponsored
team SCIC (Super Cucine Italiane Componibili) in 1969 with newly minted World Champion Vittorio Adorni.



Managed by Ercole Baldini, 1970 was a "tornee' d'addio" victory lap for the popular Adorni in his final year
in pro cycling. Adorni's SCIC teammates that season included sprinters Luciano Armani and Adriano Durante.  
Adorno wore this jersey in the second part of the season as he started 1970 clad in the the Maglia Tricolore of Italian champion.


This SCIC Vittorio Adorni Jersey is an authentic reproduction of the jersey originally made by De Marchi in 1969-70.
They use a itch-free Merino wool blend for easy care, classic mother-of-pearl buttoned pockets with reinforced stitching, logos in Cornely-type hand cranked embroidery and doubled cuffs.
Handmade in Italy by De Marchi, like back in the day.

We tested this jersey and the feeling was great. The fabric, merino wool, is really soft and very well finished. It is full of details that take you to those 60's and 70's famous cyclists, the SCIC letters carefully embroidered, labels, just great.

We have take some photos to show you all details of this awesome jersey.

Front of the SCIC 1969 Adorni Jersey from  De Marchi

Details of the sleeves SCIC 1969 Adorni Jersey from  De Marchi

Backside with the pockets. SCIC 1969 Adorni Jersey from  De Marchi

Front of the SCIC 1969 Adorni Jersey from  De Marchi

Inside label. SCIC 1969 Adorni Jersey from  De Marchi

Backside pockets with genuine mother-of-pearl buttons. SCIC 1969 Adorni Jersey from  De Marchi

Backside .SCIC 1969 Adorni Jersey from  De Marchi

Detail of the De Marchi logo in the chest. SCIC 1969 Adorni Jersey from  De Marchi

Box where it comes. SCIC 1969 Adorni Jersey from  De Marchi

Box, our size is a 3XL, be careful if you buy one. SCIC 1969 Adorni Jersey from  De Marchi

Conclusion

  • If you want to feel like cyclist you need to wear this jersey
  • Extremely high quality materials
  • Genuine replica, no one like this in the market


About De Marchi

Founded At The Dawn Of Cycling
De Marchi founder Emilio De Marchi was a pioneer of modern cycling. Born in 1906, he was friend to cycling legends like Ottavio Bottecchia, Gino Bartali and Louison Bobet (in the photo below, with Emilio), just to name a few. Originally, Emilio De Marchi started his career as a mechanic of bicycles and motorcycles. After being a racing cyclist himself, in the 1920's, he became actively involved with some of the first professional cycling teams ever established. 

At that time, quality cycling apparel was very hard to come by, so Emilio and wife Emma, who were asked by many fellow cyclists, started a small homemade production of cycling clothing in the 1930's. Emilio De Marchi's Maglificio Sportivo actively contributed to creating the first technical cycling clothing created for the sport he loved, as opposed to more generic "sports" clothes that were more easily available back then.


Choice Of Champions
In the post WW2 period, Emilio De Marchi brought his daughter Elda into the business, a second generation of the De Marchi family who would take the pure passion of Emilio's Maglificio Sportivo into a real business, Maglificio Sportivo De Marchi. They created iconic garments such as the Italia track suit and the legend goes on with names such as Fausto Coppi, Felice Gimondi, Marino Basso, Francesco Moser and Claudio Corti to name a few, who made it to the top of the cycling world in the sixties, seventies and eighties wearing jerseys and shorts from Maglificio Sportivo De Marchi.


From Back in the Day, Still Going Strong Today.
At the end of the 1980's, Elda's sons came into De Marchi. The third generation of the De Marchi expanded markets, worked as cycling clothing partners with emerging international bicycle manufacturers and riders.
Historically, De Marchi has been the sponsor and/or developer and manufacturer for Ritchey, Breezer, Marin, Diamondback, Schwinn, Scott, GT, Trek, Gary Fisher, Cannondale, Specialized, Dainese, Oakley, The Russian Cycling Federation, Tour of America, Tour of Ireland and the American Cycling Federation. Just to name a few.
The tradition established by Emilio De Marchi and carried on by his family to make great cycling clothing in Italy is alive everyday at De Marchi. 

Interested in send us your products to review?

If you are interested in sending us products to review, please contact us by email to fixedgearworld@thefixedgearworld.com 


Thursday, December 19, 2013

Sky by Rachman from Indonesia

Our friend Rachman from Indonesia has sent us some pics about his fixed gear bike, and here we have some info about:
  • Frame: Blue sky colour unknown brand, vintage style, 57"
  • Rim set: Araya 700c
  • Bar: Custom bullhorn
  • Saddle: McSelle gel
  • Pedals: Equipped with toe clip + strap too
And now, the photos...it's really nice!
Sky by Rachman from Indonesia
Sky by Rachman from Indonesia
Sky by Rachman from Indonesia
Sky by Rachman from Indonesia
 Thanks Rachman for your pics!
 

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