By Mike Barry Photography by Walter Lai In the early part of the twentieth century variable gearing became available for bicycles. In France a number of companies marketed derailleurs in…
THE TORPADO PROJECT
By Mike Barry Sr. Photography by Walter Lai When I was a young teenager, I spent most of my spare time cycling or hanging around the local bike shop. Bill,…
CAMPAGNOLO PARIS-ROUBAIX
By Mike Barry Photography by Walter Lai Paris-Roubaix, then and now. This year Matt Hayman won Paris-Roubaix covering the 257 km in 5h 51m at an average speed of 43.9…
CAMPAGNOLO AND THE DOUBLE SPRING DERAILLEUR
By Mike Barry Sr. In 1951 Campagnolo introduced the first Gran Sport “deformable parallelogram” derailleur that revolutionized the derailleur industry. It was superbly made– arguably better made than anything before…