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Tag: History

August 10, 2017August 10, 2017

My Love For The Ride

An Excerpt from Soigneur Cycling Journal 17 By Michael Barry Illustrations by Isabel Albertos The peloton stretched in a long single line, thrashed through the valley, with Dolomites towering around.…

Posted in Bike Tours, Design, Events, Giro d'Italia, History, Racing, Stories  • 
August 9, 2016August 10, 2016

BGA. France, 1936.

By Mike Barry Sr. Photography by Walter Lai A few years ago my son Michael was scanning the French eBay site and came across a french bike that had a…

Posted in Bicycles, Design, Equipment, History, Photos, Restoration  • 
June 28, 2016June 28, 2016

PAGLIANTI RESTORATION

A mid-1940’s Italian city bike. This is a recent restoration that was completed in the Mariposa workshop. The bike was originally purchased at a garage sale in Toronto in 1991.…

Posted in Bicycles, Design, Equipment, History, Restoration, Vintage Bicycles  • 
May 25, 2016May 26, 2016

OFF THE BEATEN PATH

Rough stuff in the French Alps, 1984 By Mike Barry Sr. Photos by Ian Austen and Walter Lai Since I was a young boy living in London, England, cycling has…

Posted in Bicycles, Bike Tours, Design, Equipment, History, Stories, Video  • 
January 17, 2016January 18, 2016

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…

Posted in Bicycles, Design, Equipment, Events, History, Photos, Stories  • 
January 2, 2016August 15, 2016

Beryl Burton Vs. Sarah Hammer: Today’s Technology Vs. Yesterday’s

By Mike Barry Sr. Recently Kensington Communications approached me to supply a bike for a film they were making on Beryl Burton. The film was to compare the present World…

Posted in Bicycles, Design, Equipment, Events, History, Photos, Racing, Training  • 
January 26, 2015February 5, 2015

Tire and Rim Sizes

Sutherland’s handbook lists 79 different bicycle rim sizes ranging in size from 12’ to 28”. In addition there are numerous tires of different widths made to fit each rim diameter.…

Posted in Design, Equipment  •  1 Comment on Tire and Rim Sizes

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