Vintage Bicycle – Lincoln Smithy

May 15, 2018May 15, 2018

Jack Taylor Tandem – 50th Anniversary Edition

The tandem thing has been bugging me for a while, Jamie’s 650b Conversion, Tom’s custom Ibis “Dumpster Dive” and my high school memories of Pete and I riding Mt. Wachusett and descending “Mile Hill” on a Paramount Tandem loaned from George Gamache.

Also bugging me was this Jack Taylor that Wayne has had tucked away at Velo Classique for some time. I recall helping him move it there.

Making some minor modification to this Jack Taylor 50th Anniversary Edition tandem to entice the wife to take some leisurely rides on the W&OD or the C&O Canal. Work in progress but addition of wider tires, fresh brake pads, fender removal and addition of riser bar for stocker is looking good.

As Found - Full Fenders and Custom Racks — As Found – Full Fenders and Custom Racks

As Found - Another View — As Found – Another View

Front View - as Found — Front View – as Found

Vintage 35mm Specialized - Not Big Enough! — Vintage 35mm Specialized – Not Big Enough!

Go Big - Compass Snoqualmie Pass 44mm — Go Big – Compass Snoqualmie Pass 44mm

Sans Fenders and Front Rack - Compass 44's! — Sans Fenders and Front Rack – Compass 44’s!

If the Jack Taylor Retrofit does not work out!

March 21, 2018

First Wearable?

Came across this advertisement in a 1896 Bicycle News . Certainly the earliest Wearable I have seen. I did dig around some other ephemera I have to see if I could spot some more but came up empty. Early 1900 Youth Companion thru 70’s Electronic Mags showed no signs of anything similar.

February 16, 2018

6 Day Race Photos – 1961

Recent photo scans from a 1960’s scrap book I bought a few years ago at a swap meet. Each of the photo’s have 1961 6 Day Race hand written on the back of them. The pages of the scrap book indicate the same. Judging from the rest of the “very interesting – more on that later” photos in the scrap book the race was probably in NY.

A 6 Day Race historian friend of mine immediately identified it as a “Portable Olympic Track” so it could be anywhere. Rules out Madison Square Garden as was my first suspicion. If was fun to find such great 6 Day Race photo’s it what is otherwise a pretty common family scrap book. Enjoy.

March 8, 2016