A bike shop in Louisville, Kentucky, we have over 300 quality vintage lugged-steel road bikes from the 1970s and '80s available for restoration, including Schwinn, Raleigh, Peugeot, Motobecane, Ross, Masi, DeRosa, Puch, Astro Diamler, Nishiki, Atala, Zullo, Concord, ItalaVega, Dawes, Fuji, KHS and Trek. Sizes from 47 to 63CM. The inventory is constantly changing and there's always a wide selection available on our website. www.vicsclassicbikes.com
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Beth's Univega Ital Sport
I absolutely needed a third bike, as no upstanding bike-shop-groupie would be caught dead with just two bikes. So when this full campy Univega Ital Sport came in, in a harder to find 48cm frame size, I couldn't pass it up.
Some changes were made to make the Univega suit my preferences. We installed Tektro aero levers, as the Campy levers were difficult for my smaller hand size. Double sided MKS pedals replace the chunkier stock pedals. Brooks honey bartape and matching Brooks B17S saddle improve the overall look and feel.
This bike rides very fast and is very responsive. Now I can attempt to keep up with my husband on faster longer rides.
-Beth
Some changes were made to make the Univega suit my preferences. We installed Tektro aero levers, as the Campy levers were difficult for my smaller hand size. Double sided MKS pedals replace the chunkier stock pedals. Brooks honey bartape and matching Brooks B17S saddle improve the overall look and feel.
This bike rides very fast and is very responsive. Now I can attempt to keep up with my husband on faster longer rides.
-Beth
A Busy Spring Day at VicsClassicBikes
8:30am - Hour of cleaning
9:30am - Mark Meinhart and I take a Seminary Architectural Spring Bike Tour (date)
12:30 - Mark Brittles stops by to pick up his Trek 500 with interrupter brake levers & grip king pedals (see blog post)
1:30 - Pizza at Papalino's, the one and only Vic Classic Bikes' endorsed pizza
2pm - A couple of hours of work on the blog, facebook, craigslist posts
4pm - Time for some real fun. Drew brings Beth some shorts, Mark M is back after a nap (needed it after a ride with Vic this morning) and we break out the Jack Taylor Tandem.
Madness - the good bicycle kind - ensues.
9:30am - Mark Meinhart and I take a Seminary Architectural Spring Bike Tour (date)
12:30 - Mark Brittles stops by to pick up his Trek 500 with interrupter brake levers & grip king pedals (see blog post)
1:30 - Pizza at Papalino's, the one and only Vic Classic Bikes' endorsed pizza
2pm - A couple of hours of work on the blog, facebook, craigslist posts
4pm - Time for some real fun. Drew brings Beth some shorts, Mark M is back after a nap (needed it after a ride with Vic this morning) and we break out the Jack Taylor Tandem.
Madness - the good bicycle kind - ensues.
Architecture Ride with Mark
As the weather warms up, we're getting back into group rides on Sunday mornings. Yesterday afternoon, Mark, a veteran architect, asked if the ride was on for this morning and I agreed. We left the shop at 9:30 Sunday morning for an architectural tour of the Louisville seminaries, and had a great time. Join us next Sunday!
New Bicycle Quarterly In stock!
Spring 2011 issues in stock now! Bicycle Quarterly is a magazine for discerning cyclists, who enjoy their bikes, whether on a weekend ride, randonneuring, racing or touring the countryside. In Bicycle Quarterly you find professionally written articles about a variety of topics rarely covered in "mainstream" cycling press. (Some back issues of Bicycle Quarterly in stock, too)
Stocked for Spring
We're stocked for Spring with a full Brooks display and 24 new Bern Helmets. All Brooks saddles are 15% off retail.
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