Suntour History and Road Derailleur Rankings
The history of Suntour goes all the way back to 1912 with Maeda Iron Works Company. They began by manufacturing freewheels and sprockets. It was in the 1950s that they began to make derailleurs. In 1964 Suntour invented the slant-parallelogram rear derailleur. This gave them what most believe was the easiest shifting derailleurs. It allowed…
Vintage Zebrakenko Bicycles History and Facts
The history of Zebrakenko bicycles may go all the way back to the early 1900s in Japan, but the brand seems to have not shown up in the US market until the 1970s. The quality seems to be pretty typical of other Japanese brands for the time period, well made and reliable. Most of their…
Vintage Chimo Bicycles History and Facts
Chimo was a brand owned by Interex Industries located in Vancouver BC, Canada. Bikes were imported from Japan and Hong Kong during the 70s and 80s. The head badge design is actually the Interex logo. The Japan head badges state made in Japan and Hong Kong badges have HKB for Hong Kong Bicycles. Most of…
Frugal Guide to Affordable Bicycle Tools
This guide is to help you get your tools at an affordable price. If you are new to fixing bikes and have no tools, this guide is for you. Bikes require a lot of specialty tools that can be really expensive, or you can get some of the cheaper options. Sometimes it just makes sense…
Delta Cycle Two Bike Gravity Stand Review
Now this is a rather different sort of bike stand. It holds two bikes and doesn’t require any sort of mounting. It is easy to assemble and works as described. After assembling it just needs to lean up against a wall. Here are some pictures: Specs 2 bike horizontal stand with one bike over the…
Vintage Concord Bicycles
Concord is a bike brand that I believe started in the early 1970s and ended sometime in the 80s. The brand was owned by Columbus Cycles out of Columbus, OH and were imported from Japan. Kuwahara is the Japanese company I most see mentioned as the manufacturer for Concord. During the 80s they had a…
Complete Guide to Bicycle Storage
There are lots of options for bike storage and I intend to cover them all. From floor to wall to ceiling storage and those in between. If you are looking for bicycle storage options, this is a must read! Types Vertical storage – when the bike is stored vertically it will typically save the most…
List of new Steel Road Bikes – brands and models
Steel framed road bikes aren’t that common anymore so finding models can be challenging. This list is all the companies and models I can find making steel framed bikes. I’m including cyclocross, adventure, gravel, and touring bikes, basically any steel framed drop bar bike. I’m gonna try to stick to bikes you can get in…
Free Spirit Bicycles from Sears
Sears was once a very big retailer with lots of stores and a very big catalog. And so of course they sold a lot of bikes with their own brand being Free Spirit. I believe they started with this brand in the 60s and many of those were made by Steyr-Daimler-Puch in Austria. Puch has…
Great Cycling Road Races
Grand Tour The Grand Tour is the combination of 3 stage races: Tour de France, Giro d’Italia, and Vuelta a Espana. They are all 3-week races with daily stages. Over 23 days there are 21 stages with 2 days of rest. Tour de France – takes place in France of course and is the most…
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