Not vintage or French Tourers/Campeurs, Trade/Porteurs, Audax/Randonneurs, Commuters/Town

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

Schwinn Voyageur 1986, very nice, like the handlebars.

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

I cant quite work out whats going on with the Red Viscount. Some pics show a dropout with an integral mech hanger, some show the same bike with a bolt on hanger.
I also dont remember Red being a standard colour for the pro - the aerospace sport was red (and blue)

That's because they are two different builds of the same bike. Why the owner did this I've no idea. Red was a standard Viscount colour, I assume the owner painted it in a sympathetic colour. The bike is not standard.

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

Modernized Woodrup 1997 .

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

Katakura Silk Grand Camping.

The SILK bicycle company had become quite famous after having produced all of the bikes for the Japanese Olympic racing teams in 1964.

The name "SILK" was derived from the former silk manufacturing factory building which the bicycle manufacturing company later occupied. Their racing style bikes were highly regarded by Keirin racers and were produced right along with the custom French touring style bikes.

But, SILK was not a pure "boutique" builder, it was truly a mass production bicycle company. Someone compared their broad range of bikes to Raleigh (England) which manufactured everything from Professional racing bikes to childrens bikes. SILK even produced a popular line of folding bicycles and later the company would manufacture Mountain bikes as well. By the early 2000s many of the new bikes offered were tig welded and featured the newer style threadless forks. However, the company still produced lines of more classic looking Track and Touring bikes as well.

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

Holdsworth Typhoon.

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

Bob Jackson Olympus 1974.

 

[grantoury]

Holdsworth Typhoon.View attachment 699193View attachment 699194View attachment 699195View attachment 699196View attachment 699197View attachment 699198View attachment 699199

That is very, very lovely. What's that gear lever that says made in Britain?

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

Schwinn Paramount 1971.

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

That is very, very lovely. What's that gear lever that says made in Britain?

Cyclo Benelux. Edit if you blow the picture up you can make out Cyclo on the end.

 

[grantoury]

Cyclo Benelux. Edit if you blow the picture up you can make out Cyclo on the end.

Cyclo, yes. Then it looks like B'Ham