Author: psychlist
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Pegasus #2
From knowing nothing about the Pegasus brand or Keith Davis to suddenly finding myself with two frames! This frame came from one of our regular customers who has a bit of a collection. Occasionally, she tries to move one or two bikes on to make space for the next project. This came in as a…
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Eltham Rd – Nashua – Newrybar – Old Byron Rd
Great scenic loop. It’s where we take all of our friends when they come to visit. Total distance around 60km and 685m vertical.
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Goonengerry Goodness
Quite a hilly ride with around 1500m climbing and a distance of about 105km.
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Bexhill – Corndale – Eureka – Booyong
A long ramble with plenty of hills. Some rough sections, so it’s a good candidate for a gravel bike ride. Total distance of 95km with 1300m of climbing.
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Colnago C64 PJBK
Brian visited us while he was on holidays and left with a great vibe. He came back a few months later and wanted to get a bike fitting and buy a Bianchi Infinito CV. Of course, Brian, no problem. Unfortunately there was a problem, our bike fitter was off sick and the Infinito was out…
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1997 Colnago C40
A work in progress.
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Colnago C68 HRBK
Luke had been in to see me a few times, thinking about getting a new bike to motivate him back into riding, something nice, something that would rekindle the flame.
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2012 Pinarello Catena
Pinarello released the Catena a few years ago as a kind of cool, maybe hipster, single speed bike, but it was a bit of a flop. Great looking frame, great heritage, great concept – Bianchi killed it with the alloy track bike! But, just a bunch of junk parts on the Catena out of the…
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Pinarello – GOING for GOLD
Stuart had this amazing Pinarello that has been restored with extra bling! But it had travelled and been in storage and was generally looking a bit worse for wear. So, he asked me to bring it back to its former glory.
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1987 Kuwahara MTB
In 1987, Andrew bought a Kuwahara mountain bike to go bicycle touring with his girlfriend. Many years, adventures and another continent later, he’d married the girlfriend, emigrated, started a business, had a family and thrashed the bike every day commuting, riding with the kids, doing the shopping and still the odd back road ramble. As…
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Univega CONQUEST
This Univega Conquest, was another shed discovery … not sure how it ended up in Australia, but there are a few of them around. Initially I suspected that they were mostly brought in individually but people who had owned them elsewhere, but the more I look, the more I find; enough to make me think…
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The Bicycle Emporium
The story so far …
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Ballina Bicycle Club
Vintage Steel riding group. Rides the third Sunday of the month at 7am, leaving from the carpark behind the Henry Rous Tavern on Moon St in Ballina. Not just steel, but older alloy and early carbon fibre, pretty much anything pre-2000! All welcome. You can follow the Ballina Bicycle Club on Facebook or check out…
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Vintage Steel – Heritage and Craftsmanship
If you’re a fan of any sport, over time you develop memories of great performances, particularly of your favorite athlete and it’s great to relive those moments. As we know, cycling can be a hard and unforgiving sport, which makes those great moments even more memorable.
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1930s Arrow
Ryan called me about restoring his grandad’s old racing bike. He really didn’t know much about it and only really knew that his grandfather had raced at a pretty high level in the late 1920s and 1930s. After he’d stopped racing, his race bike had gone into the shed where it had stayed until Ryan…
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1973 Sovereign Star
Living and working in Mildura in the northwest of Victoria, a lot of people knew that I was passionate about old bikes and that I was restoring them in my spare time. I would sometimes get invited to come and see someone’s bikes or visit their workshop and from time to time people would come…
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1991 Casati Ellisse
Lachie wanted a Vintage Steel bike, so he bought this Casati online from Europe and had it shipped over. He brought it in for me to refurbish and build before he rode it. It was in pretty good condition, a bit of a dent in the top tube, but otherwise in great. A full Campagnolo…
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1980’s Tecnotrat Oria
Greg brought this beauty in one day after we had been yarning about all things bike. Originally a mid range Italian steel road bike, it was looking a little neglected. The frame is Italian, built by Tecnotrat, probably in the mid to late 1980’s. They built frames in Cuneo (NW Italy, not far from Nice…
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1982 Colnago Super
Can you make this new again? Brian owned this old girl since new and between riding, racing, travelling and several iterations of storage, she was looking a bit worn. He came in with the bike and a page from the original catalog – hardcopy was a thing back in the day! He asked if we…
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1976 Colnago Super
A long-term project for a good friend.
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1980 Mercier
Brought into the shop for a service and an upgrade. It hasn’t been ridden in a while and the owner wanted to get back into riding. After we costed out a full service and parts he decided to just buy a new bike. Then he wasn’t sure what to do with the old bike. He…