Tag: Shimano
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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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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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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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Klein Quantum
Don picked up this great old Klein Quantum from a friend and we decided to give it a makeover one night after work – more like a full strip and rebuild!. Several hours and a number of IPAs later we had replaced the worn out groupset with it’s big brother Shimano 600 Tricolor and a…
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2001 Specialized CX Comp
One of our customers brought us a lovely old steel Specialized frame that they’d had from new as their main commuter for many years. They had upgraded to a Sirrus X, which they’d bought from us and decided that a fitting end would be to give it to us the old bike to restore. Although…
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Kennedy Road Bike
James came in with this lovely old Kennedy road alloy road bike that had been languishing in the shed for too long. A bike he’d ridden heaps back in the day when he was unencumbered by life. He’d had a few bikes since, but this was his love and he wanted to get it back into…
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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…