gearbasher

The Italian American Museum in NYC has an nice C&V bicycle exhibit.
155 Mulberry Street NYC
May 11 thru July 2
Museum Hours of Operation:
Friday, Saturday, Sunday, 12 NOON to 6:00 PM



The Brooklyn Velodrome Vintage Wheelmen (founded in 2001), is having an exhibit of vintage Italian bicycles at the Italian American Museum, in Little Italy, New York this Spring.
The exhibit will run for eight weeks, from 5/11/17-7/2/17.
Admission is free.
This exhibit will not only showcase the beautifully hand-crafted bicycles of this period, but the Italians who created them and made them famous.
You need not be a passionate cyclist to enjoy these stories, so I hope you will attend and bring your non-riding friends, as well!

There will be a number of great evening programs, films and book-talks during the exhibit's 8-week run. The theme of these evenings will be champion cyclist Gino Bartali and his efforts, along with other Italians, during WW II to save Jews, partisans and other refugees from the Nazi round-ups. You can receive more info about these events by joining the museum's mailing list. Just send your contact info to: info@italianamericanmuseum.org



Here is the Museum's website for those interested:
https://www.italianamericanmuseum.org/

Museum's Facebook Page:https://www.facebook.com/ItalianAmericanMuseum/

I just got back from the opening and they have a dozen or so very nice bikes on display.

oddjob2

Thanks for posting. A great reason to head into the city around July 4th and enjoy a meal in Chinatown too!

gearbasher

Sorry my error. It runs only to July 2nd. I have corrected it.

Kevindale

Did you manage to get any photos?

Bikerider007

^^^

gearbasher

I didn't get any photos at the exhibit. Here is a link to photos of the bikes that are on display there:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/105623...57674809543232

I'll try to get photos taken at the exhibit from some friends and I will post them. If I'm successful.

gearbasher

Here's a link to photos taken at the museum:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/105623...57683634308316

gearbasher

juvela

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Thanks very much for sharing this event.

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non-fixie 

Eighties bikes in a museum? Jeesh. I must be getting old ...

Thanks for sharing the pics. That orange Cinelli is nice. And just the right size, too.

noglider 

Fantastic. This is one reason I'm lucky to live in New York. I live only a few blocks away.

Bikerider007

I think we were just born into a fortunate time in cycling. The 60-s70s began much change and the 80' fine tuned a lot of it.

Yes many bikes moved overseas but with aero, bmx, mtb and full touring ......it may be the best decade since the advent of cycling. Actually there is a cycling timeline somewhere on the web. I once counted all significant change and improvement and the 80s outnumbered all decades back to the 1800s IIRC. I know, doesn't make it the best but says something. I'll admit though, I'm biased as many here due to my age. And heck who knows, the list may be too. But I like that there is just enough modern touch in the 80s.

juvela

I know whatcha mean non-fixie. To me the decade seems like "just last week."

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non-fixie 

Thanks for getting me started ...

All kidding aside, I think it has something to do with the American dominance of the internet and their getting into competitive cycling in the eighties. Anything pre-Lemond doesn't seem to be part of the collective online memory, other than a few names like Merckx, Bartali and Bianchi.

exmechanic89

Beautiful old race bikes from a time that is no more.

gearbasher

A few more pics.