A ride back in time...
03-25-23, 10:32 AM
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A ride back in time...
Last Saturday's ride with the Camellia City Vintage Lightweight Cycling Club here in Sacramento. Kind of cool, as we went looking for the location of a long-gone, 1890's, bike shop.
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03-26-23, 06:23 AM
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Fantastic! Great idea for a ride, and a very produced video.
03-26-23, 09:36 PM
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That looked like a good ride with a neat end goal. @JoeBass that 1929 Hercules is a beauty. Do you have a thread on it already? If not, can you post some pictures of it and perhaps a story or two about how you came to acquire it, get it to it's present state and what your thoughts on it are?
Oh, darn. That sounds like I am giving a homework assignment. I pretty much am. I would love to learn more about your bike. Whatever, you can offer would be apricated.
The Camellia City Vintage Lightweight Cycling Club looks like a good bunch to ride and hang out with.
Oh, darn. That sounds like I am giving a homework assignment. I pretty much am. I would love to learn more about your bike. Whatever, you can offer would be apricated.
The Camellia City Vintage Lightweight Cycling Club looks like a good bunch to ride and hang out with.
03-27-23, 10:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Velo Mule
That looked like a good ride with a neat end goal. @JoeBass that 1929 Hercules is a beauty. Do you have a thread on it already? If not, can you post some pictures of it and perhaps a story or two about how you came to acquire it, get it to it's present state and what your thoughts on it are?
Oh, darn. That sounds like I am giving a homework assignment. I pretty much am. I would love to learn more about your bike.
Oh, darn. That sounds like I am giving a homework assignment. I pretty much am. I would love to learn more about your bike.
03-27-23, 10:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Millstone
Nice helmet AND goggles! And good ride also 
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03-27-23, 10:48 AM
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Vintage is the only type of ride I and many others on this site do. Thank you for posting!
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Originally Posted by JoeBass
I can do better than that! Here's a video that documents the restoration of the Hercules:
The Complete Restoration of the Antique 1927 Hercules Speed King Racing Bicycle - YouTube
The Complete Restoration of the Antique 1927 Hercules Speed King Racing Bicycle - YouTube
I think the story that this bike may have been a training bike that had some of the components replaced with American made parts after the Olympics makes sense. Sometime the truth is better than fiction. Incredible story and incredible bike.
Thanks again.
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03-27-23, 10:08 PM
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I recently turned up a video on YouTube showing Frank Southall from the British Olympic team at the 1932 Olympics. In the early part of the video, he was riding a bike with what looked to be the exact same fork (showed a close-up) and from what I could see, the rest of the bike looked identical as well. They showed him riding that bike, which looked like this Hercules, during practice, and then during the real racing he was on what looked like a more specialized, dedicated race bike. Seems to make it a little more likely that the story is true.
03-27-23, 11:40 PM
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Originally Posted by JoeBass
Last Saturday's ride with the Camellia City Vintage Lightweight Cycling Club here in Sacramento. Kind of cool, as we went looking for the location of a long-gone, 1890's, bike shop.
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Originally Posted by bikingshearer
Thanks for the great video, Joe. I bet it was a blast showing the employees in the store what was there 120years ago. It was also fun to see some familiar faces and get glimpses of the great bikes, including bibliobob 's oh-so-pretty dusty rose Cinelli SC . I'm sorry I missed out, but hope to join in again down the road.
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03-27-23, 11:50 PM
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Originally Posted by P!N20
Love the WCC jersey, JoeBass
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03-28-23, 09:28 AM
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Great looking fat tired bikes in the front row at 4:32.
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Originally Posted by bibliobob
Great jersey, but I meant to ask what WCC stands for!
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Love the WCC jersey.
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Originally Posted by bikingshearer
Thanks for the great video, Joe. I bet it was a blast showing the employees in the store what was there 120years ago. It was also fun to see some familiar faces and get glimpses of the great bikes, including bibliobob 's oh-so-pretty dusty rose Cinelli SC . I'm sorry I missed out, but hope to join in again down the road.
03-28-23, 03:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Kobe
Great looking fat tired bikes in the front row at 4:32.
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03-28-23, 11:09 PM
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Originally Posted by JoeBass
That's a reproduction of a Capital City Wheelmen jersey, with the CCW being the first cycling club in Sacramento (est.1897) and the club responsible for creating the original version of the American River Bike Trail.
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03-29-23, 11:12 AM
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Originally Posted by P!N20
Awesome! I went down the chain stitch rabbit hole a while back, see thread here: Vintage Jersey Lettering
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