Vintage Accessories...
 

I love finding a nice old road bicycle, particularly if it is a good one and my size. But other vintage velo treasures do come my way from time to time, such as this handlebar mounted Reg water bottle holder and Peugeot water bottle. Price? Free at a yard sale and the holder was attached to a set of alloy bars held buy a Competition stem and holding a set of near perfect Mafac levers with one not so bad half hood.

I have stumbled across several other vintage accessories at Yard Sales and the like over the years. Items like a Tornade hand pump, John Bull tire repair kit in a nice metal snap lid box, several cool old bells, a new can or jar of Campagnolo grease + an extra empty jar, a NOS Torpado saddle tool pouch and several other items that don't come immediately to mind.

Yes, it will be nice to find old Peugeot water bottles for my bike.They seem to have pretty much dissapeared from eBay alltogether. I think there had only been one for auction for many months now and the guy wants like 60 plus bucks for it....riiiight.....
I had a nice period Cinelly waterbottle with the flying "C" logo for a while but it eventually just deteriorated and cracked from the enviroment. My LBSs do not have any bottles period correct or as neat looking as the ones we used in the 80's....blehhh
Another popular 80's accessory that seems to have totally dissapeared from the face of the earth were "Wonderlight" headlight/flashlight. All my bikie classmates had them on their bikes in the early to mid 80's. they really look tech-cool back then with their all nylon brackets and minimalist rectangular shape. I saw hundreds of them for sale at bike shops then. Now they seemed to have went the way of the Do Do bird. Not that I'm really needing one, but I might actually buy one if I run across a good one just for it's nostalgic value to me personally.. One more accessory that I used a lot back in the 80's were those real thin stretchy vinyl seat covers that protected my precious Concor and Turbo saddles from rain and wear when I ride it or transpport it on the car rack. They were cheap (like 7 bucks) and came in different colors with cool seat manufacturer's logos on them. Every bike shop was selling them back then in the hundreds......and now, they are all gone, not a sign of one of them anywhere, even as NOS.
Lesson learned, if you ever come across a component, part or accessory for sale that you feel that you might not encounter again,....BUY IT! ASAP BEFORE SOME OTHER C&V GUY BEATS YOU TO IT!...and it's gone forever...

Chombi
84 Peugeot PSV

Headlight/Flashlight...
 

Thanks for reminding me about the headlight/flashlight thing. I forgot that I stumbled across an old handlebar mount that allows a flashlight to be mounted on the handlebars. I really don't plan to use the light on the Peugeot until I get a couple of furry dice to hang from the ends of the drop bars:)

The handlebar mount cages are always desirable... snag every one you can!

Frame pump clamps: the good chrome kind. I have a set, and the chrome ones with the knurled separate cones set into the clamps to grip the pump are real treasures.

Prestube/Brooks/Midlands paint matched rear racks for the English 3 speeds are also gems, especially in good shape.

A decent Raleigh or Brooks saddlebag is nice.

I recently picked up a set of panniers similar to Nashbar "daytrekker" for a dollar. No tags anywhere to indicate who made them.

A few years ago, I was at an estate sale for a bike shop owner and there were a lot of the lycra seat covers. Hardly anyone knew what they were.

What about all the neatly designed/innovative "Rhode Gear" stuff that was available in the 80's I kinda miss them now that I understand that they've been eaten up by Yakima(?).

I got this key fob at Wheelsmiths Bike Shop in Palo Alto around '83, but have never seen a reference to it. It's not a modified shift lever. More of a promotional item than accessory, but I thought I'd post it here. Any information about them will be appreciated.

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Well, if people are paying 60 bucks for plastic Peugeot water bottles, I'll be rounding them up. They are everywhere. Can't go to a yard sale here without stepping in one.

Although these are reproductions, I picked up 3 of these for my commuter bikes. At $15/each - they're really pretty cool.
(not my bike below (I wish)-> just photos from the ebay auction to show how they're attached.

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That keyfob is cooooool !

I've got a Raleigh tire pump (the kind you put on the floor, not the kind you take with you) in that nice metalic green.

Waaay back they made lantern style headlights that had a candle holder in front of a concave mirror. I bet a maglite would fit right into that candleholder.

Uhmmmm......... used water bottles from yard sales???!! No thanks! I don't want mine pre-chewed on as much as possible. NOS only pleauuzzzzzz!

Candles on bikes?? Holy cow! Could that have been just a little later than Paul Revere's time?? Never ever heard of those!

That's cool!, it looks like it can be at home on a WW2 dispatch rider's bike. Except maybe painted in drab military colors instead of the fancy chrome finishes. Do I also see waht seems to be a cut down Brooks saddle on the bike?

Actually - it's the seller's bike, not mine -> but it does look like a cut down brooks. Here's a full picture of the bike (with the ebay ad). I should have probably asked about the front light. In my opinion - kind of a cool look for a vintage commuter.


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I like vintage accessories...
 

Though I do not usually install accessory items on a vintage road bicycle, I do like it when I stumble upon something interesting. Have a look as some of the neat stuff that has cropped up here and there. A nice Tornade hand pump, an assortment of old bells, some tire cleaners(couple of sets actually), a set of tools for frame straightening(not all pictured), a few brake lever mounted mirrors, several saddle bags of varying vintages and an assortment of neat generator/lights sets. Then there are the gear driven speedometers, of which I have a few tucked away. And to be honest, I am not sure what else. Vintage bicycle shoes(one pair that's too big, one pair that much too small and one pair that fits just right - has a familiar ring to it???)

Anyway, just having a bit of fun with this thread and I get a kick out of what others have found - or perhaps, need.

They were replaced by Calcium Carbide/Acetylene lamps. Water was fed by a drip onto carbide tablets that produced acetylene gas for the light.

THOSE are ultra cool.

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