auchencrow

Wowowwow! - I like that!

BlueDevil63 

Mid-60s Bianchi Specialissima:

gaucho777 

I took the rust off this '68 Speedster before finding it a new owner.

noglider 

BlueDevil63, do you have more pictures of that Bianchi?

rootboy 

They don't get much better than that! Log into Cicloclassico, Tom. Lots of great stuff on BD63's page.

noglider 

I'm afraid to get sucked into that vortex. It would be like gorging on ice cream.

dddd

As usual, some lovely iron being posted here in this thread!

SixtyFiver, did someone braze better dropouts onto your 1962 Continental's stays??? See mine below, you've seen it before though.

This one fits a bit small, frankly, due to this frame's ~70-degree frame angles (and is far from stock), but it's a 1964 Varsity that I pieced together 4 years ago.

Highlights are the solid "aero" fork, 700c wheels, 10sp Campagnolo levers (working a 9sp shimano derailer over a shortened <<to 7sp>> SRAM 8s cassette), plus rare clipless bmx pedals with 1/2" pedal threading.

Absolutely I'm keeping the kickstand and one-piece crank on this one!




Also from the later 1960's is this PX10 that I pulled from a dumpster in Mountain View in 1998.
This was my first retrofit of STI levers that I tried, using a pair of RX100 levers with a Sachs derailer over a 7-speed freewheel on a pair of old Roval tubular wheels.

Highlights are a 38t chainring retrofit, Super68 calipers and perforated-leather Turbo saddle (this bike also needing a frame-size-compensating longer neck, filed/sanded to fit the French steerer).

It handles and fits a lot better than the Varsity, even though the Varsity actually has a longer top tube (of course it's also faster and 10 lbs lighter).




Another Schwinn, almost entirely stock 1962-1/2 Continental, but with VDO chronometer (dated 1962) and a pair of the elusive 1/2"-threaded clipless pedals.
It turned up at Goodwill and I payed all of $100 for it about 5 years ago.

Though this was the largest (24") of three frame sizes that Schwinn offered that year (and even with a longer 10cm stem), the bike fits small due to the frame's relaxed ~70-degree frame angles that effectively steal a few cm from the toptube's foreward reach and don't allow a stem longer that 10cm to be fitted without making the steering feel really floppy.

noglider 

Nice PX10. I got to ride one recently. Much nicer than I remember it, and I remember it being nice.

BlueDevil63 

But of course. I've got lots but here are a few. I'm currently building a new wheel set for it. I have the original hubs but they had been laced to some modern rims. I found some period correct Nisi rims and am rebuilding the wheels.







More pictures on my website: https://www.cicloclassico.com/64Bianchi.php

rootboy 

I think that's the beetchinest Bianchi going away.

redneckwes

Nice Galaxy's!

shoota 

What's didn't you like about them back then?

moultonguy

Revolutionary bike for a revolutionary decade?...My Moulton S speed from 67'

social suicide

You win!

moultonguy

Many thanks I much appreciate the compliment, and before anyone asks:

moultonguy

Here is another piccy, this time with my sixties car!

shoota 

I don't even know what to say about that Moulton, other than I want to ride it!

moultonguy

will post some words on the test ride...k

moultonguy

No moreexcuses, the 1967 S speed was tuned and ready for riding, and a nearby cyclerace track was deemed most appropriate. Before the testing I wanted toinvestigate the extra hard front suspension. Steve told me that Monty Young hadsaid that most if not all the riders preferred the suspension almost solid, butI felt that things had deteriorated in the long storage and removed the springand rubber to check, sure enough the rubber had swollen, effectively lockingthe forks. Brian Perkins kindly supplied a new one from his mini parts stockand to my relief the suspension was back in smooth action after decades. Theride was hard enough with 120psi tubs fitted anyway!
Before thephoto session with Pat Douglass, I had a trial run, just to try the ridingposition and gear selection, I soon found that I would not need the 72T ring,and that the saddle needed some rake and a couple of inches more post, a fewmore tweaks and all was fine for me.
My firstride on an S speed was initially a rather nervous affair, apart from the moneyinvested, there was the fact that the bike was irreplaceable and the track wascovered in leaves!
However allthis was soon forgotten, because the bike demanded concentration like a truerace bike. It accelerated quickly and I loved the short wheelbase, and did notfind it twitchy, but inch perfect when changing direction.
The brakeswere very powerful for vintage GB coureur plus sidepulls.
The bikesoon became pleasurable and I did not want to get off after a few laps. I feelthat in the hands of a young rider this would be very quick. The newly fettledfront suspension gave no trouble, but when photos of the ride were studied, thebellows seemed compressed, indicating there was scope for increasing thespring/rubber length, although no problems were apparent when “honking”.
I had heardconflicting reports about the handling of these bikes, but our test on thetrack revealed that these rare machines are fast and taut, with nimble steeringand a really formidable range of 12 gears, easily selected from the drops.
Above allthe Moulton S speed was fun to ride fast, and if not for the Raleigh takeoverwould have been a winner.

dddd

You'd almost have to ride a Moulton S speed to believe it!

It sounds like they developed the bike very thorougly, just as Rene Herse is reputed to have achieved exraordinary balance in their machines.

bibliobob

Excellent!

moultonguy

Yes indeed, and I feel very lucky to have the opportunity. This particular example was part of the Moulton racing team to be run by Condor cycles in London, that were left gathering dust in their cellar for decades. It is in remarkable original condition.

Italuminium

Thank you for sharing, wonderful machine. pics like this only make me miss my Moulton more!

John E

I think this may be the ultimate classic bicycle thread -- absolutely delightful.

May I play, too? The red one is a 1959 frame w/ 1970s components averages out to 1960s
The white one is a 1960 with almost all original components.

noglider 

I rode a Moulton once. It was truly remarkable. The geometry and suspension are painstakingly engineered to give the good of small wheels plus the good of large wheels. If it were sane to ride with my eyes closed, I would have been fooled into believing it was a large wheel bike. The suspension is brilliant. It was a model with an FW (4-speed) hub. I don't remember the rest. BF member Chris in Miami let me try it.