Vintage Bicycle T-Shirts
07-05-21, 12:35 PM
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An Empella T. Translated: Never suffer again, ride Empella. It's a Jack Davis drawing My blog with some pics. I did get this T-shirt from Jan Weymans who build lots of Empella Turbo cx.
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07-05-21, 12:58 PM
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An Empella T. Translated: Never suffer again, ride Empella. It's a Jack Davis drawing My blog with some pics. I did get this T-shirt from Jan Weymans who build lots of Empella Turbo cx.
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07-05-21, 03:54 PM
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Velo-Retro: Vintage T-Shirts
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07-05-21, 05:51 PM
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07-05-21, 05:55 PM
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When you can see the printing on the back when looking at the front .....
07-05-21, 08:52 PM
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Maybe figure out distressing and have at it.
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11-10-21, 09:54 PM
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Love picking up vintage rock t's on ebay. Got a Krafterwerk tdf one recently.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/22458233109...gAAOSwWCJgokJp
https://www.ebay.com/itm/22458233109...gAAOSwWCJgokJp
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11-11-21, 08:06 PM
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I’ll third checking out Velo-retro, good selection of designs and well made T’s and sweatshirts.
Some here do his Rose Bowl rides, on my bucket list to make some of these.
Bill
Some here do his Rose Bowl rides, on my bucket list to make some of these.
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Reviving this thread to post a link to this old Columbus shirt in case anybody is interested: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1153054...=1&frs=1&sts=1
The measurements make it looks like it fits like a modern small probably, on the bigger side of small.
The measurements make it looks like it fits like a modern small probably, on the bigger side of small.
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02-01-24, 10:50 PM
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I probably assembled that exact bike. I worked at WOB from 1972 to 1984. The third ownership (1984) was intolerable. Started out in the assembly department. We would repack the bbs in all the better Raleighs. Gran Sports, Competition, Super Tourer, International, Pro. We found the shell was full of brazing residue (looked like croutons) that got shaken loose during shipping. The Carlton factory did not rinse out the frames after brazing. Shop policy was to car wax all the new bikes. Turns out the old wax was beeswax based and it turned yellow after a couple years and the white bikes would turn yellow. Easy to clean and off, then wax again with a modern silicon based car wax. It really showed on the white Gran(d) Prix model. I also learned to install tubular tires on the race bikes without making a mess. The red Clement glue was the best but could really get all over everything in the hands of a novice.
I sold another Grand Sport to my cousin. Some 12 years later I saw her walking it down an Iowa City street because the front wheel was pretzeled. A stupid frat boy tradition was to jump on bikes in bike racks and trash the wheels. Never leave your bike between the down town bars and the frat rows. The U since replaced all the bike racks on campus as a result of that behavior. Anyhow I popped the wheel back straight enough so she could ride home. It's in Denver Co now.
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Gestalt Haus, Fairfax CA…go ride Tam, then go to the bicycling museum, walk over to Gestalt for a beer and sausage, and leave with a shirt (I have no connection to the business). Shirt may not be vintage but the bar is the site of the original Fat Tire Trading Post! Borrowed photo, had to crop as wearer is well known…
02-02-24, 10:00 AM
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Here is my circa 1985 Fisher collection, all owned from new:
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Son hit a home run with this for Christmas, pretty cool and just right for my taste.
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02-04-24, 03:12 PM
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My magazine, The Fat Tire Flyer, was the first publication for mountain bikers.
A french MTB magazine printed shirts with my image.
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I have some cycling t-shirts that I wear a lot, and they depict C&V-type stuff (Reynolds 531, Cinelli), but they aren't particularly old This one is. Coors Classic c.1986. I watched the TT and the criterium stages in San Francisco. Hinault ultimately won the race and was pissed as all get-out at Lemond for trying to get payback for Hinault's TdF shenanigans. The shirt is a bit small for me (one too few X's in front of the Large) and has thus languished at the back of a drawer for decades. Literally decades.
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Wearing my "Oh Shift" tee under my UCSB jersey at Del Mar CA rest stop.
This qualifies as a tshirt, jersey, bike at beach, and C&V post, and sure there are a few more categories we could create
This qualifies as a tshirt, jersey, bike at beach, and C&V post, and sure there are a few more categories we could create
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02-05-24, 11:07 PM
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Love this thread, and as a Tucson resident, glad to see love for Bisbee Bicycle Brothel. Ken shows up at our GABA bike swaps here with the most interesting bikes. The patina on some of these t shirts is just perfect! I wish I could post some of mine but I've got to work up to 10 posts before that can happen. I'll check back when I can add pics.
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02-07-24, 11:54 PM
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A few survivors.
This one is from the event formerly known the "Fresno Uphill Climb to Kaiser," after the R-rated acronym gave way after a few years to the more family friendly "Climb to Kaiser." Also pictured is the finisher's plaque from the first year, edited for polite company.
Last, a shirt made by Pace, with rear pockets.
This one is from the event formerly known the "Fresno Uphill Climb to Kaiser," after the R-rated acronym gave way after a few years to the more family friendly "Climb to Kaiser." Also pictured is the finisher's plaque from the first year, edited for polite company.
Last, a shirt made by Pace, with rear pockets.
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02-08-24, 03:48 PM
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Sadly don't have it anymore, but one of my faves I wore to death was the Cyclocross natz, when it was near Seattle, maybe about 1990? It had a fake warning sign, something like "DANGER, HIGH-SPEED MACHINERY, FLYING PARTS", then the whole front and back of the shirt, from the neck hem to bottom hem, was splattered with gray-brown paint meant to look like mud, in a pretty realistic splatter pattern like riding a knobby-tire bike thru mud without fenders. Believeable enough that some people didn't want me sitting on their furniture or even coming in their house. (Of course that happens to me anyway sometimes even when wearing any other shirt!!)
Wifey just looked over my shoulder as I read this thread, and dug out some of her old ones like from when she raced at road natz, Seattle '77 and Milwaukee '79. Sorry no pics, she immediately put them back away.
I always wear mine to death and then use them as bike rags, not a collector.
Wifey just looked over my shoulder as I read this thread, and dug out some of her old ones like from when she raced at road natz, Seattle '77 and Milwaukee '79. Sorry no pics, she immediately put them back away.
I always wear mine to death and then use them as bike rags, not a collector.
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