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2 April 2020
Bianchi Specialissima X4
Robert Cobcroft
Bianchi X4 Serial Numbers

Register your Bianchi X4 serial number here.

Bianchi X4 Serial Numbers
30 July 2015
Bikes, Bike Restoration, Bicycle Technology, Bicycle Racing, Bike Frame Building
Robert Cobcroft
Leo Estermann Zurich Frame Builder Track ...

The history of Zurich frame builder Leo Estermann.

Leo Estermann Zurich Frame Builder Track Pursuit Funny Bike 1981
14 July 2015
Bicycle Racing, Bike Restoration, Bikes, Bianchi Bikes, Bianchi Specialissima X4
Robert Cobcroft
The Authentic Bianchi X4

The story of an almost new 1988 Bianchi x4, ridden only a few km's. Winner of Road Bike Of The Year at Pushies Galore 2015.

The Authentic Bianchi X4
13 June 2015
Bicycle Technology, Bikes
Robert Cobcroft
Cannondale CAAD Series CAAD 3 Team Issue Mario ...

Mario Cipollini's own 1999 Cannondale Team Issue TT bike.

Cannondale CAAD Series CAAD 3 Team Issue Mario Cipollini Time Trial Bike
13 April 2015
Bikes, Bianchi Bikes, Bike Restoration, Bicycle Technology, Bike Frame Building, Bianchi Specialissima X4
Robert Cobcroft
When The New Dog Digs Up The Old Dog Part 6

In PART SIX the Bianchi X4 Piaggio team bike is finished after two years of hard graft. 

When The New Dog Digs Up The Old Dog Part 6
Robert Cobcroft
10 January 2014
Bicycle Racing, Brisbane Cycling, Bikes

Kevin Fallon's Arrow Pista 1930's Race Bike

Robert Cobcroft
10 January 2014
Bicycle Racing, Brisbane Cycling, Bikes
Kevin Fallon's Arrow Pista 1930's Race Bike

Brisbane cyclist Kevin Fallon raced this Arrow track bike at the Empire games in the 1930's.

Tagged: Arrow Cycle Works, Biddle and Shaw Cycle Agents, Flying Arrow Cycles, Kevin Fallon Queensland Cyclist, Velo Aficionado Cycle Bloggers, Brisbane Cycling

8 Comments
Robert Cobcroft
4 January 2014
Bicycle Technology, Bike Frame Building

Columbus MINIMAX Tubing

Robert Cobcroft
4 January 2014
Bicycle Technology, Bike Frame Building
Columbus MINIMAX Tubing

A guide to Columbus Mini Max tubing  

Tagged: columbus mini max, columbus nivachrome, cycling blogger, eddy merckx mx leader, ben smith bikes, columbus tubing

5 Comments
admin
2 January 2014
Cycling History, Bicycle Racing, Bikes

Fair play cycling in an authoritarian society

admin
2 January 2014
Cycling History, Bicycle Racing, Bikes
Fair play cycling in an authoritarian society

What quality cycling equipment does one rider need to win a bike race? Budget bike or expensive race machine?

Tagged: russian bicycles, takhion, takhion bike, takhion frame

9 Comments
admin
27 December 2013
Cycling History, Bicycle Racing, Pro Cycling

Cycling Nicknames: Djamolidin Abdoujaparov

admin
27 December 2013
Cycling History, Bicycle Racing, Pro Cycling
Cycling Nicknames: Djamolidin Abdoujaparov

Cycling Nicknames, Djamolidin Abdoujaparov

Tagged: abdou, Abdoujaparov, cycling nicknames, Djamolidin Abdoujaparov, soviet peloton, The Cannibal, The White Sun of the Desert

4 Comments
Robert Cobcroft
21 December 2013
Bikes, Bike Frame Building

Ben Smith's Eddy Merckx Motorola MX Leader

Robert Cobcroft
21 December 2013
Bikes, Bike Frame Building
Ben Smith's Eddy Merckx Motorola MX Leader

An Eddy Merckx Team Motorola MX Leader reputedly built for Sean Yates that ended up in the hands of a fanatical bike collector.

Tagged: columbus mini max, eddy merckx bikes, eddy merckx mx leader, motorola mx leader, ben smith bikes

16 Comments
Robert Cobcroft
14 December 2013
Bicycle Technology

ASSOS Special Mission Pants

Robert Cobcroft
14 December 2013
Bicycle Technology
ASSOS Special Mission Pants

Assos S7 The Mission Range, cycling shorts for Special Missions

Tagged: assos campionissimo, assos equipe, assos neopro, assos shorts

1 Comment
admin
11 December 2013
Bicycle Racing

Bicycle Stage Racing - Ciao Bella

admin
11 December 2013
Bicycle Racing
Bicycle Stage Racing - Ciao Bella

“The Russian” Nikolai Razouvaev talks about the first stage race he ever saw that scared him almost to death.

Tagged: road race, soviet union, stage race, ussr

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