Tuesday 30 November 2010

Fausto Coppi Bicycle Peloton Sculpture. Novi Ligure Alessandria













Hey,  there's Max in the background


                                                                                                                                                            Viale Dei Campionissimi
                                              15067 Novi Ligure Alessandria, Italy  0143 72585

Bugger..snows here....

Saturday 27 November 2010

Yellow jersey toy cyclist..



Produced by Britains Ltd  England 1893 - 1984
complete with removable hairnet helmet
Bought this for a few pence years ago and have just found it...hence the dust....

Sunday 21 November 2010

The old Pope gets Campag set No 2



Who got No 1........?..Where is it now ? His Gold plated Colnago resides at the Colnago museum...


http://www.colnago.com/media/video/the-colnago-bicycle-museum


In February of 2007, the Cermenati's imagined a wonderful way to combine their love of cycling with their faith,gave the Pope a wooden bike which is now at the Ghisalo Museum, wooden wheels n all ..





Saturday 20 November 2010

Futura/Stash for “Look Ma, No Brakes”



Colnago trackbike frame paintjob designed by Futura (who designed a few of Lances bike designs...One of the very limited frames (in fact its a one off prototype ) is up for sale for $50.000 on ebay..but I managed to get the cap and socks that went with it from La Carrera Cycles (Toronto)...as Ms Bassey said..."Hey big spender" , but as I like Futura stuff /art a small price to pay......Dotted one...nice







Empidog T

Mexican Land Shark