The Raleigh Banana was the bikes that men of a certain age will always remember.
We’ve just aquired a stock of genuine ‘new old stock’ 1980’s Raleigh Banana Caps.
Made of cotton by Santini (sized small / medium we would guess).
Go one – re-live your youth !
We’ve just had a fresh batch of cycling caps in from our supplier in Italy after their summer break.
As well as the old favourites, we’ve added a couple of new ones – a Giro Pink version of the classic Brooklyn cap and La Vie Claire as worn by the team containing Bernard Hinault and Greg Lemond. Check all our range out here: https://velotastic.co.uk/?s=retro+cap&post_type=product
We are self confessed Strava addicts. I think it comes from living in the Derbyshire Peak District where there is plenty of up as the name implies.
We decided to have a go at designing our own cycling cap with a little help from our favourite Californian milliner Walz.
This is the end product. We’ve added our own little twist to the Tour design as it would be a little bit too much of a faff to contact and gain permission for the King of Mountains sponsor to have their name on the cap. We’ve had printed instead KOM Est 1933 which is when all of this competitive upness began in the Tour. (The polkadot design was not added until 1975).
To buy yours its for sale on this page: https://velotastic.co.uk/product/cycling-caps/walz-polkadot-moisture-wicking-cap/
Were very pleased (or as they say in the norf – ‘chuffed to bits’) to be stocking Cinelli T-Shirts and caps.
Cinelli are one of those brands that are entwined in the history of competetive cycling.
Click here to check out our range. All of them look good when you are off the bike.
We’ve just had a fresh delivery of Walz moisture wicking caps in.
This is our preferred under helmet wear both summer and winter as even when it’s frosty we hate to get too hot headed.
Check out the range here.
As well as team and non team jerseys, we also sell a few jerseys that are souvenirs from races and challenge events.
One such is the Krone Kitzhorn Challenge Jersey we’ve got for sale at the moment.
Kitzbuhel is probably most famous for its ludicrously scary downhill ski race. There is also a ludicrous hill climb there too.
The climb gains 920 metres in just 7.5 km – an average of 12.5% with the steepest section at 22.3%.
From 1971 to 1995 the event attracted riders such as Lucien Van Impe. In 2005, after a 10 year break the event was re-introduced.
Since 2000 the finish has been used in the Tour of Austria. Stage winners have included Cadel Evans. The record for the climb on the Tour of Austria (a slightly shorter 7.1km and 865m) is 28:24 by Thomas Rohregger.
The jersey is available for sale here.
We’ve just received, hot from Italy, a consignment of cotton retro cycling caps.
There are four designs to choose from – Molteni, Clement, 7 Eleven, and Brooklyn. All classic teams from the 1970’s and 80’s.
We’ve also have had a shipment of another 150+ jerseys that we are currently working our way through and will be putting up for sale in the next few days.
Direct from California USA, we are now (very) proud stockists of Walz Cycling Caps.
Made from wool or moisture wicking fabric these caps are great for wearing under your helmet and look good both on and off the bike.
Check out our range here.
Whilst we love racing bikes, shopping bikes have a great place in our hearts as they are great for getting into town or of to the cafe when you fancy a non lycra day.
Mixte frames are a classic design of shopping or town bike with a split low crossbar and are developing a cult following.
In this video, top French rider Mikeal Dupont however demonstrates that these iconic bikes do have their operational limits.
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The Times has launched a campaign to improve the safety of cycling in the UK.
The main aims of its campaign are:
Being a cycling based business, we can do nothing but support this cause which is why we have added a logo and link to our pages.
To sign up and put your weight behind the campaign check out this page.
We took delivery today of some NOS Simplex parts.
Simplex was started by Dijon shop owner Lionel Juy in the 1920’s and finally ceased trading in 1985. One of the innovations that M. Juy came up with was using plastic to reduce the weight of the components. Whilst the shifting action of his derailleurs was said to be sweeter than those by Campagnolo, they also had a bad habit of the plastic bits breaking.
We’ve the following Simplex Prestige levers in stock at the moment:
We had a delivery of NOS MAFAC toolkits in today. Which we’ve added to our store.
MAFAC is one of those names (like Simplex, Huret and Maillard to name a few) that dispeared during the early eighties. The company developed one of (if not the) first cantilever brakes in 1946, the basic design which was used on mountain and cyclo cross bikes.
Probably their most famous product was the MAFAC Racer centre pull brakes.
Introduced in 1952 and originally stamped Dural Forge, Racers were popular with many riders including Jaques Anquetil. In 1974 Racers were updated to the short drop ‘Competition’ and long drop ‘2000’ models. Around this time MAFAC’s brake levers became shorter and were drilled.
For more information on MAFAC check out Classic Lightweight and Sheldon Brown.
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