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Monthly Archives: April, 2021

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75 years later, Steve takes on Tommy’s challenge

My good pal Dave Minter tells me that Steve Abraham, a friend of his, is going for the Tommy Godwin annual mileage record. What’s...

Cycling history interviews

In the late 1990s, Tony Hadland and the late John Pinkerton decided to conduct in-depth oral history interviews with some of the most interesting...

How to repair old Sturmey-Archer hubs

Instructions for a wide range of Sturmey-Archer hubs from 1902 to 2001. Includes the original 1902 3-speed, the popular K type of the 1920s...

The Arnfried Schmitz derailleur collection

This collection has now been dispersed but before that happened, Arnfried and I recorded it for posterity. Enjoy the slideshow! This slideshow requires JavaScript.

Captain William Gill – Explorer and Spy

Tony Hadland’s great-great uncle, Captain William Gill, inherited a fortune and spent it on exploration. He won the Gold Medal of the Royal Geographical...

2014 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog.     Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This...

The rarely seen Moulton Stowaway joint that looks like a hinge

Alex Moulton hated the idea that his bicycles would be considered as folding bicycles. He always made the point that his aim was to...

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