MFG Cyclocross

MFG has a really great gallery of images from this season; I really wish I had built a cross bike this year.

Posted on October 22, 2009 by Paul Isabella and filed under Bicycles, Cyclocross, Racing and tagged bicycling cycling Cyclocross Racing.

Speedbicycles 2010 Calendar

I have been a huge fan of Speedbicycles since I first stumbled upon it, it may be one of my favorite sites online. Stefan has done an amazing job restoring and keeping the integrity of beautiful rare vintage lightweights. Now I normally do not have a calendar hanging, but when I saw Speedbicycles had one for sale I made an exception, plus he sent along an equally wonderful playing card of Mr. Anquetil, such a great surprise.

Follow the link to purchase: Speedbicycles 2010

Posted on October 17, 2009 by Paul Isabella and filed under Bicycles, Uncategorized and tagged bicycling cycling speedbicycles vintage lightweights.

Bridgestone RB-1

A few years ago I built up a great Bridgestone RB-1, super light for its time and road like a dream full of Diane Lane. This image reminds me of the beautiful time I had climbing and descending on its natural beauty.

Posted on October 13, 2009 by Paul Isabella and filed under Bicycles and tagged Bicycles bridgestone cycling rb-1 road racing.

Matuz Master

It can be a fairly daunting task when trying to find vintage lightweight parts for a project. There are places like Velo Orange that carry wonderful parts for Porteur style cruisers and of course Rivendell Bicycle Works that carries some great touring parts and great little odds and ends that are hard to find anywhere else. However there really is not a great source for vintage lightweight parts. You can certainly scour Ebay like a mad man, but I am sure some people would prefer something else, and this could be a good answer, if you live in Hungary.

Check out Matuz Master and their nice collection of vintage and modern parts.

Posted on October 11, 2009 by Paul Isabella and filed under Bicycles, Components and tagged bicycle components cycling road cycling.

Bertelli - Biciclette Assemblate

Quite beautiful bicycles assembled carefully one at a time, by Francesco over at Bertelli. Based in NYC, you can buy what he currently has for sale or work with him and build your dream ride, as Francesco states, "every bike is a design project, it is not just buying a bike." For those that are in need of a beautiful ride and do not have the knowledge (or tools) to build it up, send him a line:

Bertelli