What's New at OldRoads.com
We wanted to have a place to post changes to our site and link in other items of interest, so here it is:
Vin - Menotomy Vintage Bicycles
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16-MAY-2008 Man what a busy season. We're barely keeping up. Expensive gasoline must be good for business.. We did have time to be interviewed a couple weeks ago for an article in The Phoenix, a Boston paper. A lot of local vintage bike people are mentioned in the article. The consensus here is that I came across a wee bit too opinionated in the piece, but hey, I feel strongly about bikes and am decidedly anti-spandex. Here's the link: Wheeling through history. - Vin |
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10-MAR-2008 New retail space. There isn't enough local business to justify a full retail Vintage Bicycle storefront. BUT!.. We've just signed a lease for some space in an Antique Coop in Cambridge, MA. The location is perfect - 2 blocks from the Lechmere stop on the MBTA Green line, and a bus stop right out front. If you're coming by car, there is plenty of free parking. Come visit us at: Cambridge Antique Market 201 Msgr. O'Brien Highway,Cambridge, MA 02141 Open Tues.-Sun. 11a.m. - 6 p.m. Directions IIf you have a particular cycle or part you want to see, email us a few days ahead so we can make sure it is in the Cambridge space. |
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1-MAR-2008 A couple things to mention on this first day of March: First, this year marks our 14th year on the web. The second thing I want to mention is the videos we are shooting this week. A production company will be here for two days and we'll be shooting 16 series on Vintage Bicycles. In the end, the two days of filming will boil down to a couple of hours of final footage. I'll be doing the talking and really, I do look great on radio. -Vin |
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4-FEB-2008 Received news today of Sheldon Brown's passing. He has provided tremendous, accurate and easy-to-understand information on cycles to all of us for many years. Thank you Sheldon. |
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15-DEC-2007 Video of a 1971 Triumph cleanup. (see below for the disclaimer about the quality of our videos......) -Vin
1971 Triumph cleanup Part 1 - First look |
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13-DEC-2007 Our posted inventory of cycles is looking pretty low right now. This has been our busiest December since we started on the web in 1995. We have a lot more vintage bicycles in stock, so stay tuned. -Vin |
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30-NOV-2007 - Videos of a restoration Don't be looking for professional video or actors in these restoration videos. They might be kind of lame, but I'm old enough not to care and this is an easy way for us to show how some bicycle restorations are approached and completed. -Vin
Iver Johnson Part 1 - First look |
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11-NOV-2007 We picked up a couple great Iver Johnson cycles this weekend and are planning on doing a video restoration on them. We'll add links to updates here. |
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17-OCT-2007 We've set up a "Reader's Rides" section for you to build your own web site. |
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10-OCT-2007 We tried to get into the old bike shop this past weekend in order to take photos of their inventory as it sits. I wanted to show the rows of dust-covered cycles in their before state, but the owner would not let us go downstairs. He said we could take pictures of the Krate, Wizard, Panther and other show-condition cycles on the showroom floor, but would not be ready to let us photo the other cycles "until after the first frost". |
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12-SEP-2007 We're working on a consignment deal with an old bike shop. They have several hundred cycles including vintage lightweights, track bikes, Schwinn Sting-Rays, rod brake roadsters, ballooners, oddball musclebikes - basically a good cross-section of everything. We still have to work out details around packing, shipping, commissions, which cycles should we do first, etc., so watch this space. |
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1-SEP-2007 We're getting back into carrying a larger inventory of cycles and parts. Check our Cycles and Parts For Sale page. |
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1-MAR-2007 Have you seen us on "Antiques Roadshow FYI"? |
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15-DEC-2006 Our Bicycle Engine tests on YouTube |
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27-NOV-2006 Bicycles of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s on YouTube |
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14-AUG-2006 The bicycle swap at the Larz Anderson Museum of Transportation doesn't exist any more, but here are some photos from past events: Pictures from the Seventh Annual show in 2003 Pictures from the Fifth Annual show in 2001 Pictures from the Fourth Annual show in 2000 Concour Awards from the Fourth Annual show in 2000 Pictures from the Third Annual show in 1999
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11_MAR-2004 Article about our business in the local paper |
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1995 We moved our business to the web in 1995. Though we don't have any of the original pages from our site, we did find an archived version from 1998 on Archive.org |
