Old Ten Speed Gallery

In observation of Labor Day and the fact that I would prefer not to spend it in front of my computer, I am posting Doug’s Gazelle Tour De L’Avenir today (Saturday).  This way we can enjoy it all weekend long and Monday too.  Have a happy and safe Labor Day. I’ll see you Tuesday.

Gazelle Tour De L’Avenir (tour of the future) 10 speed.
Don’t know much about this bike, interested in any comments.

Thanks Doug

We’re finishing this week with Guy’s 1972ish Raleigh Record.  Is it me or have we seen a lot of garage door backgrounds lately?

More or less my pride and joy at the moment.

A 1972 (i think…) Irish-built Raleigh Record. currently something of a project bike, was all original parts until the front hub cracked and i decided i needed to do something about it. inherited it from my father, who’d had the machine since his twentieth birthday. all I’ve done to it at present is replace the saddle, bar tape, and front wheel (the original schrader rims were a bit heavy anyway).

Currently working on replacing the rear wheel (upgrading to alloy) and refurbishing the bottom bracket.

Thanks Guy

After 10 weeks of unemployment, today is officially my first day back to work. For anyone who has not experienced a layoff or any other forced or voluntary time off, the whole expirience has a sort of life cycle. The first week is exciting, you run through the laundry list of tasks and projects that you can complete now that you have your daytime free. You think, of course, of all the extra riding you are going to do. You no longer have hurry home two nights a week just to get a couple humdrum miles in with the club. Here is your one opportunity to do some crazy long distance riding and maybe do an overnighter or three-day. This feeling of boundless potential will continue on in to the second week and you will really really like it. Then, suddenly, somewhere between the second and third week of unemployment (relaxation), your spouse begins to ask how the job hunt is going. “Job hunt? Oh, yeahhhh, the job hunt!”…“I’m suppose to be looking for a job aren’t I?” (It is recommended you don’t say that part out loud.) Instead, you keep that to yourself and say, “Great! The job hunt is going great!”

Week 3: Begin the job hunt! (Unless of course you are single, in that case just do what you want!)

From week 3 through 8 you go through a roller coaster ride of varying motivation and self confidence. Send out about two dozen resume, then rewrite your resume, then send out another two dozen then rewrite it again. And repeat.

Somewhere around week 7 or 8 you will stumble upon an opportunity that looks like a good fit, and after all the negotiations and details are worked out it’s week 10 and you are headed back to work. Hey wait, what happened to all that riding you were going to do, what about all those projects your finally going to put to bed? Well, Monday you go for a nice long ride; Tuesday you clean out the garage; Wednesday you do the laundry, and Thursday you go back to work.

That said, I can think of no more perfect bicycle to post on my first day back to work than this Motobecane Super Tour sent in by Paul. The Super Tour would be a great choice for all those multi-day rides I was going to (didn’t) do during my 10 weeks of relaxation (unemployment). And upon returning to work without accomplishing all that adventure, this Super Tour would make excellent commuter for a schlep who had 10 weeks and blew ‘em.

Thanks Paul

 Last month I received these pictures of DJ’s Beacon 10-Speed.  I emailed the sender and informed him that the pictures, while appreciated, did not not really meet the quality standards that I try to maintain for the OTSG.  I requested he send me higher quality shots if he had some or could take some.  I received no response.  Since I love to post all the bikes I receive from visitors and this is not a bike already represented, I have decided to go ahead and post them despite their clarity.

So without further ado, this is DJ’s Beacon Mixte 10-Speed.

This bike was manufactured by a company called BEACON. It has Suntour and SR components, I guess it was built around 1980. Any ideas or feedback? I found a company that started as an auto parts store and sold bikes during Christmas. The store name is Beacon. There was a track built next to the store and they eventually started manufacturing bikes and bikes became exclusive to the business. I’m assuming that is where this bike originated. I wrote them a email but got no response. I purchased this bike as a investment and was wondering the value or any other info.

Jan’s Crescent 319 is the first Swedish OTS to grace the Gallery. Classic Rendezvous also has some good info and examples of these great bikes, they even have some nice examples of tried and true Swedish Marketing.

This is a Swedish Crescent 319 made in 1979/80. It`s the first model with a complete component group made by Shimano Dura-ace. Before Shimano the top of the line Crescent were equiped with Campagnolo, and the Crescent 320 (the Pepita special in the U.S) had Campa for yet a string of years. This bike is built with Reynolds tubes and Nervex lugs (?). I`m still run my bike in amateur races why I shifted the stem to make my position more comfortable. At 45 you don’t need to bend to much..?