History beyond value

History beyond value

After several weeks of one of the warmer summers ever we get back as hounds looking for bicycles or accessories that deserve due attention for its history.Our interest falls on a bicycle that had mocked us years ago just like an old jack rabbit did with the new...
Hirondelle, a very long-lived swallow

Hirondelle, a very long-lived swallow

HIRONDELLE, A VERY LONG-LIVED SWALLOW. Saint-Étienne was known as a center of production of swords and knives since the medieval era, its importance as a strategic center of war production grew until 1764, when the Manufacture d’Armes de Saint-Étienne was...
Rochet: the French Phoenix with the lion’s mane!

Rochet: the French Phoenix with the lion’s mane!

HISTORY OF THE BRAND The origins of the Rochet brand are controversial; there are those who claim the existence of two distinct realities located respectively in Paris and Lyon and instead those who claim that the factory was the same and that it moved from Lyon to...
Bianchi R super 1927, end of restoration

Bianchi R super 1927, end of restoration

Bianchi R super 1927, end of restoration. After eight months of studying the model and researching the components, we have the honor of presenting the first Bianchi model with completely internal brake iron leverages, we remind you that this model entered the catalog...