The Radavist

The Trek Antelopes are a great alternative to the Stumpjumpers and MB-1 of the era. For this week’s Readers’ Rides, Matt shares his 1987 Trek 800 Antelope with us…

Velo Cosmos, a celebration of vintage cycling, returns to the Holbrooke Hotel in Grass Valley, California this year on November 14th. This event’s long-term goal is to create gatherings where all kinds of cyclists – or future cyclists can meet in one place, get excited and learn about the culture and history of bicycles. You can see our recap from last year’s event in our Archives.

Rapha’s teamed up with Palace again for a throwback collection evoking the style of the 1980s and 90s. Check out the full presser below.

Popularized in the 1990 through the early aughts and back in stock for now, Kelly Bike Co’s TakeOff™ shift lever mount adapters are a means to mount your existing down tube shift levers right beneath your brake levers (drop bars only) on your vintage road bike, touring bike, drop bar MTB, or cyclocross bike with access to the shifters from the three most important spots on your drop style handlebars: tops, drops, and brake hoods…

While John was checking in with Ritchey before Sea Otter, he got a sneak peek at the new Tom Ritchey-built Bullmoose bars and bi-plane forks Tom was working on for owners of these original 1980 Ritchey Mountain Bikes. Tom said he was inspired by both John’s and David Harrison’s restoration work on these non-serial 1980 frames that were sold without Bullmoose bars or forks.

Well, the news is live today that Tom Ritchey will be debuting this collection in person at MADE, so let’s check out the full 411 below!

We’ve got a story coming up tomorrow that references this Mountain and City Biking article written by Black Mountain Cycle‘s Mike Varley from 1991 about drop bars on mountain bikes. Also known as dirt drops, Mike discusses the benefits of the unique riding position offered by these off-road drop bars in the original article text below…

The internet can be a valuable tool for problem-solving vintage conversions. Its users have often figured out compatibility issues or clever hacks to get you to your desired goal. That’s the case with Daniel and his vintage Trek 830, that he converted to a drop bar gravel bike. Let’s check it out!

It may no longer be light enough for elite competition, but Brooks has resurrected the Standard Professional – originally born as a racing saddle – from the brand archives because it remains a beautiful and comfortable design, perfect for today’s discerning cyclists and randonneurs…

We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again. Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t take a look around once in a while from atop a vintage mountain bike, you could miss it. Jerry’s got the right idea with his 1997 TREK Multitrack 700 Sport, so let’s check it out in this week’s Readers’ Rides!

Perhaps Selle San Marco’s most iconic saddle is the Concor and for the 50th anniversary of this iconic saddle, the brand teamed up for a collaboration with Eroica on a limited edition release.

Ever-digging through cycling esoterica, John landed a set of Paul Component Engineering Cranks recently, thus spurring a desire to wax poetic about them, juxtaposed by a recent comment he read last month on this very website. Read on for a ramble…