Folks gather to chat, look at the various bikes (some the host's, others brought by attendees.)
Cirque 2005, Lawn party, page 1
Folks gather to chat, look at the
various bikes (some the host's, others brought by attendees.)
Framesets lined up along
fence (taken from workshop to make room!)
The azaleas were in full bloom!
Brian Baylis' brought his
exquisite replica of a classic Colnago track bike.. It won an award on the
following Sunday.
Brian scrutinizing Darrell
McCulloch's super detailed Llewellyn frame. Tthis frame won Best Australian on
Sunday.
All the bright work on this frame
is highly polished stainless steel, no chrome at all..
The VIA Bike Shop guys from
Philly brought this fascinating French city bike (I forgot the name!)
(Sorry about the soft focus)
Every detail of this bike was interesting.
Notice the constriction ...it appears to be a solid fork blade which is then
pinned (red dot & another below) in the crown
Imagine the bright red anodizing
on the brake calipers when it was new....
LeFol fenders....
Fender mounted head light looks like a science fiction illustration from the
1940s.
Note the tiny pump peg right
behind the seat tube...
Stronglight mod 49 cranks
Even the chain guard is LeFol!
Interesting to speculate how the
tubes are joined to the lugs.. Only glued? Threaded and glued?
Curtis Anthony (VIA Bike
Shop, Philly) sent this very original (Won Best Original British) Les Ephgrave
bike, early 1960s?
This is Ephgrave's fanciest lug
pattern, the Super No 1 design.
A good view of one variation of
Ephgrave's "lollipop" treatment on the seat stay top eyes...
The Philadelphia based Bilenky
Cycle Works folks brought this really neat 26" tired bike. Notice the seat
& head lugs!
Very tidy construction details.
Mike Kone, Boulder, CO and David
Herlihy, Hull, MA They teamed up for a presentation the following day.
Peter Mooney from Belmont Wheel Works in Boston area could not attend so he sent
this frameset to show.
Very tasty decals complement the
colors.