2012  Events
Updated 5.15.2012

Sat May 19 Spring Brooklyn Bike Jumble

Old Stone House, 4th St & 5th Ave,
Park Slope, Brooklyn, New York
Harry Schwartzman
harryschwartzman@yahoo.com

10 AM to 4PM
FREE to browse, vendors $55 per 7'X7' space.  Video of last year
 

May 23-26

International Cycling History Conference

Nationaal Wielermuseum Roeselare,
Roeselare, Belgium

A forum for historians of the sport and the technology to exchange their findings and ideas.

May 25-27 Ballers Ride Nellysford, Virginia (just below Charlottesville)

A weekend of road and cx riding by custom builders. A promotion by participants of the Velocipede Salon

May 26 - 27 The Medici  

Quarrata, Toscana, Italia
 

Sponsored by the Chianti Gino Bartali co.
May 19 & 20 The Lake Pepin 3 Speed Tour

Jon Sharratt jon@gentlemancyclist.com 
Red Wing, Minnesota

"Reviving the heart and soul of fine English cycling, one pastry at a time."
"AN ALL-ENGLISH and LYCRA-FREE EVENT!"

Sat June 2 All Italian Classic Bike Ride
(Festa della Repubblica)

Austin Veloway, Austin, Texas
Art Link artlink8@gmail.com

 "Ride in the AM when its 2 degrees cooler, and meet for bike ogling and idle chatter under the big oak trees on the big meadow half a mile in from the start. Bring your own Italian refreshments for a picnic at 11 AM. Look for the big Italian flag and riders in tricolor jerseys, Campag caps sporting Classic Rendezvous pins. "

June 3 La Canavesana D'Epoca

 

Albiano d'Ivrea, Piemonte, Italia
(nw of Torino http://g.co/maps/v53gf
)

 
June 8-10 Le Cirque du Cyclisme

veloclassique@gmail.com

Leesburg, VA

The Cirque returns! Headquartered in the Best Western Hotel, rides, social interaction and lightweight vintage and KOF fun!

Sun June 10

The Manor & Meadow Tour

1717 West 31st Street
Oak Brook, Illinois (Chicago)
Darrell Yarborough
mandmtour@comcast.net

Starts at 1 PM for a 3 hour ride to "take in some of the lovely paths and roads around Fullersburg Woods, Graue Mill and a stop at York Tavern to raise a pint or two."

Sun June 10 La Polverosa


Monticelli Terme, Emilia, Italia
(central Italy, between Parma and Reggio Emilia)

 
Sun June 10 Stalen Ros
2nd Tour
Thorn,  
Sat - Sun
June 16 & 17
Deutsche
Rennradbörse

         
Rommerskirchen-Nettesheim (between Cologne and
Düsseldorf in North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany

Saturday
2 PM: a classical road bikes only, 70 km ride (flat profile following the river Rhein) w/refreshments.
7:30 PM: Barbeque

Sunday
7AM – 6PM:  race bike swap & old bike exhibition.

Sun June 17 L'Alpina
Trento, Trentino, Italia
 
Sat & Sun June 22 & 24 Anjou Velo Vintage


Saumur, France

Sat: Anjou Vélo Vintage village, participant’s registration, flea market of old bikes, fashion show, exhibitions and cycling events.
Sun: Ride Anjou Vélo Vintage and more festivities as on Sat.

Sun June 24 Tour des Trois This event is full, no more entries accepted.
Leymen, France

"A summer tour of historic racing bikes
through France, Switzerland and Germany.
125 km around Basel. "

Sat. June 30

Americane' Vintage Track & Road Bike Festival

International Velodrome Bloomer Park (IVBP), Rochester Hills, Michigan
  http://www.velodromeatbloomerpark.com/
Mark Agree
americaneshow@gmail.com

 FREE for display, vendors and viewers. Donations accepted. Track riding is FREE (special for this annual event) Bike rental is $5 (½ the normal price) Parking $5 per car 

July 14 Retro Tour of Flanders Oudenaarde, Belgium "40 km or 70 km, all riders will be wearing an outfit of heroic bikers of the past and all of them will ride an authentic race bike of this bygone era"
Sat Sun
July 7,8
K2 Ciclostorica
Udine, Friuli,  Italia

 
 
Fri Aug 17 Concorso Italiano

Laguna Seca Golf Ranch
Monterey, California
bicycle registration

"Concorso Italiano's unique format features more than 800 – 1000 vehicles of Italian origin, and its atmosphere is on the vehicles on display, conversations between people who love and appreciate them..."

17-19 Aug Velocipediade

Detmold, Germany
Günter Erber
goermann@web.de 
Tel 05231 / 615893rd 

"The Velocipediade is the most family-friendly and sociable annual meeting of the "Historic bicycles ". Rides, auctions, Hi wheel races, etc.

Sept
15, 16, 17
The 12th Annual All British Cycling Event

Jon Sharratt jon@gentlemancyclist.com
New Brighton & Minneapolis, Minnesota

"... tours, tea, a banquet, presentations, displays, prize drawings, hub gears, plus fours, treats and awards along with stories both true and otherwise."

Sat Sun   Sept 1,2 Vacamora
Schio-Altopiano di Asiago, Veneto, Italia
 
 
Sun Sept 9  La Carrareccia

Bolsena (VT) - Lazio
 
Sun Sept 23 Mundialito x Bici D'epoca

Settimello di Calenzano
Florence, Italy
info@mclsettimello.it

Ride with special categories for vintage bikes:
"1° Categoria  bici anni 1890 - 1929
 2° Categoria   bici anni 1930 – 1949
 3° Categoria  bici anni 1950 – 1969
 4 ° Categoria   bici anni 1970 -1988"

Sept 28-30 Sante Fe Concorso

THE CLUB AT LAS CAMPANAS
Bob Hall  dochall@cybermesa.com
369 Montezuma Avenue #511
Santa Fe, NM 87501

Primarily an automobile show, this year is the second in which bicycles will be included. Bicycles will be a judged category and prizes will be awarded.

Sat Sun
Sept 29, 30
La Ottavio Bottecchio  

Vittorio Veneto, Veneto, Italia
 
Sat Oct 6

Valley Preferred Cycling Center
Fall VeloFest

"Trexlertown Velodrome"
info@thevelodrome.com
1151 Mosser Road
Breinigsville, PA

8:30 am-2 pm
Sun Oct 14 Stalen Ros Expo  Kuipke, Ghent, Belgium  
Oct 27 & 28 Philly Bike Expo

23rd Street Armory
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
bina@bilenky.com  215-740-7068

2012 will be the 3rd year for this popular event


(click for larger view)

2013

Sunday,
March 24
6th Annual Stalen Ros Show  De Moost, Neerkant, Netherlands


Bike show & Swap meet celebrating vintage steel bikes. (click for larger view)

   

Please send me info on your 2013 events! webmaster

 

 

Past event reports:

Classic Rendezvous Weekend 2011  HERE

Cirque du Cyclisme all HERE

VeloSwap Year 2000 vintage bike show HERE

Cross Roads Swap Meet  Statesville, NC:  2002   2003

North American Handmade Bicycle Show: 2008  2009  2010   2011

Velo Rendezvous:   2002 by Brandon Ives  2003 by Dale Brown

Larz Andersen event, pictures 

Classic Rendezvous group dinner, San Francisco, Nov. 7, 2002  HERE

L'Eroica, webmaster's trip in 2007 HERE