I wanted to share some photos of my recent trip to Scandinavia. I saw several bike shops, most specializing in city bikes, but some had collections of old road bikes. The shop I enjoyed the most was located in the old part of Stockholm, Cykel Sport. This may be one of the oldest bike shops still operating in Stockholm, located in the old city, Gamla Stans Stockholm, Sweden. The shop is owned and operated by a father son team and well worth the visit. Martin (son) took several minuets out of his busy schedule to show me some of his collection. He also provided the contact info for the cool shop in Oslo I visited several days later. Time permitting I will include my photos of Norway and Denmark.
Here is the link.
http://www.wooljersey.com/
Enjoy the photos.
By the way, I was able to purchase a very interesting mid to late 60's Gitane TdF the other day from eBay. What makes this bike so interesting is it originally came equipped with Record rear and front (w/cable stop) derailleurs. Additionally, it has the full chrome decal on the head tube that seems to be extremely rare: also Campy dropouts, no brazed rear center-pull brake stop, and fork crown with long points. All decals on the bike are identical to a Service Course, including right fork decal. The only exception is the small chrome silver decal on each side of the down tube identifying it as 'Professional Tour De France'. As soon as I return home mid week I'll post some photos. In the meantime, was this normal with the Gitane bikes? Could this be something unusual? I was also able to purchase the original wheels that came with the bike and from the photos they have what appear to be a set of early 60's Normandy hubs with oil clip. Was this original equipment? Perhaps someone on the list can shed some light on this bike\u2026perhaps Robert Broderick.
Regards, Rich Robinson
On the road in Copenhagen, Denmark, but normally from Jacksonville NC