El Capitane by: Stevie Gee - Deathspray customs - Tour de Ville

El Capitane by: Stevie Gee - Deathspray customs - Tour de Ville

Monday, August 31, 2009

Yard

We don't make much use of it yet but our Yard can get pretty busy. Now all we need is a porch.


EHBPC 2009 sign-up.

Things to come.

We've build up this nice Diamant frame in the style (very loosely) of the French Porteur / messenger bikes.

Pretty happy with the result.

For sale in our shop now.

Top tube: 55 cm/cc
Seat tube: 52 cm/cc


Pretty OT

Ok so it's not about bikes this time, only about the best band from Holland (make that the world) at the moment. Aux Raus.

We've been waiting for this album ever since coming across their first album (This is how this works) in August of last year.


Some people will call them Eurotrash (some people even call me Eurotrash...) but you can listen to their
new album 'The brick is in the air' here and judge for yourself.

There's also a great live performance from the last Lowlands festival online here.

Enjoy!


Saturday, August 29, 2009

Frames we've sold

Earlier in the year Mick Peel aka busyman bicycles visited our shop looking for a track frame for his brother Ged, down under.

He settled for the RIH and after a couple of months they finally completed it, sick.

Make sure to check out Mick's blog for more pictures of the bike and to admire his great craft in reworking vintage saddles into custom one of's.



Saturday, August 8, 2009

From the U.S.A.

Tour de Ville has sponsored Christine D'Ercole with 2 sets of discontinued, vintage Shimano Dura Ace track cleats...D'ercole's pedal system of choice. D'ercole, who hails from Brooklyn, New York cleaned up at the Trexlertown Atlantic Regional Masters & ELITE Track Championships 2009 taking Masters Gold for the 2Km, Match Sprints, Silver in the 500 Meter Time Trial and Gold in the Elite Qualifier Scratch Race. D'Ercole successfully qualified for the National Championships to be held in Colorado Springs next week. We wish her good luck!



Friday, August 7, 2009

Willy DeVille 1953 - 2009

With sadness, Willy DeVille is no more...

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Bradley Wiggins interview

Nice interview with London's Tour revelation Bradley Wiggins in today's Guardian.