Vintage Bike Cave

End of an era..

Jake — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 15:25:47 +0000

So after 18 months managing the website and shop it’s time for me to move on to pastures new! I’ve had a great time working at the cave and never has it felt like a ‘real job’. No miserable Sunday evenings dreading work the next day! I’ve worked with and helped some great people and made some very good friends and it’s actually quite sad to say goodbye.. From initially … Read More →

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Pick, Pack, Post, Repeat

Jake — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 12:20:31 +0000

Since the new staff and new way of working the shop has been running like a -sufficiently- well oiled machine. Products have been coming out of the darkness and up for sale daily and goods have been flying out the door faster than we can pack them, sorry if something’s turned up sans packaging. If you haven’t been checking our eBay store you really should! There’s been some cracking deals to be had … Read More →

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Happy New Year & Our 2013 Resolutions

Jake — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 12:53:55 +0000

We hope you all had a great Christmas and NYE! Hope you’re all looking forward to getting those winter builds polished off for the marvelous (as if..) British summer that’s fast approaching! We’ve finally sorted out or HUGE Christmas backlog or orders, questions and deliveries, so we’re refreshed and ready to crack on with a very productive 2013. There will be some big changes to the shop this year and … Read More →

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Second Hand Bicycles London

Jake — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 11:33:54 +0000

Over October Graham has been out buying tons of complete second hand bikes from all over France and the UK. We’ve got mixtes, ladies bikes, racers, tourers you name it we have it! The biggest challenge (aside from selling them) is servicing them all. The guys in the workshop have been flat out replacing cables, tweaking gears, replacing wheels etc.. to get them ready for sale. I stumbled across another … Read More →

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Job Vacancies At The Cave!

Jake — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 16:29:15 +0000

Hello all! Some exciting news! We have some vacancies at the cave! One is based at our shop in London and the other would be based at your own home (preferably within or close to London). You can find out more at our Vacancies page. Remember – we are also always on the lookout for stories, articles, opinions, views etc.. to do with cycling in general, cycling fitness, classic and … Read More →

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Vintage Cycling Clothing

Jake — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 09:41:10 +0000

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Vintage Bicycle Auctions

Jake — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 08:39:20 +0000

Sometimes customers on a budget want to know the best way to get a custom vintage bicycle built up but at a lower cost than what we may charge for a complete custom build. We usually say the best way to go is to buy something from vintage bicycle auctions, ebay or gumtree that needs work done to it. That way you get a frame, some wheels (hopefully good enough … Read More →

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The Cave Men vintage bicycle club

Jake — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 12:01:14 +0000

For those of you who don’t already know about Strava, it’s a free to use GPS ride logger which basically means you turn on your phone/Garmin/GPS thingy and go for a ride. Everyting you do get’s logged, every hill you climb (or walk!), every descent, every sprint, everything! It’s all tracked, mapped and statisticated so when you get in you can look at it on the computer with a cuppa’ and … Read More →

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Product Spotlight : Vintage Steel Harry Quinn Bicycle Frame

Jake — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 11:40:20 +0000

We’ve had the Harry Quinn on ebay for a little while now and I think it really does deserve a good home so I’m going to spotlight it to get it in front of more people! This cracking Harry Quinn bicycle frame was made by Harry Quinn (surprisingly!) who was a high-end frame builder based out of Liverpool between 1890 and 1990. The company was renamed from Coronet cycles to … Read More →

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Vintage bicycle head badges

Jake — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 14:59:39 +0000

We get lots of enquiries from people looking to either replace their vintage bicycle head badges, or they have a frame with a missing badge and are looking to either restore it to it’s former glory. As well as restorations, every now and again we get those naughty so-and-so’s that want to masquerade their frame as something else (a customer recently disguised their unknown frame as a Pashley with the … Read More →

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