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I'm looking for links to articles and catalogues etc for older race bikes, around 1950- 2005
Just useful things, like a lot of you I'm always looking on here, ebay etc for nice unusual frames and bits, and to be honest just enjoy researching old bikes for endless hours
these are some of the links I use,
Claud Butler 1986 catalogue http://www.nkilgariff.com/CBcats/Cat_86/CB1986_Cat.htm
Columbus tubing guide 1989 http://www.equusbicycle.com/bike/columbus/columbuschart.htm
Hercules 1953 cataloguehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/mikegerrish/4031821259/in/photostream/
Hercules (1958?) one page catalogue posterhttp://home.mchsi.com/%7Ebhufford4/40herc09b.jpg
Lemond and Trek 1984 onwards catalogue http://www.vintage-trek.com/trek-fisher-klein-lemond.htm
Mercian Mercianhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/mercianregister/
Motobecane + tons of others Excellenthttp://www.velobase.com/Resource_Tools/CatalogScans.aspx
Peugeot (Brilliant )Peugeothttp://cyclespeugeot.com/Catalogs.html
Vintage components, hubs, Campagnolo, Shimano etc http://www.vintage-trek.com/component_dates.htm
The Excellent Bulgier scans many and Varioushttp://bulgier.net/pics/bike/Catalogs/
Various old pics and "why the white patch on a rear mudguard!" http://genetics.mgh.harvard.edu/hanczyc/engbike.html
Great blog including wheel building guide http://diabloscott.blogspot.co.uk/2000/07/my-scans-when-i-was-recovering-from-my.html
if anyone's got any nice ones please post
p.s hope this isn't in the wrong place, and I'm not trying to deflect from LFGSS just looking for useful research tools, most of the links are just dull blogs but link to some catalogue scans (out of respect have left off the retrobike ones)