Speedbicycles GmbH „Fast Bikes since 1900“ Basel - Switzerland
Fantastic racing bike database. An incredible amount of perfectly photographed details. Definitely the best and most comprehensive racing bike website in the world.
Speedbicycles founder Stefan Schaefter says: "The aesthtetics has always been very important to me. Some bicycles are true mechanical works of art."
Contact: https://www.speedbicycles.ch
Virtual museum: https://www.speedbicycles.ch/museum/index.html
A small sample from the original webside.
All photos with many thanks to: original webside and Stefan Schaefter
1932 - OSCAR EGG PROFESSIONAL, France
OSCAR EGG PROFESSIONAL, France
1933 - ALLEGRO 7B KRITERIUM - Switzerland
ALLEGRO 7B KRITERIUM - Switzerland
1945 - PERUCCA VELO DE COURSE - Switzerland
PERUCCA VELO DE COURSE - Switzerland
1950 - TORNADO BAHNRAD (HEINRICH SCHAEFER) - Germany
1951 - CILO CHAMPION DU MONDE PISTE CRITERIUM - Switzerland
CILO CHAMPION DU MONDE PISTE CRITERIUM
1952 - CILO (HUGO KOBLET) - Switzerland
1953 - BIANCHI TOUR DE FRANCE - Italy
BIANCHI TOUR DE FRANCE - Italy
1968 - FAEMA (EDDY MERCKX) – Italy
1971 - MOLTENI TEAM REPLICA (COLNAGO) - Italy
1973 - COLNAGO SUPER (JOSEPH BRUYERE) - Italy
1974 - CINELLI SPECIALE CORSA - Italy
CINELLI SPECIALE CORSA - Italy
1977 - DE ROSA Cromato - Italy
The Speedbicycles History
In the early 1980s Stefan Schaefter began collecting and restoring vintage bicycles. Through the years the collection has become selective in the direction of lightweight bikes.
In early 1990s the label Speedbicycles was established. The idea for this name was based on the model AM Speed by Alex Moulton.
In 2003 Speedbicycles GmbH (Ltd liab. Co) (SARL), was founded in Basel Switzerland. Speedbicycles lays much importance on the maintenance of authenticity of the vintage bicycle.
In 2017 Stefan started RENNVELOSERVICE, a small shop in Switzerland that offers service and repair exclusively for current and vintage professional racing bicycles.
2018 Speedbicycles will be the head organisation of the show CONCOURSVELO. This is an all new international concours d'elegance event for bicycles of all kind.
In 2020 Speedbicycles supports the new Swiss racing bicycle and -parts sales site RENNVELO.COM and will list it's offers exclusively there.