What Is Eroica? A Vintage Bicycle Retro Cycling Celebration!
This is the weekend of Eroica, California, so to celebrate we take a fifty-mile ride on vintage bikes and discuss what Eroica is, along with its history and meaning.
Music: Seaside Piazza – Aaron Kenny
Looks like a blast. Time to break out my 1980’s bike, clean it up and give it a spin….if I can! It will be a real change of pace after riding Catrikes the last 5-6 years and a high end specialized road bike. It’s worth a try. Thanks for the suggestion.
My father had an Allegro Special he bought new in 1958. The big innovation was the placement of bar end shifters instead of downtube shifters. My brother still has the bicycle, hopefully we will do an Eroica event in the future.
Just did 110km or so today on my 85 Trek560, including a gravel river crossing….took a wrong turn…My only criticism of eroica is the fixed cut off date, it should advance with every year bringing new and interesting bikes out of peoples garages…and I've said it before but that vintage helmet still looks really good today👍
Cambria had nice weather this year for L'eroica CA and it was a nice turnout. The people are great and the bikes are super impressive. The event needs more help and volunteers with the management and the website and the response to emails.
Vintage my, er, donkey. I have been riding an Apollo Prestige since I bought it new in 1984. The chain rings are hard to find, and the rear gear cluster is a weird combination at the moment; and sadly, I haven't been able to ride it because of balance issues. But I WILL ride this weekend!
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Vintage fun requires vintage aspirin! Always fun to see equipment from years gone by. Love seeing this stuff.
Looks like a blast. Time to break out my 1980’s bike, clean it up and give it a spin….if I can! It will be a real change of pace after riding Catrikes the last 5-6 years and a high end specialized road bike. It’s worth a try. Thanks for the suggestion.
My father had an Allegro Special he bought new in 1958. The big innovation was the placement of bar end shifters instead of downtube shifters. My brother still has the bicycle, hopefully we will do an Eroica event in the future.
I'm ashamed to admit that when I first read the title I thought it had something to do with the adult film industry…
so nice to see actual bicycles, not fighter jets with pedals which jusrt about everybody can ride without efort
Just did 110km or so today on my 85 Trek560, including a gravel river crossing….took a wrong turn…My only criticism of eroica is the fixed cut off date, it should advance with every year bringing new and interesting bikes out of peoples garages…and I've said it before but that vintage helmet still looks really good today👍
Cambria had nice weather this year for L'eroica CA and it was a nice turnout. The people are great and the bikes are super impressive. The event needs more help and volunteers with the management and the website and the response to emails.
Thanks for sharing,looks like you guys had a good time🤗 those are my kind of bikes🆒
You always do a great job presenting historical information. Thanks for sharing.
Classic…
Always entertaining and educational videos!
Vintage my, er, donkey. I have been riding an Apollo Prestige since I bought it new in 1984. The chain rings are hard to find, and the rear gear cluster is a weird combination at the moment; and sadly, I haven't been able to ride it because of balance issues. But I WILL ride this weekend!
So can you provide a better explanation of what you dislike about the Eroica California event?