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Bicycle Sales and Service

The Derailleur: the Key to Dating Your Vintage Bicycle

The Derailleur: the Key to dating Your Vintage Bicycle

The Derailleur, the mechanism that is older than your great grandmother, yet it is the miracle drive system of bicycles worldwide. The first samples of a gear changing mechanism can be found as far back as the late 1800s. But first patent for the derailleur can be attributed to Paul De Vivie, a touring cyclist…
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Rear Derailleur Tune-up

Specials: Off Season Bicycle Tune-ups at Circuit Cycle

FREE PICK-UP AND DELIVERY! (CCN) With temperatures dropping from November to March in Alberta, not many folks in Alberta are riding bicycles. For most, your trusty ride is hung in storage, while you nestle yourself indoors awaiting a new season. This is the time to have your bike serviced. With the colder weather, Circuit Cycle recognizes…
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Bicycle Frame Materials, Demystified

(CCN) For many, buying a bicycle comes down to price. But for others, the quality of the build takes priority over price. One thing that we can all agree upon, is that you really don’t want a bicycle that weighs a ‘ton’. Of course no bike does, however years ago the primary material used to…
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