Ripley Bike Jumble
In April 2022 I was visiting the UK with the family and my brother took me to my first bike jumble. Life-changing. I need to go to more.
It was at Ripley. The Kona of bike jumble venues. And a town steeped in cycle touring history. As a stall-holder explained to me. At length.
There were about 20 stalls outside in a school car park. And then another 10 or so inside. We nearly missed those though. I only spotted the sign for the sports hall while queueing for a bacon sandwich and a coke.
Luke bought some Profile Sonic Strykes, a Vitus 979 frame and a Shimano 105-5 group-set that he put on his Dave Russell vintage tri-bike.
I found some Shimano Dura-Ace 165mm Square Taper cranks for my son’s bike, two Carradice saddle bags and three copies of Winning magazine.
I’ve got five Carradices now. It’s how I like to carry stuff. Training, touring and racing. I’ll try and make a quick film about them.
Winning was started by Jean-Claude Garot in 1983. Garot also owned all the Tri-Athlete titles in the 1980s. Here’s a podcast episode about the history of Tri-Athlete and some early-UK titles. And below are some ads for
Tri-Athlete subscriptions that I found inside.
