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3rd Annual Tweed Ride Victoria, a stylish ride for the smart set.

Today we were thinking about the September 28th, 3rd Annual Tweed Ride Victoria, a stylish ride for the smart set. Realizing that it is already September 4th, I need to start thinking about preparing my vintage Dutch Gazelle (Oma Fiets) bicycle for the anticipated annual ride. I acquired my Gazelle 5 years ago; she’s 50 years old. I’m lucky that she has been well loved but and I realized that if I wanted to keep the true value of the bike that I needed to know the best way to clean her and keep her looking beautiful. Thinking of the upcoming Tweed Ride Victoria I started to wonder how many other people would want to know the best way to clean up their vintage...

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