Category: Cars and Bikes

We've featured a number of retro-styled city bikes of late, all very stylish, but many with prices that just might be out of reach for the majority of us. That's not the case with the Cycles of Yesteryear range of bicycles.

Cycles of Yesteryear offers traditional bikes from the 1950s re-built to both a high standard and in line with modern safety regulations. The best of both worlds you could say.

The one above is typical – the Gents Classic Roadster, which packs a traditionally lugged and brazed hand built frame, chrome-plated steel rims, half-enclosed chain, leather saddle plus a rear carrier, bell, pump, stand and reflectors. if you want one, it sells for £275.

Find out more at the Cycles of Yesteryear website

Cycle Chic has certainly grown rapidly since we first featured it last year. Indeed, the company has now added bikes to its range as well as cycling accessories, including these rather stylish Velorbis retro-style city bicycles.

Styles vary between ladies, gents and a couple of shopping models, but the two pictured here (see over the page for second image) cover both ends of the spectrum. The Velorbis Churchill Classic is a classic men's city bike, handmade with three old-style Sturmey Archer shifter gears, Sturmey Archer brakes, a Brooks leather seat, anti-slip pedals, galvanised steel stand, Bush & Muller lights and a black, powdered-coated finish.

The Danneborg has much the same for features, but this time has a fire engine red finish, a female-friendly shape and room for a basket on the front. Check out the site to see all the bikes, all selling for £899.

Find out more at the Cycle Chic website

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Famed for being the car driven by the Roger Moore-era Saint and still sought after by collectors today, the 1961 Volvo P1800 Coupe is making a return, with a modern twist and in very limited numbers.

It's a sympathetic update of the original by Swedish designer Bo Zolland, now with a new front wing, side-skirts, flat underbody and active rear diffuser for better aerodynamics, while the deep-dish oversize alloys will no doubt appeal to the boy racer in you. It's also got more power than the original – courtesy of Volvo’s current 4.4-litre V8 engine.

It's likely to be offered in limited numbers by Vox Customs for an as-yet undisclosed price. We suspect that will mean very expensive.

Bo Zolland website

Via Auto Express