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Serotta Coeur d’Acier

Serotta custom road bike

Over the course of thirty years Ben Serotta developed an enviable reputation. His name was thrown around with the likes of bicycle master craftsmen Ernesto Colnago, Koichi Yamaguchi and Ugo De Rosa. When big-league racing teams needed bikes and their sponsors weren’t up to the task, Ben was the guy that they called. Remember the 7-Eleven team and their “Huffy” brand bikes? Those were Serotta frames. Remember the Coors Light team? They rode Serotta frames. If you had a lot of cash and happened to be a bike guy, Ben was the guy you called. Former Secretary of State John Kerry has a Serotta. Conan O’Brian rides a Serotta. Robin Williams had a handful of Serottas in his vast bike collection.

Serotta front end

Campy Super Record 11

Carbon back end, Niobium steel front

This bike happens to be for sale. It’s a tall bike, with a 59.5cm top tube and an 84cm stand over height, so you’ll need to be 5’11″ to 6’3″ tall to ride it comfortably. If you are in the right height range and happen to have $3500 burning a hole in your pocket then lucky you.  $3500 seems like a lot, but the price tag would probably have read about $7K if we weren’t calling this a used bike.   This new condition Serotta is outfitted with a Campagnolo Super Record component group. It has Campy Neutron wheels, a 175mm compact gear range crankset, Vittoria tires, Ritchey Pro bars, stem, and seatpost.

Felt VR Series

Felt VR 3

Felt has done it.
Felt Bicycles now makes the ultimate performance bike for the indecisive.

Part of a broad trend to make high-performance road bikes more versatile, these VR series bikes are amazing. They’re stable (and geared low enough) to tour on, tough enough (and equipped with rack and fender mounts) so you can commute with them, and fast enough to race.
Starting under $1000 for the aluminum-frame VR60 and topping out with the $5400 carbon-fiber VR2 with Ultegra electronic equipment, there are 8 levels of supremely capable and comfortable performance from which to pick.

What makes these bikes so versatile is a combination of frame materials, frame geometry and component picks.

Felt VR4

The bikes are super light like any good racing bike thanks to hydroformed butted aluminum on the sub-$2000 models and high-level carbon fiber construction on the more expensive models. The frame geometry (taller head tube, mid-length wheelbase, slack head angle) gives you stable handling without losing the racing-bike snap. The wide 28mm to 35mm road tires deliver all-day comfort and extra flat protection, and the sub-compact gearing (cranksets with 30 tooth small and 46 tooth big chainrings) make pack touring and steep hill riding possible. Although every version has disc brakes (which add weight), the entry-level VR60 is only 22 pounds, and most of the carbon-fiber versions tip the scales between 17 and 19 pounds!

Scott Solace

Scott Solace 20 disc

sol·ace noun
1. Comfort or consolation in a time of distress or sadness.

Well I’d be hard pressed to feel sad while out on a bike ride, but certainly there is plenty of distress when you’re working out (just ask your lungs or your legs).

Scott’s Solace series is designed to ride like a racing bike, with great response to your pedaling efforts, great handling and feather-light overall weight. The Solace that you (or your back) can expect comes from a more flexible upper-half of the frame. Your position can be more upright (while still handling well) on a Solace than on the Scott Foil or Addict racing bikes. You get a bit more flex in the upper half of the frame and in the cockpit components than you could expect in either of those other models too.

Scott Solace 25

There are a couple of Solace models with rim brakes (which saves some weight) and there are a couple of disc brake versions with different component levels.

The rim-brake versions can handle 28mm wide tires or fit fenders with 23mm tires. The disc-brake versions should be able to accommodate both the wider tires and the fenders.

These bikes are cool. Stealthy cool. Shift cables and brake wires run inside all of the frame tubes. The front ends of these bikes are higher, but they don’t look exaggerated in any way. These look like fast and fun racing bikes, which is appropriate, since that is what they are.

Marin Nicasio

Marin Nicasio

Steel is real.

That’s what everybody says, steel is real. Really comfortable, really affordable, really smooth riding and classic looking.

The Marin Nicasio has a steel frame and fork and it may just be your next favorite bike. The Nicasio is outfitted with a Shimano Claris drivetrain, Promax mechanical disc brakes, durable 32-spoke wheels and 30mm Schwalbe Spicer tires. It has a familiar smooth ride that reminds us of road bikes from the 1980′s. Actually, the price reminds us of the ’80′s too. It’s under $800.

Bicycling magazine named the Nicasio “One of the best 17 road bikes of 2017″

Look 795

Look 795 Aerolight

Look at this bike!

This is the Look 795 Aerolight, Look’s pro-level racing rig. Like most of the bikes being raced for a living, this machine cuts through the wind like a bullet, climbs hills like a goat and handles the curves like a paring knife (how do you like those analogies?).

Obviously the cool things about this Look are the integrated components. Tucked into the frame (and out of the wind) are the headset, shifter junction box, battery and wires. The front brake reaches for the rims from its home inside the fork legs and the rear Dura-Ace brake is hidden under the bottom bracket shell. The adjustable-angle handlebar stem is really just an extension of the top tube on this bike, and the saddle sits on an adjustable mount that tucks into the seat mast, foregoing a separate seat post and clamp.

Hidden brake

Di2 junction box

Integrated seat post

The 795 is available as a frameset (frame, fork, headset, stem, Dura-Ace hidden brakes, bottom bracket, Look Zed 3 crankset, and seat mast) for $6500. A complete bike outfitted with Sram Red Etap electronic components and Mavic Cosmic carbon wheels runs $12k.

Fuji Gran Fondo endurance road bikes

Fuji Gran Fondo 2.5

Endurance-geometry road bikes are racing bikes for the rest of us.

Bikes like the Fuji Gran Fondo weigh-in like a pro’s racing bike, handle like a pro bike, climb and sprint like a pro bike, but are much more comfortable than a pro’s bike. With a taller front-end, greater tire clearance and a slightly longer wheelbase these bikes won’t require you to adopt the low racer position on your bike. You’re able to fit wider, more puncture-proof tires on your bike and you can pay more attention to your surroundings and less attention to the few feet of pavement in front of your front tire.

Gran Fondo 2.1 with Ultegra

Road vibration reduction is the name of the game with this style of bike. Specialized would have you believe that a 1/2″ piece of rubber glued into the seat stays does this trick (yet for 2017 they quietly abandoned this ruse) in their Roubaix model. Trek designed a seat post that sways back and forth (and adds $300 in design elements and material to each model) for their pricey Domane. Fuji just added a polyurethane-treated fiber layer in the middle of their carbon lay-up. A simple technique that really reduces vibration traveling through the bike without adding hundreds of dollars to the final price tag.

Whether it’s your first race, the Seattle-to-Portland ride, your daily commute or your weekly ride around lake Washington, the Gran Fondo series will do just the trick.

Removable fender mounts

All of the Gran Fondo models have great features like compact gear ratios, complete Shimano or Sram component groups (not mix & match), internal cable runs, Vittoria tires and Oval Concepts cockpit components.
All of the bikes have hidden accessory eyelets that make rack and fenders mount cleanly and easily (and don’t disturb the bike’s beautiful lines if you don’t need them).
These bikes are strong, light, comfortable and fast without killing your budget. Available with foul-weather-ready disc-brakes or extra light rim-brakes. There are options and component levels that give you 7 models to choose from between $1600 and $8000.

Marin Gestalt

Marin Gestalt

In case you’re not familiar with the term, Gestalt is a whole that is more than the sum of its parts.

Marin named these bikes quite well. These are great bikes that give you more than the component list (or the prices) would suggest.

The Gestalt series aluminum frame is smooth and light (actually a bit lighter and springier than the steel Marin Nicasio or Fuji’s Sportive frame). It also comes with a fender and front-rack ready fork. The Gestalt versions that have mechanical (as opposed to hydraulic) brakes rely on the powerful Tekro Spyre models. All of these bikes feature internal cable runs and the fabulous 30mm Schwalbe G-One tires. In order to keep the prices reasonable, the Gestalt 1 comes with Shimano Sora components (for under $1100). The Gestalt 2 is equipped with a carbon fork and Sram GX-1 drivetrain for around $1200, and the Gestalt 3 goes with hydraulic disc brakes and Sram Rival parts for $2199.

Fuji Tread

Tread 1.5

Cyclocross bike or touring bike or gravel bike or disc-brake road bike?
Fuji has a family of bikes that fit into all of these categories but are defined by none of them.
Fuji’s Tread series are just good bikes at decent prices.
The idea behind the Tread series is that you can blur the lines of different road bike categories and make a versatile and fun bike. Take a long haul touring bike and make the handling sportier. Take a cyclocross bike, lower the bottom bracket height for better on-road manners, then add rack & fender eyelets. Take a road bike, install disc brakes and give it some beefy tires and rims so it can handle a tough urban commute.

The Tread 1.3

The Tread 1.5 gives you an aluminum frame, disc brakes, a carbon fork (steerer tube as well as legs), and reliable Shimano Claris components all for around $800. It’s a steal. Then there’s the 1.3 which comes with the newly updated Shimano Sora group and TRP Spyre disc brakes for about $900!
Whatever road bike category you have in mind, you might want to ride one of these Fujis. With great performance and astounding component choices for under $1000, you really ought to give one of these a spin.

Felt Z6

Felt Z6 Disc

Check out this versatile road bike model from Felt.
It’s pretty light, really comfortable and plenty fast.
We’re actually using the Z6 in our road bike rental fleet.

Felt considers these bikes to be race bikes with a little extra comfort and stopping power thrown in. We couldn’t agree more.

TRP Spyre cable-actuated disc brakes stop the Z6 on a dime. While disc brakes may seem unnecessary on a modern road bike, they do have some advantages:
By moving the brakes away from the top of the wheels, you get added clearance for wider road tires and fenders.  By moving the brake pads away from the rims, you get wheels that last a lot longer in Pacific Northwest rain and grit.  Since the brakes stop the bike by squeezing rotors at the center of the wheel instead of at the rim, the braking surface is up out of puddle range and is generally nice and dry.

The rest of the components work well and don’t add a ton of weight.  You get a Shimano Tiagra drivetrain, Vittoria Rubino tires, a carbon seat post, comfortable saddle, variable-radius handlebar and multi-position handlebar stem.   The heart of the Z6 is a sporty carbon frame that is both stiff and light, so you’re looking at a fast and efficient machine, not just a touring bike on steroids…

Fuji Sportif series road bikes

Fuji Sportif 1.3

Fuji is a new brand for us, and one of the main reasons that Fuji gets floor space in our store is the Sportif series.

Theses are road bikes with a lot of great features all in one place and all for a good price.

The models with a “1″ in their model name feature disc brakes, while the “2″ versions go the light-weight caliper brake route. All of the Sportifs are built around butted aluminum frames that have a nice springy ride quality. They also feature carbon fiber forks up front that handle great and soften the road vibration quite well.

One of our favorite versions is the Sportif 1.3. This Sportif features Avid BB7 mechanical disc brakes and a 22-speed Shimano 105 component group.  The wheels roll on 28mm-wide road tires, which give you better flat protection and ride comfort than standard 23mm-wide tires.  You get eyelets for fenders and racks.  The cockpit is outfitted with Oval Concepts handlebars and seatpost (which are nice and light).  There’s a compact crankset and a wide-range cassette so the gearing is really good for the hills around here.  The saddle is actually quite comfortable.  It’s all good stuff (and it will only set you back about $1100).

The point is, the Sportif 1.3 and the other versions are all sturdy and versatile road bikes.  A lot of mid-level road bikes are just scaled down racing bikes that are too fragile for the daily commute or too uncomfortable for long rides like Seattle to Portland.  The Fuji Sportif is a road bike that can do it all.

Trek Domane 5.9

Trek Domane 5.9

One of the dozen or so Domane versions available from Trek, the 5.9 hits a real sweet spot for performance and all-weather capabilities.

Built with Shimano’s Ultegra electronic component group, you can count on flawless shifting and braking performance.  Have you heard about Shimano’s electronic shifting?  Ever tried it?

The Ultegra Di2 electronic component group is as near to shifting and braking perfection as we have ever ridden.  It works flawlessly in rain, mud, under pressure going uphill, with a squeaky dry chain, and even when filthy and heavily worn.  There aren’t any steel shift cables to corrode or stretch out, no mechanical shifters to wear out.  The front derailleur trims itself so you won’t hear the chain rubbing on the derailleur, and you will probably never drop a chain.

Slick internal wiring

Removable fender mounts

On top of the mechanical precision, there is the Domane’s smooth ride to consider with their high-grade carbon, added fork rake, and de-coupled flexible seat tube.

Oh, and there is an integrated pocket in the frame for your bike computer sensor.  And fender mounts that unscrew from the frame when you aren’t using them!  Wires and cables that run hidden inside of the frame!  Tubeless-ready Bontrager RL wheels! Clearance for wide road tires or fenders!

Damn, how long do you have to live in the Pacific Northwest before you start getting excited about fender clearance and the rain capabilities of your bicycle?

Our 54cm floor model is on sale for $800 off the regular price!  Ultegra Di2 on a carbon 5-series Domane frame for only $4000!

Classic Eddy Merckx

56cm Eddy Merckx Corsa

Having a classic ride is awesome.
Classic styling, a nostalgic vibe, maybe the chance to have something that you always wanted but didn’t have the money to buy the first time around.
The problem with classics is that you sometimes miss the modern refinements that make current stuff so nice…
Check out this new (vintage) Eddy Merckx. It’s a 56cm frame (good for a rider between 5’7″ and 5’10″). Made from Columbus SL steel tubing, It rides with a snap and springiness that’s as sweet as you remember. We wanted to give this classic ride all of the modern touches that you are used to having, so you can enjoy the vintage soul without being irritated by the vintage quirks.

Upright position, modern handlebar

Regal saddle

Shimano Ultegra drivetrain

So this hot rod has all of the new touches. It has a more upright riding position with a +12 degree stem and a variable-radius handlebar. It has a compact crankset and a Shimano Ultegra 10 speed cassette (so it’s a 34/28 low gear). The shifting has modern precision with integrated brake/shift levers and Ultegra derailleurs. You get to roll around on classic hand-built wheels (Mavic Open Pro rims) that are clad with 28mm Continental tires.

All yours for $1899.

Felt Verza Speed 7

Felt Verza Speed 7

There is no rule that says your road bike has to have drop-style handlebars.

Road bikes are light, aerodynamic and efficient. Road riders typically want curved handlebars to give them some different hand positions (to aid in aerodynamics and to stretch out over the course of a longer ride).

Maybe you don’t give a rip about aerodynamics and just want to sit upright on your bike. If you’d prefer a flat handlebar take a look at the Verza Speed series from Felt. With Verza Speed versions available as low as $700 and as high as $2700 there’s bound to be one that you like.

The Verza Speed 7 has a carbon fiber frame built around road-bike handling but optimized for use with a flat handlebar. The Shimano Sora component group works great (ditto for the Tektro Spyre disc brakes) and with Felt’s light-but-affordable parts selection you end up with a 19-pound disc brake bike under $1700. Fantastic.

U.S. Cycling Team GT Edge

1998 U.S. Cycling Team GT road bike

This is one of the U.S. Cycling Team bikes from the 1998 and 1999 seasons.

Now, I would never suggest that you buy a pro’s team bike. A bike that gets raced for a living gets power-washed every day. It gets packed up and smashed into luggage compartments on countless flights. It gets sprinted on, pushed to its limits, ridden for hours in the rain and crashed. Team bikes are not a great buy.

This bike happens to be a U.S. Cycling Team spare bike.  Mechanic owned.  It rode on the top of the car in most races.  Rarely ridden in the rain.  Never (that I can remember) crashed.  This is a good deal.

The bike is on the roof racks in this photo

Reynolds 853 tubing

Dura-Ace 7700

This version is a 54cm frame and it will fit someone between 5’6″ and 5’9″ really well.

Built from Reynolds 853 steel tubing and outfitted with Shimano Dura-Ace components this bike tips the scales at only 17 pounds. I have upgraded the bike over the years to Dura-Ace 7800 equipment as well as clincher Cane Creek wheels and Chris King headset and bottom bracket. Originally this bike had Dura-Ace 7700 (9-speed) equipment and tubular Mavic rims. Buy the bike in it’s current incarnation for riding, or I’ll transform it pack to the original sponsor-correct spec. Either way it’ll be $2500.

Ritchey Ascent Breakaway

Ritchey Ascent Breakaway

Most of us have access to a couple of different bikes.

If something horrible were ever to happen to our society (like maybe a zombie apocalypse) and you had to get by with only one bike to ride everywhere, you could hardly pick a better bike than the Ritchey Ascent.

The Ascent is a long-haul touring bike.  It’s a gravel adventure bike.  With upright handlebars installed it becomes a hybrid city bike.  With upright handlebars and fat tires installed it’s a mountain bike.  With skinny and smooth tires installed it’s a fast road bike.  The Ascent can be configured any way that you can imagine, and since it comes to us as a bare frame and you decide how you want it to turn out, it can be configured to fit just about any budget that you have in mind.

It’s a bit of a puzzle, but it all fits.

All packed up and ready to roll

Did we mention that the Ascent is a travel bike?  Yep.  It comes apart and fits into a regular-size suitcase.  This means that it flies to your ride destination just like regular checked luggage with no exorbitant bicycle surcharge.

Don’t worry. If you happen to have a couple of different bikes at home and want to add the Ascent to your fleet, it doesn’t have to be your only ride.

Ritchey Breakaway Road

Ritchey travel bike

Take the legendary and inspiring handling of a hand-built Ritchey bicycle. Add a revolutionary coupling system that allows you to pack it and travel around the world with ease. The result is the ultimate travel bike: The Ritchey Break-Away.  A full size bike in a case that measures a scant 9″ x 26″ x 29″!

The Break-Away bike disassembles and assembles in minutes and comes complete with a travel bag. Ritchey custom steel and carbon fiber tubesets and the patented compression coupling system are the keys to this design. The frame is securely joined at the seatpost in two places and on the downtube. The coupler clamps unobtrusively around small flanges on the downtube. While this system is as secure as systems much larger it adds less than 100 grams.

All packed up and ready to roll

It’s a bit of a puzzle, but it all fits.

Simple seat post clamps hold the frame together

Ritchey Break-Away frames are available in custom heat treated cromoly tubing and carbon fiber. Frame sets are available in road or cyclocross frame styles in 48, 50, 52, 54, 56, 58, and 60cm sizes. Purchase as a complete bike or as a frameset with carbon fork, headset, cable couplers & deluxe travel bag.

Fuji Touring

Fuji Touring

Fuji’s touring bike has been the multi-day touring standard for more than 3 decades. If you’re a committed touring cyclist looking for the utmost in comfort and durability, this Fuji is for you.

The steel frame rides great regardless of the amount of weight that is packed onto it.  Unloaded, the bike is fun to ride.  Loaded, even with front panniers, you can handle it in the most severe cross winds.

Fuji has picked equipment that is reliable, touring tested and simple to repair in even the most out of the way places. The key features of this Fuji are the frameset, which is made of springy, strong, and surprisingly light cromoly tubing (about 2 pounds lighter than Surly’s Long Haul Trucker), the robust traditionally spoked touring wheels (36 spokes laced to Shimano hubs), and the complete Shimano drivetrain utilizing the best elements of road and off-road componentry.

For those of you who want simple and familiar, you’ll appreciate the bar-end shifters and rim brakes. For those of you who want cutting-edge and new (as of 1991) we can substitute integrated brake/shift levers for an additional $100.
By the way, would you believe that this bike will cost you less than $800? Seriously, it’s about half the price of a Trek 520 or a Surly Long Haul Trucker.
We don’t know how they do it.

Velo Orange Pass Hunter

Velo Orange PassHunter Disc

You might be a rider who likes the idea of a steel touring bike.
You read Bicycle Quarterly and understand the appeal of wide road tires, generator lights and Brooks saddles. 400 kilometer long brevets with the Seattle Randonneuring club may be in your future, or you may just want a nice bike for commuting.
There are a few bike companies out there who understand what you want. Raleigh makes the Tamland and Surly has the Long Haul Trucker, but you may want something a little more refined. It looks to you like a new Rivendell might be the way to go, if not for a few quirks about their design philosophy (old-fashioned cantilever brakes, quill-style handlebar stems).

Velo Orange Dajia handlebar

Internal brake routing

Velo Orange has it all figured out. This bike takes disc brakes (with internal hose routing) and uses modern handlebar stems and headsets. The Pass Hunter frameset gives you the all-day comfort of the Tamland and comes in the versatile frame-only option like a Surly, without the goofy Rivendell quirks. The Pass Hunter is made from springy double-butted cromoly tubing. The fork has a fair amount of rake (so it will steer well with bags and other gear on the front end) and has a beautiful double-plate crown.
Buy the Pass Hunter as a frameset for $619 or have us build it up with your favorite parts (the pictured bike came out around $2800).
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Colnago Strada SL

Colnago Strada SL

If you were a new cyclist in 1972 and you asked that hippie biker friend of yours what kind of racing bike you should get, he probably would have steered you toward a Colnago Super.

If you entered your first race in 1986 and found your bike a bit lacking, you may have walked into the corner bike shop and rolled out with a Colnago Master.

If you sat down with me today at the coffee shop and said that you were thinking of racing and wanted a new bike, I would likely suggest a Colnago Strada SL.

It looks great too.

The butted aluminum and carbon construction is light and springy. The back end of this bike and the bottom bracket area are super stiff. Colnago delivers a complete bike (with Shimano 105 or Ultegra components) that is as tough as nails and easy on the eyes. The price is reasonable enough that you won’t sweat the scratch it got in the back of the race support truck, and you’ll feel fine (about the bike at least) grinding out the miles on rainy rides.

Just keep in mind that the Strada SL is more than just a great racing bike. It’s comfortable, it handles perfectly and it looks terrific.

Felt V85

Felt V85 road & gravel

We’re not sure what the deal is with the guys who outfit Felt’s mid-priced bikes, but they’re probably pretty intimidating people.
What we have here is a $1600 do-everything bike, the V85.
It’s nice. Use it to commute, tour with it, ride it on gravel roads, try out some cyclocross, whatever. The V85 rides great, it’s light, and the versatile design really doesn’t leave you stuck with a bunch of compromises, no matter how you ride it.
Now, the thing about guys who wrangle the parts specifications? This bike is equipped like it should cost $2000. There is a complete Shimano 105 group on it. It has TRP Spyre brakes. A carbon fork and seatpost. A Selle Royal gel saddle (that will accept snap-in tail lights and seat bags). Extra cross-style brake levers. Gel grip tape. Challenge Strada Bianca tires, an adjustable handlebar stem and Wellgo aluminum pedals.
This bike has a component package and a retail price that don’t match. I’m guessing there were some Mafia-style threats going on between Felt and their suppliers.

We were right about these being over-spec’d or under-priced. Felt discontinued the V85 (sounds like they weren’t making any money on them) but we have two left. If you’re between 5’3″ and 5’9″ tall we have a version that will fit. All yours for $1549.

Fuji Ace 24 & 650

Fuji Ace 24

This is a rare bike.

A real road bike for kids.  In stock.

As light and well-equipped as a starter racing bike for adults, the Ace 24 is perfect for the little speed demon in your family.  It doesn’t come with Shimano STI levers, opting for simpler (and less expensive) handlebar-mounted toggle switches.  What the bike does have is 14 speeds, quality wheels and brakes and cool styling.

The Ace 24 will work pretty well for most kids in the 8 to 12 year age range.  With 24″ wheel, reduced length cranks, a narrow handlebar, and small-size brake levers, this bike will fit just right.

Fuji Ace 650

if we need to go a little bit bigger, Fuji does the Ace 650 for kids and adults in the 4’9″ to 5′ tall range.

These bikes are exceptionally hard to get our hands on, so if you want one, don’t hesitate to come in and grab it.

Colnago V1-R

Colnago V1-R

Aerodynamic road bikes generally don’t handle so well.
Super-light climbing bikes are usually a little whippy.
Super-stiff racing road bikes typically aren’t the most comfortable.
It’s a good thing that the Colnago V1-R isn’t your typical road bike.

The V1-r is a super-light (780 grams for a 60cm frame), extremely aerodynamic road bike that climbs and sprints better than anything we have ever ridden.  Like all Colnagos, the V1-R handles beautifully, and has enough flex built into the frame and fork that the V1-R won’t beat you up if you want to spend long hours in the saddle.

That’s one fast snail

Direct mount brakes

Kammtail tubing shapes

The aerodynamic Kammtail tubing design (and wind tunnel time) of the V1-R was made possible with the help of another Italian legend, Ferrari.  Colnago and Ferrari have been sharing material and design ideas for years.

A local observer of our photo shoot decided that he should be associated with Colnago, Ferrari, and all things fast.  Yep, that’s one fast snail crawling up the wall behind our bike.

Used 2013 Specialized Roubaix Elite

Used 2013 Specialized Roubaix Elite $1799

This is actually a new bike.

A new 2013 Specialized Roubaix Elite in fact.  It’s a large frame (56cm) and should fit someone between 5’9″ and 5’11″ quite well.  The frame is all carbon fiber, the components are Shimano 105, and the wheels are from DT Swiss.

The best thing about this Specialized?  You don’t have to walk into a Specialized dealer’s bike shop to get it.  You can get it from us.

All yours for only $1799 (originally $2700).

Colnago CX Zero

Colnago CX Zero

This is the bike that we’ve been waiting for.

A Colnago that can handle fenders.

Well, that’s not really all that the CX Zero is about, but it is pretty awesome that you can put fenders on this bike and keep rolling through the winter around here.

The CX Zero is the bike that Ernesto developed for his sponsored racing teams to use in the cobbled springtime classics.  Besides being designed around 25 or 28mm wide tires, the frame is built to absorb a tremendous amount of road shock.  The wheelbase is a tiny bit longer than the rest of Colnago’s line, so the ride is even more stable than the usually stellar Colnago design, and your position on the bike will be just a little more comfortable with the CX Zero’s short top tube.

Colnago CX Zero in orange

Colnago CX Zero disc

If you have always wanted a Colnago but have been afraid that you’ll get a bike that is too racy or stiff, fear no more. While it’s true that this bike was designed with racing in mind (and it does handle like a real Colnago), this bike is easy on your body. Call it a racing bike for rough roads and bad backs. If you’re looking at some other “Endurance” road bikes out there, consider it this way: Lynskey titanium is probably the smoothest. A Raleigh Or one of our Felts will probably have the best equipment on it for your money. The Specialized Roubaix will have the greatest number of trademarked logos and superfluous elastomers on it. The Colnago will make you smile every time you look at it and every mile that you ride it.

A half dozen paint options

Rim or disc brakes

Available with disc or rim brakes!

Colnago was the first big name in racing bikes to offer a disc brake option for their road bike line.  Always at the forefront of improving rider safety, Colnago’s disc brake mounts are engineered to safely deal with the heat and torque issues common to disc brakes and road bike speeds.

The CX Zero is available as a customizable frameset or as a complete bike.

Surly Cross Check (and Cross-Check Disc)

Surly Cross-Check

Not going to step lightly around the subject.  We have other bikes for sale that you might like better than the Cross Check.

Felt has some bikes save a lot of weight with their aluminum frames, and have better components at similar prices to the Surly.

The steel Breezer Radar has probably the best ride quality of any touring or cross bike ever built. The Marin Gestalt and Nicassio models can be pounds lighter than a Cross Check.

You might want to get a Surly anyway.

A Cross-Check city bike

The Cross Check from Surly is the bike to pick when you want options.  Really tall or really small?  Surly has a frame size that will fit.  Want to customize your bike?  Surlys are available as bare frames.  Want tough steel tubing and thick paint that will handle years of abuse and neglect?  Surly is your brand.  Want something a little different, or a little less “corporate”, pick Surly.

Since the Cross Check is available as a bare frameset, you can have us build you a Cross Check in any configuraton that you can imagine. Upright handlebars, drop bars, skinny road tires or big fat knobbies, anything.  Available with rim brakes or discs.

Surly even makes a version with couplers in the middle of the frame so you can take it apart and stuff it in a suitcase when you travel.

Ritchey Breakaway Carbon

Ritchey Breakaway Carbon

High performance to go.
Tom Ritchey has been designing fantastic bicycles for about 40 years now. In that time, Tom has managed to squeeze every drop of performance out of the materials he has at hand. Finally turning his attention to carbon fiber, Tom has built a winner.
The Breakaway Carbon has made Classic Cycle’s (Paul and Gavin’s) top 3 road bikes of all time list (along with the Colnago C60 and the Fuji Gran Fondo).
It rides great, is extremely comfortable, looks awesome, and seems to be tough as nails.
For about $3000 you can get the frame, fork, headset and suitcase. Complete bikes can be built up between $4000 and $7000.

All packed up and ready to roll

It’s a bit of a puzzle, but it all fits.

Cable couplers hold their adjustments and unscrew by hand

As an added benefit, this bike easily packs down into a regular size suitcase (which is included with the frameset) so you can take it with you when you go on vacation. Awesome.

Lynskey Sportive and Sportive Disc

Lynskey Sportive Disc

Not a racing bike, just a great bike.
Interested in a titanium frame but a little concerned about getting “too much” bike?
Try the Lynskey Sportive or Sportive Disc.
These bikes have that fantasic titanium ride quality and durability and are designed for long distance comfort. So while they’re easy on the body, they’re still fun to ride.  The frames are designed to be more forgiving than the racy Lynskey Helix, but without the wimpy handling of a full touring bike.   The Sportive’s frame geometry gives you a ride with quicker handling than the Backroads, better stability on the road than a Cooper CX and still has the titanium snap that is common to all three of them.

The Sportive with matte ti finish

Disc brake thru-axles

Hidden wires and hoses

The Sportive can accomodate fenders with 23mm tires, making it a great choice for club riding during a Pacific Northwest winter.

The disc brake version can comfortably handle up to 32mm tires (or 28mm with fenders) with either standard quick release skewers or stiffer thru-axles.
Want to run hydraulic brakes or electronic shifting? Finishing options include hydraulic hose runs (as opposed to standard wire brake cable fittings) and internal routing for electronic shifting wires.

We can help you choose from a number of custom finish and component options available with the Sportive.

Raleigh Revenio Carbon

Revenio carbon 3

The frame geometry is similar to our other “all day” carbon bikes (Trek Domane, Scott CR1, Colnago CX-0), with a bit taller head tube than on Raleigh’s Militis race machines for better comfort.  Smooth and solid wheels with Vittoria tires come stock (traditional spoke count for added durability), and added goodies like Prologo saddles, Momentum rims and even carbon stems finish up the bikes.

The Revenio 3 is the bike that we use for our road bike rentals.  It rides well, it’s light and comes with new Shimano Ultegra 11 speed equipment for under $2500.  It has a carbon crankset, a BB30 bottom bracket interface, internal routing for the cables (which can also be used to run electronic wires if you ever upgrade to Di2).

Our remaining Revenio Carbon 3.0s are now on sale only $1799!

Colnago AC-R

Colnago AC-R

Have you ever had a sure thing?

In the bike world, a sure thing is hard to come by.  Except for Colnago.

Bikes that have Ernesto Colnago’s name on them are a known quantity.

They’re beautiful, they’re fast, they’re safe and reliable.

When you ride a Colnago, you can be sure that the front-end handling will be perfectly mannered.  You can be certain that the frame will feel stiff and reponsive when you climb or while you sprint.  By riding a Colnago, you can rest assured you have the coolest bike on the group ride.

Most people also assume it’s a safe bet that a Colnago will be super expensive and uncomfortable for anything except racing…

… So maybe the AC-R isn’t a sure thing.  The AC-R is less expensive, lighter weight, and more comfortable than you expect.

Available complete with Shimano 105, Shimano Ultegra mechanical or electronic component groups, and as a custom build.

Trek Domane

Domane 6.5

Get over it.  Your complaints are going unheard.  The department of transportation is never going to fix the cracked and rutted pavement on your favorite ride loop.  And they keep using bigger and bigger gravel in the chip seal.  Since you don’t have miles of your own fresh asphalt, you might as well take pavement issues into your own hands and get a smoother bike.

Trek spent a lot of brainpower designing a bike that could be raced over European cobblestones and figured that you might like to use it to combat potholes on your local streets as well.

Domane 6.2

Trek Domane 4.5

Trek Domane 4.0

Domane 5.9 with Ultegra Di2

Domane 5.2

Trek Domane 4.3

The key points that make this bike different are a pivot (borrowed from their full suspension bikes) that the seat tube can flex forward and back on, and a fork designed with more rake to flex up and down with bumps in the road.  The Domane also incorporates Bontrager’s Isozone handlebars.  These bars have a great feel to them, and incorporate little pads tucked into pockets in the bars, adding cushion without adding bulk or changing the size and shape of the grip area.

While the seat tube can move back and forth, you won’t feel any loss of power or unwanted bottom bracket flex.  The Domane is still a fast and efficient road bike.

By the way, the Domane easily fits full fenders (even with wide 25mm tires mounted).

A little extra rake, a lot of extra comfort

There’s a pivot bearing under that cover..

The Domane’s features are real, and you can actually see them work (this isn’t just some gel insert that you have to imagine is doing something).  Come in for a test ride and you’ll be amazed.

The Domane is available in stock configurations and as a Project One custom bike.

CLX and CLD

CLD in matte/gloss black

The CLX and the CLD (for the gals) occupy the top of the Colnago bell curve.

These bikes are where you get the most bike per dollar spent.  You get Colnago’s brilliant handling and unparalleled safety and reliability.  The beautifully shaped monocoque frame delivers Colnago style and performance for much less cash than their C60, V1-R or CX-0 bikes.  With the CLX or CLD, you get decades of racing heritage and refinement for more attainable prices.  These bikes are available with Shimano 105 for under $3000, or equipped with top shelf Sram Red, Dura-Ace, or Ultegra DI2 electronic components for around $5000.

Just want a Colnago, don’t care about the parts?  Get the frameset and put your old parts on it.

CLX with Shimano Ultegra

With Colnago, there is little sacrifice in performance when you step back from the flagship model.  Colnago makes all of their bikes worthy of the best riders.  Grand tour stages have been won on the CLX, and many sponsored riders have personal favorites among the C60, the CX-0, the V1-R, and the CLX.

Surly Long Haul Trucker

Surly Long Haul Trucker

Planning a tour that will take you off of the beaten path?
The Long Haul Trucker from Surly might be the bike for you.
Surly makes their loaded touring bikes out of tough steel tubing and finishes them with thick paint that will handle weird adventures and lots of abuse.
The Trucker has mounts for front and rear racks, fenders, and 3 bottle cages. Available as bare frames, Surly’s are easy to customize (they come with road-bike style drop bars, our pictured bikes are customized with upright bars for a long adventure across Russia).

26″- wheeled version

Are you really tall or really small? The Trucker comes in a frame size that will fit (and in 26″ or 700c wheel-size options).
Sure these bikes can be a little strange-looking (especially the tall versions with the small wheels), but sometimes you want something a little different, something a little less “corporate”, or something a bit more personal.

Available with disc or rim brakes.

Raleigh Record Ace

Raleigh Record Ace

We know your type.
You’re a person who likes your music in album form, on vinyl.
If you’re going to watch a movie, you go to the theatre and see it in the format for which it was filmed, not on some 10 inch computer screen.
Thirsty? You’ll have a Coke in a glass bottle (and preferably imported from Mexico, where they still use real sugar).
All of this is to say that you are aware that there are choices to be made, and all things being equal, why not have the best experience possible?

The Record Ace is probably right up your alley.  The Record Ace’s Reynolds 631 steel frame rides like your Vinyl music sounds. The handling and road sensations feel rounded and more complete somehow.
The Gran Prix’s wide, polished rims and 28mm tires roll like the designers intended. These wonderful wheels aren’t crammed into tight aerodynamic frame cut-outs, but given lots of room to roll under long reach brake calipers and svelte steel frame members. The other components? You won’t find any high-fructose sweetener in Campagnolo’s Veloce group set. Campagnolo uses real sugar. Bright polished aluminum parts that work crisply and feel just right.

This Raleigh will make every ride seem like a more complete experience, whether it’s a ride to work, the Chilly-Hilly, a 500km brevet, or the Sunday-morning club ride.

Colnago Master

Colnago Master

If the year was 1988 and you wanted the best racing bike that money could buy, you’d get a Colnago Master.

If it was 1996 and you wanted a racing bike but you thought bikes made out of aluminum rode harshly and you couldn’t afford titanium, you’d get a Colnago Master.

If you wandered into a bike shop ten years ago and wanted a road bike but thought all of the carbon fiber models looked like plastic toys, you’d have gotten yourself a Colnago Master.

If you come into Classic Cycle tomorrow and you’re feeling nostalgic, you can get a Colnago Master.

Classic colors

Real lugs, real steel

Available today

The Master is the only bike model that has been so consistently good, so ahead of it’s time, that it has been relatively unchanged and continuously available for over 30 years.  The paint and construction style makes it a work of art.  The diamond-shaped steel tubing still rides terrific (the modern tubing even weighs less than the original Gilco pipes).  Still made in Italy, still one of the best around.  Available in 1cm size increments from 46cm to 64cm.

Colnago C60

Colnago C60 with Shimano Dur-Ace Electronic

The best bike.

O.K.  I know we said that the Colnago C59 was the best road bike ever made, but this bike is one more better.

Usually the flagship Colnago can be considered the bicycle equivilant of a beautiful Italian underwear model.  They are intimidating, stunning to look at and um, ride.  The C60 is kind of like that, only this model happens to have a masters degree from Stanford and knows how to cook too.

c60 front end

Frame detail

The C60 in white

The C60 rides and handles perfectly, just like the C59, but with just a touch less twisting in the front end.  The bottom bracket and the rear end of the bike feel just a touch springier.   The C59 was incredibly light, but this one is a quarter pound lighter still.  With the unusual tubing and lug shapes, Colnago doesn’t have to rely just on adhesives in the carbon to keep the frame from twisting, as the shaped lugs do the work here too.

The bicycle equivalent of a Ferrari (actually type “Ferrari” and “Colnago” into Google and see what I mean), the C60 will feel solid and sure on the scariest roads.  Colnago knows that in order to be fast, a bike must be comfortable enough to ride for hours and inspire confidence (not trepidation) when it comes to high speeds, turns and descents.   The C60 handles like a dream, is light as a feather, and pretty enough to sit in the living room instead of the garage.

These bikes come in 1cm size increments, ten different paint schemes, and with any components that you desire.  Come on in today and we can one started for you.

Ritchey Road Logic

Ritchey Road Logic

Does anyone make a decent racing bike out of steel anymore?

You bet.

Ritchey makes a beautiful steel road bike out of their Logic tubing, and it’s just right.  Not too cheap (and heavy), not too pretty (so you’d be afraid to really ride it), not too expensive.  The Road Logic frame with headset and carbon fork will set you back about $1250.  That’s just the right range for replacing an old road frame that’s damaged or doesn’t fit right , and you don’t have to resort to buying something sketchy and used.  A Road Logic all built up with new parts will typically run between $2000 and $4500, and it will be the sweetest ride, with handling and comfort that is just right.

Lynskey Touring

Lynskey Backroads

Lynskey is custom titanium.  If you can imagine it, they can build it.  Want curved tubes?  No problem.  Custom kickstand mount?  O.K.   Paint?  Bare titanium?  Polished Ti?  You got it.

The Lynskey Backroad touring frame is designed for fully loaded, self-supported, transcontinental touring and takes full advantage of current component innovation (disc brakes).  Disc brakes stop more reliably than standard touring cantilevers or V-brakes, and they stop reliably even in wet weather or with broken spokes.

Custom Lynskey touring

Disc brakes or rim brakes

Internal wiring for rear light

The Lynskey family began as Litespeed years ago, and now sell their bikes under the family name.  We stock a handful of their bikes for you to ride, and can help you design the custom bike of your dreams.

S&S couplers, internal wiring ports for generator lights and Di2 shifting can be added to Lynskey touring frames for added versatility.

Pegoretti

A custom Responsorium

Dario Pegoretti is a true artist.

He is a gifted craftsman, and a slightly eccentric painter.  Dario builds mainly in steel out of custom made Columbus tubing.  The wall thicknesses, tubing diameters and butting specifications are all custom designed to make his bikes ride perfectly.

The paint on a Pegoretti has more in common with Jackson Pollack than with Schwinn.  Peruse the paint gallery on Pegoretti’s website or stop in Classic Cycle to get a taste of this artistic genius. If you ride a Pegoretti, you can be certain your bike is one of a kind.

A Responsorium in the white Guantanamo style

"Ciavete" style

You never quite know what you're gonna get.

Marcelo in "Baci"

Duende in black "guantanamo" paint

A bit modern, a bit of history

Look close for grey barbed wire

The "Thelonious" paint theme

We generally stock a couple of samples of Dario’s work, but you will probably want to order your favorite model or paint style.  Generally, folks will select a “theme” when they order a frame.  Maybe choose the “Ciavete” style and ask for a couple of general colors.  Our friend Tim Lu requested that his name be incorporated into the paint, and he got it, in English and in Chinese characters!  If you don’t like surprises we can get you photos of stock frames that the importer has on hand, and you can select from those.  Just know that whatever paint you pick, the bike underneath it all will ride like a dream.

Lead time is typically 3 days to 2 years (I know, that’s quite a range, but what are you gonna do? He’s an artist).

Lynskey Cooper

Lynskey Cooper

The Cooper gives you the top level performance of a Lynskey road race frame, but at a more manageable price. By starting with an oversized cold-worked tubeset, the Cooper has great stiffness, handling and excellent ride quality.  The Cooper is a great pick for century rides, gran fondos, and Cat. 4 racing.

The Cooper’s performance far exceeds many similarly priced road frames no matter what material they are made from. All of the great features you expect from a Lynskey Performance road frame, but at a value that will make others jealous.

Custom options available include a variety of frame finishes, and S & S travel couplings.

Every Lynskey frame is hand-made in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Lynskey R230

Brake bridge detail

Machined dropouts

Head tube badge

The R230, painted finish

Lynskey R230

Internal routing of the wires

R230 with Di2

The R230 was designed specifically for the rider who wants a do-all, multi-use road frame. The oversized downtube offers exceptional stiffness along with confident handling. The semi-compact geometry provides plenty of stand-over height and a rider position suitable for all day rides or competitive events. By curving and ovalizing the seat stays, an added level of rider comfort has been designed into this frame without sacrificing performance.

The R230 is the perfect frame for the club rider looking to take their riding to the next level and for the enthusiast with more spirited or aggressive riding style. The force-specific shaping in the main triangle allows a firm bottom bracket and front end for excellent acceleration, climbing and high-speed stability. The competition-tuned rear triangle on the R230 provides a balance of stiffness and comfort. Throw a leg over the R230 and understand what performance titanium is all about.

Custom options to consider:  S & S travel couplings, custom sizing if necessary, and a variety of frame finish options.

Inglis and Retrotec road

Retrotec Twin

Curtis Inglis makes cool and affordable road bikes in steel.

Customizable to an outrageous degree, you’ll have to pick from straight or curved tubing, steel or carbon forks and seatstays, fillet brazed, lugged, or tig welded construction, and the color.

Rack (and fender mounts) are not a problem.  Feel like traveling?  S & S couplings can be added to your bike frame that will make it come apart to fit into a suitcase.

Retrotec Half (frame style)

S & S couplers

Inglis Road, lugged construction

How cool is this?

Paul with Curtis and the Classic bike

Prices are pretty competitive, with tig welded frames starting at $1500.

Keep in mind that a custom bike takes a bit of time to produce, typically three to six months.  If you want one of these, we’ll make you sign a no-whine agreement that you will be patient for at least three months.

Lynskey Helix & Helix OS

Helix built with Sram Force

Helix with black decals

Square.  Twisty.  Licorice shape.  The spiral helical tubing sets the Helix apart from conventional frame designs by adding significant stiffness and resistance to sideways torque without adding additional weight.    Plus, it looks awesome. 

The Helix and Helix OS showcase what titanium can really do.  As light as top end carbon, but with the springy feel, dazzling looks, and the thousand year lifespan that you only get from titanium. 

The Helix OS differs from the standard Helix in the bottom bracket and fork areas.   The OS uses the oversized BB30 crank interface, and the oversized headtube with an internal headset and tapered fork.  The bike will end up slightly stiffer and more responsive than the standard version, and should save you close to a half pound given the differences in crank and fork weights.

Lynskey began as Litespeed years ago, and now sell their bikes under the family name. 

That's a lucky shamrock on the dropout

That's just twisted!

Helix downtube, etched graphics

Lynskey head tube badge

Lynskey brake bridge detail

The Helix OS, painted.

We stock a handful of their bikes for you to ride, and can help you design the custom bike of your dreams.

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You may have noticed that many of the bikes on our website are lacking prices.
We also seem to be missing an “add to shopping cart” button.
These omissions are purposeful.
We like bikes. We like you. We want you to ride a bicycle that works well, fits you correctly, and is appropriate for the kinds of riding that you like to do.
We can’t make all of this happen through a website.
If you want a new bike, come in to Classic Cycle. Talk to us. Touch the bicycles. You can ride around Winslow, and see what the different models have to offer.
Come in to the shop, and Gavin will make some adjustments to the bike to make it fit just right (and tell you about the time he won that race in Sicily while he’s at it).
Sit at our bar and watch bike racing on the television or experience a bit of our little museum.
Spend some time here so that Jaime can show you clothing and accessories that will resolve the little issues that nag at you while you ride.
Paul will assemble your bike with the same attention to detail that went into building bikes for two Olympic Games and countless professional racers.
Leave the UPS guy alone. He can’t help you put that mail-order bike together…