Used Bianchi Milano $449
One of the coolest hybrid bikes ever constructed. A twenty year old Bianchi Milano cafe racer. It comes with a light aluminum frame, a Shimano 7-speed Nexus hub shifter, Ergon grips, a sweeping arc handlebar, a WTB Volt saddle and brand new Schwalbe Marathon tires.
Good for a rider between 5’ and 5’5” tall. Only $449
1991 Trek 8700 Pro
Old-school and hi-tech. A 1991 Trek 8700 mountain bike. Carbon fiber and aluminum frame. A Rockshox RS-1 suspension fork. There’s a Suntour XC Pro component group with Dia-Compe 986 brakes, Bullseye hubs, Matrix rims and original tires (or we’ll set you up with fresh tires). Selle Italia Turbo Special saddle and Shimano SPD pedals.
This is an 18” (medium) size, good for a rider between 5’6” and 5’9” tall. $991
1990 Trek 8900 Pro
Too bad we don’t have retro-themed mountain bike races yet…
‘Cause showing up on this bike would be awesome. This Trek 8900 is in beautiful condition with carbon fiber tubes in the main frame, a fully functional original RockShox RS-1 fork, Suntour XC pro component group with a Cook Brothers crank, Grafton brakes, Bullseye hubs, Matrix rims and Shimano M737 SPD pedals (the original version). Comes with new tires or the stock original ones.
This is an 18” size, and will fit a rider between 5’6” and 5’9” tall the best. Only $1199.
1988 Eddy Merckx
A 1988 greatest hits album from Merckx!
This is an Eddy Merckx Corsa in a 58cm frame size (57cm top tube with a 120mm stem and 42cm bars). It comes with Shimano Dura-Ace 7400 components, the original Look pedals (with new cleats), Cinelli bars and stem and a San Marco Rolls saddle. The rims are Araya tubulars and the tires are brand new.
This bike will fit a rider between 5’10” and 6’1” the best. Only $1988.
Vintage Bontrager Race Lite
Twenty years… That’s vintage.
This is a steel Bontrager Race Lite mountain bike from 1997. The Marzocci Bomber fork works well and gives you 85mm of pretty plush suspension. The U.S.E. Suspension seatpost takes an edge off of the bumps for your backside. The components are all fresh Shimano Deore XT parts of the era. There’s a Chris King headset, Raceface stem & bars, Deore XT SPD pedals and new WTB tires.
It’s an 18.5” size, good for a rider 5’6” to 5’9” tall. Only $799
Specialized Allez Epic
Re-ride the ‘90’s!
This is a Specialized Allez Epic from 1990. It’s a 54cm frame (54cm top tube, 100mm stem, 40cm bars). The frame and wheels are Specialized carbon fiber, the components are Shimano Dura-Ace 7400 (with dual-pivot brake calipers), the saddle is a Selle Italia Flite, the pedals are Time Equipe models, and the tires are new 23c Continentals.
Good fit for a rider between 5’6” and 5’9” tall. $1799
1988 Kas – Canal 10 Team Replica Vitus Carbon 9
Team Replica Kas-Canal 10 Team bike.
Want to pretend that you’re one of Sean Kelly’s teammates? This is a Vitus Carbone 9 1988 team replica. The carbon frame is a 52cm size (with a 53cm top tube, 90mm stem and 42cm bars). All of the components are period-correct Mavic parts except for the tires (which are new 25c Vittoria Rally tubulars), Stronglight delta headset and Look pedals. The saddle is a French Reydel GTI model.
Good for a rider between 5’3” and 5’6” tall. $2300.
1968 Falcon
All ready for Eroica California.
A 1968 Falcon. 54cm frame (55cm top tube with a 90mm stem, 40cm Cinelli bars). Reynolds 531 butted frame tubing, Campagnolo Nuovo Record components. Stronglight crankset, Universal 68 brake calipers, clincher rims, new tires. A Brooks saddle, Cinelli stem, cotton bar tape and original brake hoods.
Good for a rider between 5’6” and 5’9” tall.
$1599
1991 Schwinn Paramount
A retro ride from the ‘90’s.
A 1991 Schwinn Paramount built by the Paramount design Group (now known as Waterford). This is a 54cm size frame (with a 55cm top tube and a 100mm Salsa stem & 42cm Cinelli bars). The components are all Dura-Ace 7400 parts. The rims are Mavic Open Pro clinchers, the seatpost is an American Classic, the saddle is from Selle Italia, and the tires are new 25c Vittoria Rubinos. It comes with Shimano SPD pedals.
Good for a rider between 5’6” and 5’9” tall.
All yours for $1499.
1992 Trek 9500 mountain bike
One of the more infamous mountain bikes of the 1990’s.
Trek’s first fully suspended bike, in new condition right out of the box. There’s the Matrix air-sprung suspension fork, Shimano’s first xtr component group (with their first rapid-fire shifters and including an XTR seatpost), Answer Hyperlite handlebars and stem, Matrix rims, toe clips, bar ends, all of the old goodies.
Just right for a tall rider 5’10” to 6’2”. $1500
1980 Bob Jackson custom
Italian and French racing bikes have always had a fair amount of prestige. There’s no denying their cycling pedigree. Keep in mind though, when you think about the most famous racers and their bikes from the last century, they weren’t all Italian or French. The British have had some fantastic bicycle builders and great racers and racing stories to tell as well.
Raleigh, known for their city bikes as much as racing bikes, lead the pack simply by backing the TI-Raleigh racing team of the late ‘70’s. Craft labels like Claud Butler, Hetchins, Bates, BSA, Jack Taylor, Trevor Jarvis and the Flying Scots were all present and have all played a part in the British cycling epic.
Campagnolo housing stop
Record crankset
Campy bar-end shifters
Bob Jackson bicycles started rolling in 1935 when J. Robert. Jackson opened “J.R.J. Cycles”. There was a short gap in the company history as Bob served in the Royal Air Force during WWII, and then his brand really developed in the post war years with bikes labeled as “Merlins” and “JRJ Cycles”. These bikes were well crafted, as fine as anything an amateur cyclist could have ridden from the continent. Bob Jackson’s work came in a few different guises. If you ride an old Hetchins frame you may be enjoying some of Bob’s handiwork as he did some contract constuction for Hetchins as well as other British brands.
“Il Primo Extra Giro di Sicilia”
Record calipers
What else? A Nuovo Record derailleur
This is a custom Bob Jackson from around 1980. Like most enthusiast bikes from the time, this one is outfitted with Campagnolo Nuovo Record parts. British bikes always seem to have a custom touch or two that make them more practical bikes than others. Matching fenders or a custom rack or a light system. This bike has Campagnolo bar-end shifters instead of the standard downtube-mounted options, and it comes with a custom Silca pump.
That saddle looks like it needs to be tightened up a bit
Wood veneer wrapped head tube
Wood veneer wrapped Silca frame pump
Thin wood veneer is wrapped around the pump shaft and around the tall headtube of this bike, lending the bike sophistication not unlike that of a wooden dashboard in a luxury car.
Jeff is selling this 63cm beauty. If you’re tall enough, this Bob Jackson custom can be yours for only $1000
Representing their Seattle home. Redline’s “Rain City” Chopper
Way back in the Aughts, the world got caught up in a chopper fad. The success of reality television shows American Chopper, Monster Garage (with West Coast Choppers owner Jesse James), and Biker Build-Off on the Discovery Channel fueled a fascination with chopper motorcycles. Jay Leno had one built for him, so did Billy Joel. The New York Yankees had one built. Lance Armstrong rode one (that evoked the lines of his Trek Madone and his aero helmet). Movie star Sandra Bullock married a chopper builder. The bicycle world took notice.
Disc brakes and belt drive
Great striping on the tank and fender
Limited edition number 1329
Bicycles that evoke images of a motorcycle are not new, nor is the drawn-out chopper style. Beach cruisers that look like Harleys, kids’ bikes with twist grips that make engine revving sounds, and fake gas tanks on balloon-tire bikes have been around for years. BMX (the dirt racing that your nephew does every weekend) stands for Bicycle Moto-Cross, and is a pedal-powered version of the motorsport.
Good looking embroidered saddle
Four-inch wide tire
Bicycles and motorcycles have been intertwined since the beginning. Early motorcycles were just bicycles with small gas engines welded onto them. Thirty-five years after the first chopper fad hit the bicycle world (the film Easy Rider started that one), we had another.
Schwinn, Giant, Phat Cycles, GT, Electra, and Specialized all had them, but the Rain City Chopper is our favorite bike from this recent chopper boom.
Double crown fork, spiked pedals and a kicker
We should get a rain hat for the little skull guy
Redline pays homage to their Seattle roots with the name, and the design is perfect. A meaty 4″ wide tire in back for powering away from a stop. Disc brakes to keep all of your horsepower under control. The belt drive makes for nearly silent operation (unlike motorized choppers), and the dual crown fork smoothly transitions into burly chrome handlebars. Take a look at the pin-striping on the tank, fender, and belt guard. Great details all around.
Want to ride around your neighborhood making engine sounds while you pedal? This one is for sale. $800 and it’s yours.
1940′s Colson Flyer
The restoration project.
Everybody loves good before and after photos. A bicycle restoration project is great at showing the damage that the decades can do, and you get to watch as that damage is erased with fresh paint or new chrome.
A while back, this balloon-tire cruiser came to us as a rusty old relic. The years were not kind to the old Colson. While the rust was not deep, it was everywhere. The owner, a fellow named Gerald Taylor, had a history with the bike and wanted to return the Flyer to its former glory.
Colson Flyer “before”
Gerald’s father had purchased the bike upon returning to the Seattle area from the second World War. Affordable cars were hard to come by in the months following the end of the war, and Gerald’s father figured he could get around on these two wheels just as well as he could with four. The bike served as a trusty commuter for a number of years before transitioning to recreational use, and finally retiring to the back of the garage.
The crankset “after”
The crankset “before”
The wheels were beyond repair. By removing the head badge and the reflectors, we were able to find clean bits of original paint, so the new colors would match. Parts were stripped off of the frame, and the dents were rolled out of the fenders.
Off to the painter (CycleSmith) went the frame, fork, fenders, and chainguard.
Into the recycling went the chain, pedals, and wheels.
The fenders “after”
The fenders “before”
Rusty bits like the chainring, seatpost, fork struts, handlebars and stem made their way to the chrome shop (Art’s chroming in Bremerton).
Some of the parts that you find on old bikes are still made today. No problem getting a Wald kickstand, and the reproductions of the pedals and saddle are well worth the price. Appropriate fasteners are just a quick trip to the hardware store (no allen bolts or torx heads on sixty year old bikes, thank you).
The head tube “after”
The head tube “before”
Jeff, who started collecting balloon-tire bikes decades ago, dug up some great matching wheels and tires from a “donor” bike. Fresh grease for the hubs and some new spokes made them roll and look just right.
Now, I’d like to say this was a quick project. But it wasn’t.
Sometimes it takes a while to find the right parts. You have to get on a painter’s schedule (some have months-long backlogs), and it takes a while to get chrome done (Art’s is actually quite fast). You may have seen the car and motorcycle restoration shows on television where things move lightning fast. They use an editor.
The headlight “after”
The headlight “before”
I truly wish we were able to finish this bike sooner, as Gerald missed the opportunity to see his beautiful bike all spruced up. Gerald fell ill and passed away a few weeks before we were able to finish the project.
The “After” photo is the way this bike would have looked when Gerald’s dad first brought it home.
This bike is for sale from the museum collection. It can be yours, fully restored, for $1500.
2003 Mondonico track bike
Antonio Mondonico made this bike for us in 2003. We asked him for a modern track bike that would steal some attention from the antiques on the walls. He delivered.
This Italian gem comes from a small workshop just outside of Milan. Built for sprint distance and mass start track events, it is made of extremely springy nivacrom steel, silver brazed into Mondonico’s custom lugs. The orange paint is about as subtle as a traffic signal. A bit of chrome here and there to remind us that this is not a plastic bike.
Aces, Spades, Clubs, and Diamonds
Antonio Mondonico head badge
The machined quill stem matches the fluted seatpost
Custom Selle San Marco Rolls saddle
Columbus EL - OS Nivacrom tubing
The parts are a mix of modern classics. Paul Components made the gambler’s crankset, with the four card suits machined into the chainring. A fluted seatpost and machined stem harken back to the 1970s, while the paired-spoke design of the wheels says this is a modern build.
Antonio spent decades building bikes, and many famous Italian racers rode Mondonicos (even if they were painted in another brand’s colors). Unable to interest his son Mauro in taking over the family business, Antonio retired from bike building in 2007.
This bike is for sale from the museum collection. It is a 56cm frame, a good fit for a track rider between 5’9″ and 5’11″. $3000 will buy you this fantastic bit of Italian craftsmanship.