Museum Bikes For Sale

Vintage Eddy Merckx

62cm Eddy Merckx

A mid-‘1980’s vintage ride that’s modern enough for everyday use.

The heart of this bike is a 62cm (59cm top tube) Columbus SL steel tubing frame from Eddy Merckx cycles. This one was new in 1984 or ‘85. Instead of sew-up tires you get Mavic MA40 clincher rims and brand new Vittoria Rubino tires. The components are mostly Campagnolo Record from the era but you get the long-cage Rally rear derailleur that supports a more rideable gear range. There’s a Cinelli handlebar and a Nitto stem that will hold those bars in the right spot for someone extra tall.

Record & Rally

San Marco Regal

Centaur calipers

This being a bike for a tall (and probably heavier than average) rider we have brand new Campagnolo Centaur brake calipers which have lots more stopping power than vintage brakes and they still look just right. The chain, freewheel, cables and handlebar tape are all new.

This will fit a rider between 6’ and 6’4” tall the best. $1799.

Davidson Impulse road bike

1990’s Davidson Impulse

This might be the bike you’ve been waiting twenty years to own.

A Bill Davidson handcrafted steel bike. Made in Seattle, with a paint job straight out of a Miami Vice episode. Bill is a big name in the American custom bicycle world. The frame contains dozens of thoughtful design elements, like the Campagnolo dropouts joined to Tange Prestige steel tubing. There’s a chain hook on the seatstay and a pump peg on the steerer tube. The rear brake cable runs inside the top tube, and there are diamond-shaped reinforcements around the bottle cage mounts. Anyway, Beautiful work. Brand new… In probably 1993.

Matching Silca pump

Modolo bars, Shimano Dura-Ace stem

Mavic Helium wheels

The components are mostly new-condition Dura-Ace 7403. You get the slightly more modern Dura-Ace 7700 brake calipers, The slightly older Dura-Ace seatpost and the timeless Dura-Ace handlebar stem with the single hidden entry point for tightening the quill and the bar clamp. The red wheels are the iconic 1990’s Mavic Helium clinchers with Michelin Pro tires.

This is a 56cm size, and it will fit a 5’8” to 5’10” tall rider who prizes comfort, performance and getting the bike they always wanted (even if it’s a decade or two late). Only $1999.

1986 Fisher Mt. Tam

1986 Fisher Mt. Tam

Too bad we don’t have retro-themed mountain bike races yet…

‘Cause showing up on this bike would be awesome.

This Fisher Mt. Tam is in beautiful condition with fillet brazed Prestige butted steel tubes and a sweet Green Bay Packers paint job. Parts include Suntour XC shifters, seatpost, rear brake and pedals. Shimano Dura-Ace hubs with 600EX model cranks, cassette and headset. There is a Deore (deerhead) front derailleur, a Light Action rear derailleur (with Dura-Ace pulleys), Araya RM-20 rims and a Fisher bull moose handlebar.

The bike comes with new Schwalbe tires.

Bull Moose bars

Suntour Roller-cam brake with Overland brake cover

Tange Prestige steel

This is an 18” size, and will fit a rider between 5’6” and 5’8” tall the best. We’re selling it for the same MSRP as in 1986 (without 35 years of inflation) Only $1299.

New (old stock) Ridley X-Fire cyclocross bike

Ridley X-Fire $2499

This is one of Logan Owen’s old racing frames from his long history of racing cyclocross. It’s a new Ridley X-Fire carbon fiber frame and it had never been put together before now. We decided to outfit it with the Sram Force X1 drivetrain, Shimano GRX crankset, Chris King bottom bracket, FSA handlebars and stem, new wheels, a Fizik saddle and TRP mini V-brakes. Instead of using Logan’s old sew-up race wheels, we have more versatile Vision Team 35 clinchers outfitted with wide Hutchinson tires suitable for touring, gravel road riding or even commuting.

Front end detail

Fram Force X1

FSA post

The wide-range cassette that comes with the component group means this bike has an appropriate gear range for gravel-road and off-road exploration, not just cyclocross racing.

This is a 56cm size, good for a rider between 5’8” and 5’11” tall. $2499.

1981 Ciocc Moscow ‘80

Ciocc Mockba ’80

This is a steel Ciocc road bike made in 1981.
It has a 59cm seat tube with a 58cm top tube, a 100mm stem and 42cm Cinelli handlebars. The frame is made out of Columbus SL cromoly steel tubing. The components are Shimano Dura-Ace 7400 (6-speed, with downtube shift levers), the saddle is a Selle Italia Turbo, the pedals are the first generation Look pro models, and the tires are new Vittoria Rubino Pro clinchers.

Good fit for a rider between 5’10” and 6’2” tall. $1299

More photos are in the 1966 to 1985 museum section.

Vintage Eisentraut road bike

Used Eisentraut $749

How about some vintage American mystique for a change?

This is an Eisentraut road bike that was made in Oakland California in 1976. The craftsmanship is terrific and the bike rides nicely. You get Reynolds frame tubing (the chrome plating was done a few years after the bike was built), a Campagnolo Nuovo Record component group complete with Bullseye derailleur pulleys and updated pedals, Cinelli bars and stem, Ideale 2000 saddle, Mavic clincher rims and New Vittoria Rubino Pro tires.

Saddle

Bottom bracket shell

Record crankset

Record Calipers

Bullseye pulleys

Badge

Anyone asking about this bike remotely should note that we’re only asking $750 for this Eisentraut, so its not in new mint condition (but it’s pretty good). The chrome is a bit rusty on top of the bottom bracket shell and it is evident that the frame and components have some miles on them.

The frame size is 54cm with a 100mm Cinelli stem and 40cm Cinelli model 64 handlebars. A good fit for a rider between 5’6” and 5’9” tall. Only $749.

Used Colnago steel road bike

Used Colnago $1499

Want a Colnago road bike but don’t want to walk all the way to Italy to get one? You can walk into our shop and roll out with one now.

This frame was a trade-in. It was made in the mid ’90′s of Columbus cromoly steel tubing, and it will fit a rider in the 5’8″ to 5’11″ height range quite well.

We built the bike with a mix of Campagnolo Chorus, Centaur and Record equipment, it has hand built wheels made from Mavic CXP21 rims and Campy hubs. An FSA carbon seatpost holds up the Selle San Marco Regal saddle and you get a Cinelli carbon stem securing the handlebar. While it looks like a bit of a vintage ride, the materials and design are quite modern.

Cockpit details

Campagnolo components

San Marco Regal saddle

You get a threadless fork and headset (that look old-fashioned) gearing that is pretty easy on the hills, and with all of the carbon fiber bits and pieces the bike end up weighing only 18 pounds. Oh, and it will only set you back $1500.

Vintage 1984 Bianchi road bike $1399

1984 Bianchi

This is a wonderful steel Italian road bike from the 1980’s.

The frame comes from Bianchi’s Reparto Corsa in Italy and is made from Columbus SL cromoly steel tubing. You get a Campagnolo Super Record component group including the track-style pedals with toe clips and leather straps. Other goodies include 40cm Cinelli Giro d’Italia handlebars, a 100mm Cinelli 1A stem, Mavic MA2 clincher rims and new 25c Vittoria Rubino Pro tires. There is a period-correct Blackburn bottle cage and cotton handlebar tape.

This bike is all set for one of the Eroica retro-bike rides (hopefully they’ll get rescheduled after the pandemic).

Bianchi crest

Campy Super Record

Brake calipers

The Vittoria clincher tires are new as are the cables, bearings, bar tape, saddle and chain.

This is a 54cm size, good for a rider between 5’6” and 5’9” tall. $1399.

Used Colnago C50

2003 Colnago C50

We actually have a pre-owned Colnago C50 right now.  No kidding.

A bike that we have described as being “the best ever made” and someone traded it in?

Well, sometimes you just have too many bikes in the garage.

So this is a 54cm frame size bike from 2003 or 2004.

The hand-built Italian carbon fiber frame is outfitted with a Dura-Ace 7800 component group which comes with a new cassette, chainrings and chain as well as the must-have wheelset during the Armstrong years, Mavic Ksyriums.

Front end detail

FSA wing bar

Dura-Ace 7800

So you get new condition clincher wheels (with Continental tires that are still pretty fresh), a green Chris King headset, an FSA carbon fiber handlebar (42cm) and a Thomson seatpost.

Dura-Ace calipers

Back end

This 54cm bike fits a rider between 5’7” and 5’9” the best. It comes with a full year warranty from Classic Cycle, and a personal lifetime guarantee that it’s awesome.

The bike weighs in at 15 pounds, and it’s all yours for $2900 (that’s about $5000 less than what this puppy would have cost brand new).

Ritchey Ultra $1799

Ritchey Ultra $1799

Since Ritchey just decided to reuse the model name “Ultra” for their newest mountain bike, we decided to update this 1989 Ultra into a modern touring/gravel rig.

This version features a brand new 2 x 10 Deore XT drivetrain with thumbshifters and a Velo-Orange compact crankset, aluminum fenders, stainless steel racks, a new Selle Italia Turbo saddle, new Ritchey WCS foam grips, WTB All terrain tires and Deore XT platform/clipless pedals.

It also features 30 year old Tange prestige frame tubing that gives the bike an absolutely sublime ride quality. The bike is still rolling on original Araya RM-20 rims, aluminum Nitto Bullmoose handlebars, Control Stix bar-ends (remember those?), Deore XT 4-finger brake levers and cantilever brakes.

Ready for adventure

Velo Orange Drillium crankset

Ready for luggage

One of the big draws for selling a vintage bike around here is the idea that it came from someplace else (someplace that’s dry). This Ritchey is from Santa Fe.

The frame is a 19” size and will fit someone 5’8” to 5’10” tall the best. $1799.

1994 CarbonFrames (Calfee) Tetra-Pro

CarbonFrames (Calfee) Tetra-Pro

This is an early Calfee carbon fiber road bike made in 1993 or ‘94.
It has a 53cm seat tube with a 54cm top tube, a 100mm Syncros stem and 40cm 3TTT handlebars. The frame was handmade out of carbon fiber by Craig Calfee. The components are Shimano Dura-Ace 7400 (8-speed, with integrated brake/shift levers), the saddle is a Selle San Marco Regal, the seatpost is an American Classic titanium model and there is an SRP titanium and aluminum bolt kit spread around the bike. The rims are Mavic Open 4s and the tires are new Specialized clinchers. We’ll include the working Avocet Altimeter 50 cycling computer in the sale.

Good fit for a rider between 5’6” and 5’9” tall. $3499

More photos are in the 1986 to 2000 museum section.

1985 Guerciotti road bike

1985 Guerciotti with Dura-Ace parts $1799

This is a steel Guerciotti road bike made in 1985.

It has a 61cm seat tube with a 59cm top tube, a 100mm stem and 42cm Cinelli handlebars. The frame is made out of Columbus SPX tubing, which is slightly stiffer for tall bikes like this one than the more common SL or SLX pipes. The components are Shimano Dura-Ace 7400 (6-speed, with downtube shift levers), the saddle is a Cinelli Volare, the pedals are Dura-Ace with XL cages, and the tires are new Continental tubulars.
Good fit for a rider between 6’ and 6’3” tall. $1799

More photos are in the 1966 to 1985 museum section.

1990 American M-16

1990 American Bicycle Manufacturing (ABM) M-16

A groundbreaking mountain bike from 1990.

American Bicycle Manufacturing’s M-16 (designed with 16” chainstays), in new condition right out of the box. There’s the raw aluminum frame and the Spinner cromoly fork, Shimano’s Deore XT component group (with thumb shifters and round chainrings), Interlock racing handlebars and an American stem, Mavic M231 rims, a Hite-Rite, WTB tires, all of the old goodies.

Just right for a rider 5’9” to 5’11”. $1399

1985 Schwinn Cimarron touring bike

1985 Schwinn Cimarron $1199

Schwinn was ahead of their time. Way back in 1985 they advertised this bike not as a “Mountain Bike” or an “ATB” (All-Terrain Bike), but as a touring bike. Thirty-five years later the bicycle world is awash with bike-packing-gravel-adventure bikes, so the moment is probably just right to update this machine and sell it as the latest and greatest touring bike! In 1985 Schwinn’s ad copy called their Cimarron model an “Outstanding touring bike outfitted with the world’s finest components.” This bike was out of style for awhile, but it’s outfitted with the finest parts once again.

Bull moose ‘Jones” bar

Front rack

Leather touring saddle

Original equipment dating back to the 1980’s include the Suntour XC Pro seatpost and pedals, the Nitto “Bullmoose” handlebar, Shimano Deore XT front derailleur, crank arms and brakes (updated with modern cables and Kool-Stop pads). The frame features sweet riding butted cromoly steel which was made in America, and the whole package rolls around on vintage Araya rims (re-laced with fresh spokes).

2 x 10 Deore XT drivetrain

Wavy aluminum fenders

The drivetrain has been modernized to a new Deore XT 2 x 10 system (that we can make a 3 x 10 if you prefer). You get retro-styled (but modern) 10-speed thumbshifters, a modern chain, a cartridge bottom bracket, 12-36 cassette along with new Velo Orange “Drillium” chainrings.

The Aluminum fenders and slick luggage racks are made by Velo Orange, the tires are new ones from WTB, and the new leather touring saddle will be customized to you once you break it in.

This bike will work best for someone between 5’5” and 5’8” tall, and can be all yours for $1199. If nobody out there grabs this old Schwinn I’m taking it home myself…

1999 Bianchi Milano

Used Milano $379

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 and a sweeping arc handlebar.

The Bianchi water bottle and cage are brand new, never used. We just thought they looked good with the bike so we’re including them.

18” size, good for a rider between 5’5” and 5’8” tall. $379

1989 Merlin titanium

54cm Merlin Titanium

This is a titanium Merlin road bike made in 1989.
It has a 54cm seat tube with a 54cm top tube, a 100mm stem and 42cm Modolo handlebars. The frame is made out of 3/2.5 alloyed titanium. The components are Campagnolo C Record (8-speed, with Ergopower shift levers and Delta brake calipers), the saddle is a Selle Italia Flite, the wheels are Campy Shamals and the tires are new Continental tubulars. The Time Racing Magnesium pedals are included, but we won’t reduce the price if you want the bike without pedals.
Good fit for a rider between 5’6” and 5’9” tall. $4000

More photos are in the 1986 to 2000 museum section.

1990 Specialized Allez Epic

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. $1999

More photos are in the 1986 to 2000 museum section.

1988 Vitus Carbone 9

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) and Look pedals. The saddle is a French Reydel GTI model.

Good for a rider between 5’3” and 5’6” tall. $1999.

More photos are in the 1986 to 2000 museum section.

1940′s Colson Flyer

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.