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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.

Scott Sub Cross Series

Scott SubCross 40

So you’re indecisive. Or not.

You want a mountain bike for riding on trails in the Grand Forest. No. You want a road bike so you can ride Seattle-to-Portland. No, that’s not right either. You plan on bike commuting to work during the week, and doing some touring and camping on the weekend. On gravel roads. Or maybe you’ll start doing triathlons.
You just want a bike. Is that so hard?

If you can’t make up your mind, and want just one bike to handle everything, Scott has you covered with their Sub Cross series of bikes. Starting under $600 with the SubCross 50 model and going up to $900 with the well-appointed SubCross 30, Scott gives you a family of bikes that do nothing exceptionally well but don’t lack much in any department either.

Scott Sub Cross 40

Low-step Sub Cross 50

Like any good dual sport bike, Scott’s Sub Cross bikes work well on or off road.  They are a little too off-road capable to be called an upright-handlebar road bike.  They are too light and efficient on the pavement to be considered mountain bikes.

The Sub Cross is like the Range Rover that gets driven in the city, but gets you through the mud to the ski cabin a few times a year.

Get a bike using less cash! Sub Cross 40s are $70 off the regular price right now, only $699.

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.

Raleigh Misceo 4.0

Raleigh Misceo 4

This Raleigh Misceo 4.0 just might be the perfect commuter bike.

Like all good commuters for the Pacific Northwest, this Misceo comes with hydraulic disc brakes (for consistent, smooth stopping regardless of the conditions).  It comes outfitted with 40mm wide dual-duty tires, which will help with wet weather traction and should  help smooth out our lumpy roads.  There are fender mounts, rack mounts, and a chainguard mounted on the crankset.  The cables run inside the frame tubing (which makes cleaning the bike easier), and there are no derailleurs.

Wait, what?  No derailleurs?  Yep.  This bike comes equipped with Shimano’s Alfine 8-speed internally geared rear hub.  What this means to the intrepid Seattle area commuter is that the drivetrain stays clean.  Instead of a chain the bike is outfitted with a Gates belt, which requires no lubrication.  With the internal hub gears you can shift when you are standing still as well as when pedaling (so you can sort out your gear on the ferry boat when the tide is out and you have a 25 % grade up the ramp in front of you), and there is very little routine maintenance that has to be done.

The perfect commuter bike.

Right now you can get the perfect commuter bike for a song.  Normally $1400, the Misceo 4.0 is on sale now for only $1099!

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).

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!

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 $2500.

1991 American Road Bike

1991 American Manufacturing Road Bike

This American road bike is a great example of the new materials and ideas than took hold of the bicycle world in the 1990′s.

Don’t know how the ’90′s treated you, but Aluminum had a great time.  Aluminum tubing was fairly new on the bike scene, and it was an instant star for being light, cheap, and durable.  These attributes made it the real miracle metal of the decade (no matter what Titanium says).  American Manufacturing out of St. Cloud, Minnesota put the aluminum tubing to good use here, with sparkly mid-sized tubes (compared to skinny Vitus frames or fat Klein and Cannondale bicycles).

The few people who still remember American mountain bikes are probably surprised to know that they made these cool road bikes too.  ABM didn’t sell a lot of road models, and as far as we know, this bike didn’t even have a model name apart from “road bike”.

Aero position more extreme than the drops

STI levers brought the shifting to your fingertips

Some of the parts on this bike were fads that came and went.  Some of the ideas were pure genius, and took the bike world in new directions.

Shimano Total Integration (STI) moved the shift levers off of the frame and joined them with the brake levers.  A stroke of genius that made road cycling safer, more fun and certainly faster.

Scott’s LeMond Drop-In aero handlebars introduced the idea of aerodynamic body positioning for everyday riding and racing.  Unfortunately, the extreme position wasn’t very comfortable and offered questionable safety.

The Flite saddle was a comfortable option under 300 grams

Dura-Ace 7400 raised expectations for how a bike should shift

Selle Italia’s Flight saddle was an intant hit with its narrow nose and light titanium rails.  Really the first comfortable (believe it or not) bike seat to break the 300 gram barrier, and a catalyst for changing comfort and performance expectations in saddles.  Selle Italia still makes this model today, and there are dozens of similar bike seats on the market two decades after the Flight first appeared.

18 and 20mm wide tires made their way onto road bikes like this one in the ’90′s.  The goal of the skinny tire was to reduce rolling resistance, but the narrow width made for a harsh and sometimes twitchy bike that suffered a lot of flats.

Great looking wheels with some surprising qualities

Spinergy’s Rev-X wheels have unusual status in bicycle history.  They were one of the earliest bicycle wheels (besides discs) made of carbon fiber.  They were a commercial success, and were followed into the marketplace by countless carbon-fiber wheel manufacturers.  The unusual part is that while they were marketed as more aerodynamic and lighter weight than wire spoked wheels, they were actually neither.  Few people bought these for their best attributes.  While they looked flimsy and harsh riding, the Rev-X’s were actually pretty robust (as long as you didn’t crash) and rode with a great springy feel.

Nostalgic for the 1990′s? This can be your new (classic) bike for only $1991.

2005 Redline Rain City Chopper

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.

We’ve had a lot of offers, so we know you’ve been waiting for us to do this. The Rain City Chopper is now for sale. $2000.

2012 “Classic” Retrotec

“Classic” Bike, built by Curtis Inglis of Retrotec

This bike is not old…. It’s Classic.

Curtis Inglis builds wonderful steel bikes in his Napa, California workshop.  If you want a hand-crafted bike with custom touches, an Inglis should be at the top of your list.  For curvy-tubed bicycle goodness, Curtis and his Retrotec label should be your only consideration.

Retrotec was founded by Robert Seals, the godfather of the modern multi-function bike tool (he invented the Cool Tool, patented in 1990).  For his Retrotecs, Bob resurected the old Schwinn cantilever frame style.  Curtis, who worked for Bob back in the 1990s, took over the Retrotec name in 2001 and expanded the number of available styles, and they’re all cool.

Note the Ritchey "Classic" stem

When going custom, why not put your name on it?

Inglis' fillet brazed construction is perfection

Wanting a modern “Classic” that would be at home within our museum collection, we asked Curtis to show us his best work.  Fine fillet brazed joints, expertly curved tubing, and sparkly green custom paint make this a bike as impressive as anything on our walls.

XTR brakes with cooling fins on the brake pads, Ti bolts

Retrotec Triple model

The XTR group is museum worthy itself.

The parts show off  classic design cues and modern materials.  Shimano’s XTR group is the best available today, and looks great with the gold chain and cables.  A green Brooks saddle was a natural choice, as were the Portland-made Chris King headset and bottom bracket.  We had to use the Ritchey “Classic” seatpost and stem, as they inspired us to build this bike in the first place.

Paul with Curtis Inglis and the bike

Inglis' shop, with bikes in various stages of production

Bikes look very different without all of the paint...

A trip down to California for a friend’s wedding coincidently put Jaime and Paul in Curtis’s workshop during construction of the Classic Bike.

This bike isn’t just for show. It’s for sale. Modern mountain bike performance and Classic style for $5499.

1990 American M-16

1990 American Bicycle Manufacturing M-16

American Bicycle Manufacturing made beautiful, cutting-edge mountain bikes in St. Cloud, Minnesota.

Well known in the mountain bike world for producing polished and anodized aluminum bike frames at a time when painted steel was the norm, American was ahead of the curve.  Their bikes were light and distinctive looking, some built with such novel ideas as having adjustable head angles, Beryllium tubing (2 pound mountain bike frame for $26,000), and replaceable derailleur hangers.

“Toothpaste” welds and replaceable derailleur hanger

IRD Switchback, a precursor to “V” brakes

Look closely. That’s a suspension stem and early hydraulic brakes

Outfitted with Shimano’s first off-road clipless pedal

American was the original sponsor of the Chequamegon Fat Tire Festival in nearby Hayward, Wisconson.  The festival today is one of the biggest and oldest off-road races in the world, drawing over 2500 participants into the woods each year.

Unfortunately, American Bicycle Manufacturing did not survive the mountain bike boom.  As a builder for other manufacturers as well as for their own brand, American sometimes lost market share and intellectual property to their own customers.   In 1993, a deal to produce tandems for Specialized fell through, leaving American with over 200 tandem frames they couldn’t sell…

Want an old-school mountain bike for yourself?  This bike is for sale from the museum collection for $1600.

About our website…

Buy it now

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…