Used Surley Steamroller $699
Wow, a “used” bike price for a bike that was “used” for about 10 minutes.
This is a 56cm Surly Steamroller, built up as a speedy road machine.
This one has a flip/flop Surly hub so you can alternate between fixed gear and coasting down hill (or run two different gear options). The rims are brand new, and the wheels are fast and tough.
This is a large size bike, and it will fit a rider between 5’8” and 5’10” the best. All yours for $699
Used Tokul $449
Are you looking for a mid-level hardtail mountain bike?
We have a good option for a rider between 5’2″ and 5’6″ tall. It’s a lightly used Raleigh Tokul that we just had traded in on a road bike.
The Tokul 1 is a nice bike. You get disc brakes, a suspension fork with 120mm of travel and a lock-out, a Shimano Alivio 27-speed drivetrain, a crankset with replaceable chainrings and platform pedals. This bike sold for $620 a few years back and it can be yours today (with a full year warranty from us) for $449.
Used Cannondale SR800 60cm $399
It’s been 25 years since this was the latest and greatest road bike that Cannondale had to offer, but all of those years haven’t diminished what is a fast and fun road bike.
This one is in new condition, with a Shimano 600 Ultegra component group that has almost no wear. You get a fairly light and stiff aluminum frame, and beautiful paint that won’t betray the bike’s age.
60cm size (with a 58cm top tube) Good for a rider who’s over 5’11” tall. $399
Used Scattante Americano $199
Do you like simple choices? Yes or no? How about a bike that goes when you pedal it and stops when you pull on the brake levers. No need to adjust or figure out how to work your shifters. This Scattante Americano is simple and a great reponse to excessive technology.
This bike has a snappy and strong steel frame, bullhorn handlebars, a new crankset and chain, and a flip-flop rear hub that lets you choose between coasting down hills or pedaling a fixed gear.
It will fit a rider between 5’9” and 6’ tall the best. Only $199
DB Cobra $139
Used Mystic 12
Raleigh 24″ $189
Used Hotrock 20
Jet 20 in black
Hotrock 20 $179
Giant MTX $139
Trek Mt. 60 $199
Mystic 20 $139
Used Raleigh $159
We have a trade-up program for kids’ bikes, therefore we have used kids’ bikes for you to buy. The selection varies, so check in here or visit the store to see what we have on hand.
These bikes are usually ones that we originally sold, and lots of them even come with the original warranty. we tune-up each bicycle to make sure that they are safe and ready for the next child to enjoy. Some bikes have new parts, and we’ll stand behind all of our used bikes for one year.
Used carbon Giant $499
This is a 54cm Giant Cadex 980 road bike from the ’90′s.
The frame is made from lightweight carbon fiber that is bonded into aluminum lugs. The fork is aluminum, and you get a Shimano 105 component group that is in great condition. The wheels are in great shape and the tires are basically new. The saddle, cables, brake pads, bar tape, chain and bottom bracket are in new condition. The bike rides great, is super-light, and looks cool.
The bike doesn’t have very many miles on it, and was recently traded in for a mountain bike.
This Giant weighs 19 pounds as it sits. It will ideally fit a rider between 5’5″ and 5’8″ tall and it’s only $499.
Bianchi Milano
Sometimes old dogs can learn new tricks.
Bianchi is the oldest bicycle company that is still making bicycles today. They were founded in 1885, and being over a hundred years old, most people wouldn’t expect anything terribly innovative from them.
Bianchi surprised everyone in the 1990′s as they showed off a number of new tricks. With a half-dozen models that debuted between 1992 and 1999, Bianchi pushed the bicycle industry to try new things and reinvent itself in different ways.
A Bianchi PUSS (Pink Ugly Single Speed)
A surprisingly innovative company
There was the Bianchi Pista, which was really the only off-the-rack track bike available for nearly a decade. There was a Bianchi cyclocross frame and a complete cyclocross racing bike in an era when only obscure one-off imported versions were available. Bianchi made a commuter-style road bike in the late ’90′s called the Castro Valley that sported a single front chainring (the latest 1x drivetrain anyone?) and a generator-powered headlight. There was the Bianchi BOSS (Bitchin’ Orange Single-Speed) and its siblings; single-speed mountain bike framesets and complete bikes that were fun to ride, good looking, really light, readily available and quite affordable.
Integrated lights!
7-speed shifting and brakes in the hub
There was the Bianchi Milano. It made waves as a really cool “hybrid” bike. It was a utility bike so different and attractive that even the most snobbish bicycle racers wanted to ride one. Not only was the Milano a success for Bianchi, it was a suggestion for other bike brands to follow Bianchi onto radical new paths. Commuter bikes that looked fun. High-performance hybrids. Silly gimmicks (a saddle with integrated lights?) that weren’t all that silly.
Arc bars, fake leather grips
Café Racer
This Milano is from 1999 or 2000. The bike is built around a 7000-series aluminum frame (with either an arched top tube like this one or with the top tube inverted to make a low step-over frame) and a cromoly steel fork. There’s a Shimano Nexus 7-speed rear hub to handle the shifting and rear braking duties, cleaning up the lines of the bike and providing some extra foul-weather protection for what is still essentially a bike designed for utility. There’s a chain guard! Faux leather-wrapped foam grips! A sweeping arc handlebar that complimented the sweep of the top tube and rake of the fork.
Thanks to Bianchi and the success of the Milano, it is now possible to buy a carbon-fiber cruiser. Big bike brands now offer cyclocross bikes (and track bikes, and triathlon bikes, and snow bikes). People who love the technical aspect of bicycling can get good-looking high-performance bikes in all kinds of random usage niches.
Want one of these for yourself? This Milano is for sale for only $499
Fuji Finest $429
If you’re looking for a good road bike and you happen to be between 5’ ans 5’5″ tall, we have a deal for you.
This is a Fuji Finest, which is a really versatile and well built road bike. Brand new this bike would cost around $850. Since this one is used, we’re selling it for only $429.
This particular bike is about 8 model years old and it’s the 52cm size. It has been tuned-up and comes with nearly new drivetrain parts. The chain, cassette, bottom bracket and rear derailleur pulleys are fresh. The frame is made from butted cromoly steel tubing and you get a matching cromoly fork.
Used Trek Domane with Ultegra $2399
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.
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.
We have a lightly used Domane 5.2 (56cm size) that was just traded in for an electric bike. You can buy it now for only $2399 (that’s about $1000 off the price of it brand new), equipped with a complete Ultegra 6800 component group
Used Linus Gaston 3 $469
Do you like the way that older steel bikes look? Do you want a vintage ride but you can’t tell the difference between “collectable” and merely “old”? Want a great bike to cruise around on?
Check out this Linus 3-speed.
It’s a 2017 model with only a handful of miles on it. It has all of the style that you’re searching for in an older bike with none of the quirky older parts. The shifter shifts. The brakes stop. The seat is comfortable, the tires are durable, the wheels are strong. There won’t be any strange French fittings to deal with when you need to replace parts (unlike that Peugeot 10 speed from 1974 that you were eyeing).
This is a large frame, and it will work the best for a rider between 5’9″ and 6′ tall. This is still a current model and they go for $669 brand new. Buy this one slightly used for only $469 (with a full year warranty) from us.
Used 21″ Giant Boulder $279
Here’s a nice comfortable city bike that needs a new home.
We got this one as a trade-in for an electric bike, and it looks like the non-motorized nature of the bike prevented the previous owner from ever riding it. Seriously, if we were a Giant dealer we could probably sell this one as brand-new.
This is a tall bike with a low-step over style frame which should make it pretty easy to get on and off. The saddle is really comfortable, there is a chain guard to protect your pants, and the mechanical parts work perfectly and are basically brand new. This is a get-on-and-go bike.
The size is right for someone between 5’9 and 6′ tall and the price is right at only $279.
Used Cannondale Synapse
A Cannondale Synapse road bike that’s under $1000! This Cannondale is from 2010, and it’s made out of butted aluminum tubing and feather-light carbon fiber. It’s outfitted with Shimano 105 27-speed components and Mavic Aksium wheels. It’s a pretty sporty bike and it has high-performance parts all around. There’s a carbon-fiber seat post, Shimano SPD clipless pedals and a 105 triple crankset. The Maxxis Fuse tires are nearly brand new.
The frame is Cannondale’s small/medium size (52cm top tube) and will fit a rider between 5’3″ and 5’6″ pretty well. $849 and it’s all yours.
Used 22.5″ Trek 3700 $339
Trek’s gateway to the great outdoors.
This 3700 is a fantastic mountain bike, and it won’t cost you an arm and a leg. For only a couple bucks more than a bike from Walmart, the 3700 will give you the performance of a bike that costs hundreds more. Built around a light butted aluminum frame, Suntour suspension forks, and fitted with Shimano components that can withstand real abuse, the 3700 can actually handle off-road use.
This is an XL size, perfect for a rider between 5’10″ and 6’3″ tall. Brand new it would have run you $500. Buy it now (with a full year warranty from us) for only $339.
Giant OCR
This is a used road bike from Giant’s OCR series of aluminum bikes. It’s light, comfortable, and user friendly. It comes well-equipped with reliable Shimano 105 parts. The frame is designed so that it feels fast, but not too fast. Like most good sport bikes you can expect predictable and stable handling. The Shimano 105 components give you nine gear choices with the rear derailleur, and the bike has three chainrings up front. Light weight materials in the components and the front fork give you more speed with less effort as you ride than with other entry-level bikes.
This is a small version designed for a rider between 5’1″ and 5’6″ tall, and it’s going for $469 (with a full year warranty).
Raleigh M60 $319
Here’s a nice bike for getting around town. It’s an old Raleigh mountain bike model M60. The parts are all in great shape (mostly Shimano Deore and Alivio components), and a few items are brand new.
This bike has combination street/off-road tires on it, and it’s all ready for urban utility work by installing rack and fenders, or off-road riding as it sits. A nice old mid-level mountain bike, all yours for $319.
To be comfortable on this bike, you’ll need to be between 5’8″ and 5’11″ tall.
Used Trek 7000 $299
This is a Trek mountain bike from the mid ’90′s. The frame is a 18″ size, so it should fit a rider between 5’5″ and 5’8″ tall quite nicely. The suspension is provided by a Girvin Flex Stem instead of a shock fork, but the Shimano parts are in great shape, as are the wheels. There’s a rigid fork up front (which means this mountain bike is pretty light), and all of the worn out parts have been replaced. The bike has new pedals, tires, chain and brake pads. This bike would have run around $700 when it was new, but today it can be all yours for only $299.
Felt Verza Cafe Deluxe
Need a good bike for riding to work or cruising around the neighborhood?
We have a few of our rental bikes for sale.
We try to keep our rental fleet looking shiny and new, so every so often we put a few of the old bikes up for sale. These bikes are in tip-top condition (they were brand new last October) with plenty of miles left in them. We check them over nearly every day during our rental season, and the tourists who ride them usually just pedal the few miles to Fort Ward and back.
These Verza Cafe models come with fenders, a cargo rack, seat bag, coffee cup holder, excellent maintenence records and pretty fresh components. All for only $450 to $550 depending on the bike’s condition and size (they’re $700 brand new). These bikes come with a full warranty.
We have two medium size bikes still available. Currently we have the traditional frame style (gunmetal grey color) that should fit a rider between 5’3″ and 5’8″ quite well.
Spezzotto custom
The name Spezzotto has been kicking around the Italian bike racing world for a long time.
There was a bike mechanic named Ricardo Spezzotto who worked in the Treviso area in the 1920′s. We think it was Ricardo’s son Antonio Spezzotto who opened a bike shop in Conegliano in the 1950′s. We know for sure that in the 1970′s a second-tier pro team G.S. Serrande raced around on Spezzotto bikes. It’s a fact that today you could walk into Cicli Spezzotto if you’re in the Treviso area and roll out with a new bike.
Chorus crankset
Columbus tubing
Campy Neutron wheels
Want a Spezzotto road bike but don’t want to walk all the way to Italy? You can walk into our shop and roll out with one now.
This frame was a trade-in. It was made in the early ’90′s of Columbus Aluthron aluminum tubing, and it will fit a rider in the 5’5″ to 5’7″ height range quite well.
Record carbon levers
Record carbon derailleur
We built the bike with a mix of Campagnolo Chorus and Record equipment, it has Campy Neutron model wheels and a Kestrel carbon fiber handlebar. While it looks like a bit of a vintage ride, the materials and design are quite modern. You get a compact crankset so the gearing 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.
56cm Mondonico
Ride with retro style!
We hate to use terms like “retro” with bikes that are only ten years old, but lugged steel tubing looks a bit different compared to today’s carbon fiber.
Well, it’s not totally retro. That’s a straight-blade Alpha Q carbon fork, and the frame is made from nivacrom steel (not heavier cromoly tubing)
To compliment the traditional look of this Columbus Nemo steel tubing frameset we have selected traditional-looking (but very high-tech Campagnolo Chorus components.
Mondonico front end
Chorus drivetrain
Columbus Nemo tubing
The bike comes with a mix of Campy carbon (seatpost, crank) and polished aluminum (derailleurs, brakes) components, Deda cockpit parts, Selle Italia’s saddle, an Alpha Q carbon fork and Mavic rims.
Alpha Q fork
Chorus carbon post
Mondonico Futura Leggero framesets typically sell for $2500 on their own. Campagnolo Chorus equipment and Chris King headsets aren’t cheap, either. So… How much? You can buy this red beauty today all built up as you see it for only $1499!
Used LeMond Big Sky SL $599
This will be a beloved road bike for somebody out there.
It’s a 56cm LeMond Big Sky from about 10 years ago. The Big Sky was a sporty touring model, and it has some nice features like wide-range gearing, Shimano 105 components, Mavic Ksyrium wheels and Continental 28mm wide touring tires. The bike comes with cyclocross-style secondary brake levers, and you can have it with standard pedals or SPD-style pedals. It’s a great bike for commuting, randoneering and light touring.
The aluminum frame is springy and comfortable, and the wheels (which like the rest of the bike have only a few hundred miles on them) are robust and really light.
This is a 56cm frame size, which should fit a rider between 5’8″ and 5’10″ tall really well. All yours for only $599.
Pinarello carbon CX bike $1749
This bike is so cool. It’s a Pinarello cyclocross bike from 2008. The frame is all carbon fiber, the design is all racing. The components are top shelf (even by today’s standards). Mavic Ksyrium SL wheels, Schwalbe Racing Ralph tires, Shimano Dura-Ace drivetrain, FSA carbon crankset, Paul Components brakes, carbon FSA seatpost and bars…
Really cool, and a really good price. This bike is lightly used, will fit a rider between 5’10″ and 6’1″ tall really well and it’s only $1750 (or about $2000 less than when it was new).
1988 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.
Check out this vintage Eddy Merckx. A Columbus steel Corsa frameset painted in the iconic Faema team colors. It’s from the late ‘80’s, a time when aerodynamic and modern (looking) parts were fitted to bicycle frames that seemed identical to those made in the 1930’s.
This Merckx is outfitted with the Campagnolo’s 2nd tier Croce d ‘Aune group. Named after a mountain pass in the Italian Dolomite mountains where Tulio Campagnolo was inspired to invent the bicycle wheel quick release. It’s a beautiful component Gruppo, and you can’t have it on your bike unless you can pronounce it (say crow-che down).
Croce d’Aune Delta brakes
Croce d’Aune rear derailleur
In 1988 every bike racer out there (except Gavin) loved Campagnolo, or at least loved the way Campagnolo bike parts looked. The “C” Record component group was the top of the line, and the most beautiful and prestigious, but the Croce d’Aune group had some amazing design elements. I loved the Croce rear derailleur and the brake calipers.
The rear derailleur had a different cable attachment than anything else Campagnolo has ever made. The housing stopped on the top of the derailleur and slid across a grooved plate (much like today’s Sram derailleurs). There was a cool looking steel rod on the bottom of the rear derailleur, and to this day we’re not really sure how it helps the derailleur move but it sure looks great.
Cinelli Pinochio stem
Croce d’Aune crankset
San Marco Regal saddle
The brake calipers from this component group are amazing. Just like the Record level “Delta“ brakes these are more style than substance (they don’t stop very well), but they look terrific on any bike. This version has return springs outside of the triangular body instead of having the mechanism stuffed inside. The spring detail looks similar to us to the little rod on the rear derailleur.
By the way, this one is for sale from our museum collection It’s all yours for only $1399.
Used 60cm Ti bike $1299
How would you like a nice 18-pound titanium road bike for only $1299?
You’ll have to be fairly tall, this one is pretty big with a 58cm top tube. Let’s call it pretty ideal for a rider between 5’11″ and 6’3″ tall.
The components are all in really nice shape. Highlights include a Campagnolo Centaur group, Thompson seatpost, Chris King headset, Campy Proton wheels, Selle Italia gel flow saddle, a carbon fork and Bontrager handlebars and stem.
Admittedly we don’t know who made the frame. It could be a litespeed or a Mongoose titanium from about 10 years ago, or it could be somebody else entirely. Whatever it is, it rides great and is in beautiful shape.
Used Schwinn hybrid
We have a nice Schwinn hybrid bike available.
It probably sounds like a used car cliché to suggest that this bike was ridden just a couple of times and put in the back of the garage, but that’s what it looks like.
Great for cruising around your neighborhood. Terrific for riding to work, school or to the grocery store. The parts are reliable and the aluminum frame will provide a nice comfortable ride.
This is a small size. The bike should work for riders between 5′ and 5’5″ tall.
The equipment on this bike is mid-range and only lightly used (it could pass for new), but you’ll still save a hundred bucks over buying one of these brand new. It’s only $219.
1979 Cornelo Super
You know, you look just like this bicycle I know. Are you related to an Italian bike named Colnago?
Why yes I am. I’m his step-brother.
In the 1970s, a Dutch bike shop owner named Henk Kokke made frequent visits to Italy. On one of his trips he bought a couple of racing frames from Ernesto Colnago. There was one frame for Henk’s son Corné and one for racer Bart van Est. The exotic Colnagos drew quite a bit of attention in the Netherlands and it became apparent that the Italian frames would sell. Henk decided to start his own imported brand. He came up with an Italian-sounding moniker (rooted in the name of his son Corné) and contracted with Ernesto Colnago to build the bikes. As far as we know, Cornelo frames are still available today and they’re built the same way. The frames are still bought in Italy, painted in Belgium and assembled in St. Willebrord, The Netherlands.
Dura-Ace 7200 EX crankset
1978 Dura-Ace brakes
Shimano slant parallelogram derailleur
This particular Cornelo is constructed much like the Colnago Supers of the era. The Colnago club emblems have been omitted, but the Columbus SL tubing, the build precision and the wonderful ride characteristics are all there.
Cornelo head badge
Brooks B17
This bike, being of such international flavor, is a great showcase for the Japanese Dura-Ace 7200 EX group. This Shimano component group is fairly similar to the popular Campagnolo Record of the time but with two notable design improvements. First, the rear derailleur has the slant parallelogram design first invented by Suntour in the 1960′s. This derailleur design keeps the distance between the top derailleur pulley and the freewheel cogs consistent no matter which gear you were in. Shifting with this design meant that the pull on the shift lever was easier. The other neat little design touch was the crank arm bolts that would double as their own crank arm extraction tool, a labor saving touch that mechanics loved.
Like this bike? It can be yours. This 52cm size (good for a rider 5’3″-5’6″ tall) is for sale out of our museum collection for $1200
2002 Moots YBB Air
While not the very first mountain bike brand out there, Moots certainly can be called one of the “originals”.
Founded in 1981 by Kent Eriksen, the little Steamboat Springs bike company (that was named after Kent’s alligator-shaped pencil-top eraser Mr. Moots) has always led with great ideas and solid craftsmanship.
Back in the ’80′s, Moots was known as a fun custom shop that specialized in off-road frames, handlebars and stems. In 1983 Steve Tilford raced a Moots mountain bike to victory at the very first NORBA national championship and gave the creative brand instant racing credibility. In 1985 Moots came up with the first set of bar-ends for flat mountain bike handlebars. 1n 1987 Moots unveiled the YBB suspension seen here, and in 1991 they introduced their first titanium bike.
Mr. Moots Alligator head tube badge
The YBB Air soft-tail
This is a Moots YBB mountain bike from 2002.
The YBB (Why Be Beat) design is a signature style for Moots. In the 25 years or so that the YBB has been around the pivotless soft-tail has become one of the most copied suspension designs in the bike world. This variation, the YBB Air, utilizes a Rock Shox air canister to give the rider control over the spring rate and rebound characteristics of the rear end, managing the admittedly subtle single inch of rear travel.
Custom Sid fork
XTR all around
Joe Breeze designed dropouts
The front end of this bike features a custom Rock Shox Sid World Cup suspension fork. Hercules Castro, a friend of ours at Rockshox, built this fork out of the random ingredients lying around the office (in one of the Rockshox desx?). It has a carbon fiber crown and steerer, super light 28mm sliders with an experimental coating, white magnesium lowers and a prototype remote switch.
Shimano would be proud of the components bolted to this Moots. There are four generations of XTR parts working together. There ‘s the early generation XTR 950 hubs, the 960 brake levers, the 980 generation drivetrain and the 970 V-brakes that bring everything to a stop.
Like this bike? Gavin is selling it… $4K will make it yours.
1983 53cm Guerciotti $1000
Guerciotti is one of the great builders from Italy. Always a step or two out of the spotlight held by Colnago or Pinarello, Guerciotti’s bikes have all of the design elements of the more famous bikes but perhaps without the famous riders to bring notoriety. This version is made from Columbus SL tubing and has some great details all around. It is mostly equipped with Campy Nuovo Record components, with slightly more modern Mavic MA3 clincher rims in place of the original tubulars. The wheels are shod with Michelin Pro Race tires, and it even comes with a TA steel water bottle cage. Of course there is a Cinelli Unicanitor saddle and Cinelli bars & stem. The brakes are from Shimano, not Campagnolo. They are the very early Dura-Ace calipers and levers (probably a reaction to the extremely hard pull of Campagnolo brakes of the era).
front end detail
Record crankset
Cinelli Unicanitor saddle
For you serious Guerciotti fans out there, it’s one of the versions with the star cut out of the bottom bracket shell.
The bike has a 53 cm seat tube and top tube so it should fit a cyclist between 5’3″ and 5’6″ tall quite well.
This is not your run-of-the-mill used bike, but the price is still pretty reasonable at $1000.
Trying to restore older bikes with original equipment can be tough. Trust us, we know.
’82 Super Record rear derailleur $100
We have a variety of random old parts here at the store. We’ll show off some of the cooler items here. If you need something but don’t see it here, come in or call. We may have the part tucked away in a box somewhere, or know where you can go to find it.
We have only a couple of rules concerning old equipment: First, there is no warranty. Bike parts typically only have a one year warranty from their manufacturer, and some of the companies involved have been gone for decades. Second, you have to be patient. If we offer to look through our personal stash for you, it takes a bit of time.
While we would prefer to sell these items to you in person, we can also send them to your door. We use U.S. Postal flat rate shipping and will ship only within the United States. Postage for small items run $10, medium size flat-rate boxes run $15 and larger items are $20 and up.
Available parts
Late ’80′s Araya 32 hole tubular rims $100 for the pair
New early ’90′s Time Sierra pedals $100
Assorted vintage freewheels $20-$100
New Modolo Morphos brake/shift levers $150
New Cinelli Spinacci clip-on aero bars $40
Assorted Cinelli model 64 and 66 handlebars $20-$80
Assorted Cinelli XA and 1A stems $40-$60
New XTR M950 front derailleur 31.8 clamp $95
Used ’87 XT M730 front derailleur 29.8 clamp $50
Used ’92 Shimano 600 (Ultegra) rear derailleur $50
Used ’82 Campy Super Record rear derailleur $100
Used XTR M950 rear derailleur $150
Used XT M739 rear derailleur $40
Used Dura-Ace 7400 29.8 clamp front derailleur $40
Used ’92 Campy Mirage rear derailleur $80
Used XT M750 rear derailleur $50
Used Suntour VX rear derailleur $10
Used ’99 Campy Veloce rear derailleur $40
Used Campy Victory 29.8 clamp front derailleur $20
Used Campy Mirage braze-on front derailleur $40
Used Campy Chorus crankset 170mm x 52t x 42t $40
Used late ‘90’s Campy Record Crankset 172.5mm x 53t x 39t $100
27.2 Campy Record titanium seatpost $150
Cinelli Grammo Titanium 120mm quill stem $200
Used Girvin alloy 1″ quill flex stem $50
Used Time carbon 1” threadless fork $50
Super Record medium toe clips $30
Used White Brothers 1 1/8” carbon mountain bike fork $200
New 170mm track single-speed crankset and bottom bracket $50
Used ’92 Campy Chorus threaded 1″ headset $50
New Bionx PL-350 motor wheels $100 (no warranty)
Used mid ’80′s Shimano 600 brake calipers $40 pair
New Paul components chain guides $30
Used ’99 Campy Veloce rear derailleur $40
Used Fox Float R rear suspension can 6.5″ overall length, 1.5″ travel $90
Used Fox RP23 with boost valve rear suspension can 6.5” length, 1.5” travel $99
Used Shimano 6400 Ultegra crankset w/b.b. 170mm x 52t x 42t $40
AGC brakes $89
Campy toe clips
New (in 1992) Time Sierra pedals $100
Araya tubular rims, 32 hole $100 pair
Cinelli bars and stems of various sizes and ages
New vintage freewheels
N.O.S. Cinelli Spinacci bars
XTR M950 31.8 clamp front der. $95
XTR M950 rear derailleur $125
Deore XT M750 rear derailleur $50
Deore XT M739 rear derailleur $50
XT M730 29.8 clamp front derailleur $50
Campagnolo Victory 29.8 clamp $20
Suntour VX rear derailleur $10
Paul components chain guides $30
Campy Mirage braze-on der. $40
Campy Mirage 170 53×39 crank $80
Mavic 501 29.8 clamp front derailleur $30
ITM Goccia quill stem 120mm $60
Black ITM 100mm quill stem $40
Dura-Ace 7400 29.8 clamp front der. $40
Campy Chorus 170 crank 52 X 42 $40
Fox Float suspension can 6.5 x 1.5 $90
New Bionx PL350 motor wheel $100
Alloy quill Girvin Flexstem $40
Ultegra 6400 crankset 170 52×42 $40
170mm Track crank with b.b. $50
’99 Veloce rear derailleur $40
’92 Shimano 600 rear derailleur $50
’92 Campy Mirage rear der. $80
’91 Campy Chorus 1″ headset $50
Trek's first attempt at full suspension...
As of today, mountain bikes have been around for only about thirty years. There has been quite a bit of progress in a short amount of time.
This Trek 9500 from 1992 shows us some great leaps forward as well as some serious stumbles in mountain bike evolution.
Highlights include Shimano’s first edition XTR mountain bike component group. The engineering was superb, the cold-forged components were built to last for decades, and this group included many fantastic features like rapid-fire trigger shifting that we still use today.
Some designs were ahead of the curve.
The polyurethane spring stack was not a good idea.
Shimano XTR managed 24 gears
Trek’s DDS3 suspension fork had some nice touches too. It used a schraeder valve to fill the air chambers unlike Rock Shox’s needle valve of the time, and the adjustable air-sprung fork was closer to what we use now than the brief bike industry-wide foray into elastomer bumper forks.
This bike stretched you out a long way...
The lowlight had to be the rear suspension design, which moved like an inch-worm, with little spring rebound control and no suspension isolation from pedaling forces.
This bike came from Reliable Cycle, our Classic Cycle satellite store in the Rolling Bay neighborhood on Bainbridge Island. This bike was part of the regular inventory, and it got folded into the museum collection when the store closed in 1998.
Want to own one of Trek’s more embarrassing designs (with Shimano’s most beautiful XTR component groups on it)? All yours for $1994
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).
Used LeMond Limoges
A great deal on a fast tri bike.
This is a LeMond Limoges triathlon bike from around 2004. A super aerodynamic design that still climbs well, it features a mix of carbon fiber and hydroformed aluminum tubing.
The bike is outfitted with Shimano 105 components, FSA cranks, Vision carbon aero bars, and Bontrager Race X Lite wheels with DT hubs.
This is a medium-sized 54cm frame, and will fit a rider between 5’5″ and 5’10″ really well. New, this rig would probably run you around $2500. Buy it now for only $979.
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.
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.
Have an old bike that you’d like to get appraised?
We can help, but we have a few guidelines that we’d like you to understand.
First, we have no idea what your bike is worth without seeing it. We’re just not that smart. Don’t call us and try to describe it over the phone. Serial numbers do not help. Instead, you can send us an email with some pictures attached or bring your bike in to the store.
Take a photo from the “drive side” in front of a neutral background
To make the appraisal more accurate, prepare the bike and take photos like you would if you were going to sell it. Clean the bike, remove any broken or rough-looking accessories and put some air in the tires.
Take pictures straight on in front of a blank background, and take close-up photos of areas that may generate interest (or confusion).
There is no “Blue Book” value for bicycles. Bikes are simply worth what someone else is willing to pay for them. Bicycle values tend to be highest when the weather is warm, in places where it’s pleasant to ride, and wherever there are a lot of people who like bikes.
Badges or labels on the tubes help with identification
Close-ups of the parts tell a lot about your bike
You know more about your bike than we do. If you just bought a bike for $50, you have just established the value of the bicycle (and you are not likely to be able to sell it for $2000 to somebody else). You know when you bought it, so you have a good idea of the age, and you know if it was a high-end racing model or a basic bike from Walmart.
Rarity rarely helps determine value. If you have a one-of-a-kind bicycle, it may mean that no one has ever heard of it and/or nobody is looking for one.
Popularity is no indicator either. Bikes that were sold in large numbers could fall into one of two camps. You could have a bike that will never sell (Schwinn Varsity) because there are still thousands of them out there, or you could have a bike that will cause a bidding war (Bridgestone MB-1) because people rode them into the ground and they want another one.
If what you’re really after is to get rid of an old bike, keep us in mind. While we don’t buy bikes outright, we’ll likely take your old bike as a trade-in for something new….