BIKES/FRAMES

~1973 SOMEC Special Frameset: 56cm - 12th Frame!!! - Unrestored - Blue/Yellow - Tulip Pantograph (EXC+)

This is one of SOMEC's very first frames ever built, likely from 1973. The frame number is 12, confirmed by Lara Gallegati to be the 12th frame they ever built. A true piece of Italian bicycle history! It's also drop dead gorgeous and stands out...

1989 Ibis Trials Comp: 24" x 20" - Unrestored 100% Original - Magnesium Bash Guard - IRC Trial Winner - U-Brakes - Araya - Orange

Early Ibis Trials Comp with a big 24" wheel up front to get over obstacles and standard 20" in the rear. Unrestored and 100% stock survivor! Includes the original magnesium bash guard too. Rare IRC Trial Winner tires are in barely used show bike...

1999 Della Santa Corsa Speciale Frameset: 54cm x 55cm - 130mm Spacing - Deda Zero - Black + Chrome (Near Mint, Crown Race Issue)

Roland Della Santa was one of the first American frame builders of the classic era, starting in 1970.  He gained his fame building for Greg Lemond from the time he was racing juniors.  This is a very late Corsa Speciale model, which was his...

Bicycle Fabrications SWD 216 DH Frame: Fox DHX 5.0 - Steel - Jerry Vanderpool Team Bike

I believe this is Jerry Vanderpool of Hippie Tech Suspension's old team race frame. SWD Racing was formed by the late Steve Wesley Daley, and this frame was built in memory of Steve. Pretty cool piece of steel DH MTB history! It's built from 4130...

1987 Ritchey Super Comp Frameset & Fillet Bullmoose Bars: 19" - #9C51 - Unrestored - Rollercam F/R - Red

Rare version with rollercam brakes front and rear! A holy grail XC race MTB frame from the mid/late 1980's, handbuilt by the legend Tom Ritchey himself. The frame is fully fillet brazed with ultralight Tange Prestige 7/4/7 steel tubing. It comes with...

WTT: 55cm Rawland Nordavinden DISC 650b (Klamper/SON/Ultegra) For Your 56/57cm Gravel/AllRoad

Trade bait! My rad Rawland Nordavinden disc (prototype) in 55cm for a 56cm or 57cm steel/ti bike with lightweight tubing that fits at least 38mm tires with fenders and has mid fork mounts (and ideally crown mounts too). I plan to keep the ti Brooks...

1975 Masi Gran Criterium Frameset: 58cm - Carlsbad - Original Paint - Silver - Flat Crown - #095 (EXC+)

Gorgeous unrestored Gran Criterium from 1975 out of the Carlsbad, California factory. Frame number is MC58, 095 which puts it solidly in the middle of 1975. Chrome flat fork crown, and lesser seen horizontal flag band decals on the seat tube.  Masi...

57cm Rotrax Vel D'Hiv Path Racer / Track Frameset: 1950's - Ornate Lugs - British Top Level (Exquisitely Restored)

This is one of the most opulent frames I've had in my shop these last 15 years! The Vel D'Hiv model was intended as a dual purpose path racing and track use, and some of them came drilled for brakes for road/path use like this one. It was one of their...

57cm Ron Cooper Lugged Steel Road Frameset: Reynolds 531 - English Handbuilt - Metallic Forest Green - Vintage 1970's 1980's

Gorgeous British classic road frame and fork from the legendary master framebuilder Ron Cooper's London workshop. This one is likely from the late 1970's to mid 1980's due to it's Shimano UF "semi-vertical" dropouts. It features gorgeous but simple lugs...

1963 Masi Special Frameset: Nervex Pro - Pelà - 52cm - Fischer Crown (Restored, Near Pristine)

This Special is truly a special and rare frame, a significant piece of Italian road bike history.  From roughly 1960 to 1963 Faliero Masi contracted legendary master framebuilder Giuseppe Pelà to build a limited number of standout frames...

Ventana Marble Peak Rear Triangle & Pivot Linkage / Bolts / Pin / C-Clips: Polished + Red

Rear end from a late 1990's Ventana Marble Peak. I don't have info on which years these fit, but I don't see evidence they changed from year to year or size to size. Condition Average used shape with cosmetic wear throughout. No dents or cracks  

Andre Bertin C35 Carré(?) Frameset: 52cm x 54cm - Reynolds 531 / Vitus Durifort - Original Paint/Decals - Early 1970's - Stronglight V4 Headset

This lovely unrestored Bertin C35 is a 2nd in line Professional level French racing frame from the early 1970's.  It is second to the C37 in their line, which had full 531 tubing.  This one has Reynolds 531 3 tubes, and Vitus Durifort...