Museum Mountain Bikes

NIB/NOS 1993 Bridgestone XO-1 Frame & Fork: 55cm - Pumpkin Orange - Salesman's Sample In Bridgestone Box w/ Manual & Original Hardware Kit (Partially Built Up Previously)

Somehow, I found an untouched cult frame!  The XO-1 from the mind of Rivendell's Grant Petersen is the bike that started the craze of wide and smooth 26" tire bikes with swept back bars (If you ignore that the French was doing it in the 1940's)...

Klein Pinnacle GRAVEL/Rando Neo-Retro: 56cm - Middleburn - XT 1x9 - Paul - Nitto Fillet - Phil (NEW RESTORATION)

A crack was discovered in the seat tube at the relief slot, so I parted this bike out and most of the parts are available for sale on the site.  The frame is a shop display piece for now.  If you want to acquire it to fix and build/ride, make...

Paola Pezzo Saab Gary Fisher Team Tribute Bike: 17.5" - Disc/V - 2000 Trek Pro 9.9 Carbon - Machine Tech - FULL XTR M952 - Yellow/Red Factory Paint

This one of a kind machine came to me via an ex-pro racer who created it as a tribute to Paola Pezzo's Olympic & pro Gary Fisher Supercaliber Saab team race bikes of the 1990's.  He had to warranty one of his race frames, and Trek was out of the...

1994 Klein Attitude: 19" - MC2 Uni-Klein Rigid Fork & Manitou Mars - Sea & Sky - XT M737 - Death Grip 2.35 - Ultimate Black Ops

This 1st year MC2 Attitude comes with both it's original Unifork and the installed Manitou Mars suspension fork.  Painted to match zero degree MC2 stem/bars.  It is built to close XT M737 catalog spec, with the addition of period...

1989 Cannondale Red Shred SM-900 Frame & Fork: 20" - Fresh Restoration @ Dave Wilkins - Fender/Rack Mounts - 3.0 Series (MINT 0 Miles)

This Cdale SM900 "Red Shred" is a fresh restore by Dave Wilkins aka KleinFreak, who was a painter for Klein in the 1990's, and his restorations are considered as good or better than the original stock Klein paint jobs!  The Red Shred is...

Klein Rascal 1993 Frame/Fork: 19" MC1 Stem/Bars - Top Gun Pink White Blue Dave Wilkins Restoration (Unridden)

This 1993 Rascal in Top Gun colors (almost, this one uses pink instead of red) is a fresh restore by Dave Wilkins aka KleinFreak, who was a painter for Klein in the 1990's, and his restorations are considered as good or better than the original...

Klein Pinnacle Elite Backfire Frame: MC1 Stem/Bars - Spinner Fork: - Fresh Dave Wilkins Restoration (MINT)

This early 1990's (either 1991 or 1992) Pinnacle Elite in Backfire colorway is a fresh restore by Dave Wilkins aka KleinFreak, who was a painter for Klein in the 1990's, and his restorations are considered as good or better than the original stock...

1991 Klein Rascal "FunkenKlein" Frame & Fork: 22" XL - Fresh Dave Wilkins Restoration - Black/Green/Pink (MINT)

This wild early 1990's Rascal is a fresh restore by Dave Wilkins aka KleinFreak, who named this frame FunkenKlein for obvious reasons.  This paint job is funky! Dave was a painter for Klein in the 1990's, and his restorations are considered as good...

1996 Klein Adroit Frame: MC2 Strata Uni-Fork - Med 20" - Burgundy Blue Linear Fade (Near Mint)

This mind blowingly beautiful frameset was Klein's top shelf mountain bike in the 1990's.  It uses their nicer Gradient alloy tubing, and is painted with they hypnotic Burgundy Blue Linear Fade.  While it appears as a purple heavy chameleon...

Mountain Cycle San Andreas Frame: 19.5" (L) - Cane Creek Cloud Nine Shock - Black & Silver

This is a USA built San Andreas full suspension frame.  The San Andreas was released in 1989 from a motocross designer, and was a radical platform and revolutionary for it's time.  It's ranked as one of the most prolific early full suspension...

1984 Specialized Stumpjumper Sport Jr: 24" Wheels - COMPLETELY STOCK Survivor - XT Deerhead - Saturae - Suntour AR Mech

This lil mountain machine is one of the few small/xs early Stumpjumpers Mike Sinyard put out.  While most from the early to mid 1980's had 26" wheels and 19" or bigger frames, this one uses 24 inch wheels on a 17" frame. It was a "barn find" of...

1987 Merlin Titanium Mountain Bike Frame: Welded By Gary Helfrich! Grease Guard BB - U Brake - Small/Medium

This is a very early Merlin Mountain frame!  The frame number is 342, which Tom Kellogg verified as a Gary Helfrich welded frame from late 1987 or very early 1988 build.  Merlin was founded in 1986, making this a 2nd year bike!  It...

1992 Vintage Yeti ARC Mountain Bike: 19.5" - Cook Bros - Ringle - XTR M900 - White Industries - Original Paint

This show or race worthy ARC from 1992 (frame number A346) is a nearly catalog-correct replica of the Team ARC with the exception of the and White Industry Hubs (both period-correct).  It's got all the correct Ringle, XTR, and proprietary Yeti Parts...

Mountain Cycle MOHO STS Frame: Hardtail, 1990's, Yellow, 18", Rare & Legendary

Mountain Cycle of California is legendary for their line of radical monocoque alloy frames, including the San Andreas and Shockwave full suspension bikes.  The MOHO STS was their hardtail.  It has a cult-like following and is revered for it's...

1992 Cannondale M2000 Frame & Pepperoni Fork: 18", 1 1/4" Fork

In the early 1990's, the M2000 was Cdale's top of the line frame.  It was one of the bikes everyone dreamed of owning but couldn't afford!  It features the oversized 1 1/4" Pepperoni fork, and the "Force 40" brake system.  This used a...

1991 Klein Attitude: MC1 Fork/Bars, Backfire, Catalog Spec w/ Ringle, M/L 19" EXC

This 2nd year Attitude is built to XT catalog spec, with the appropriate addition of 3DV purple Ringle components as were often found on these machines. Full XT gruppo, and the hard to find stock Avocet R30 Gelflex saddle. It's in lovely condition,...

Ritchey P21 TEAM W.C.S.: FULLY Fillet Brazed, Catalog Spec w/ XTR M900, 21", PRISTINE

If I had a dollar for every time somebody told me “hang onto this one” after showing this P-21, I would be rich! But luckily for you, I am in the business of bicycle selling, not collecting. This bike is one of very few P-series bikes that...

Tom Ritchey P21 Mountain Bike: 17" Frame, 21.8 lbs! Pro Race Bike- Team Ritchey!

Ritchey P-21 Pro Race Bike on Team Ritchey! High End Build 17"    This gorgeous P-21 was an actual race bike for the glorious Team Ritchey professional race team in the early 1990's.  It was raced by a Durango lady named Ramona May...

RARE Votec Mountain Bike: late 1990's Period Correct- Kooka, XTR, Large Frame

Rare bike porn to the max!  This ultra rare bike is a late 90’s or very early 2000’s all mountain / DH bike from Germany.  Votec is the company that built the Porsche bikes of the same era (Porsche S, Porsche FS, Porsche FS...

Vintage Yamaha Rotec Pro DH Bike: FULL Professional Restoration! Top Level Parts: Hope, White Brothers, etc. RARE!

This beauty is a 1998 Rotec Professional Downhill bike, that has been fully restored/upgraded by a former Rotec racer & framebuilder.  It has not been ridden since the restoration! All parts are either new, NOS, freshly fabricated, or rebuilt...

Sweet Wings Crankset and Bottom Bracket: 175mm, 42/32/20t

These cranks were WAY ahead of their time!  They came out in the early/mid 1990's.  At the time, they were claimed the lightest and stiffest cranks ever made!  (and they cost $500 originally!)  They weigh 560g for 180mm arms with bb!...

1998 GT STS 1000-DS Frame: Thermoplastic Carbon Fiber, Rockshox Super Deluxe, RARE

This wicked frame represents state of the art "must have" technology from the late 1990's!  It was marketed as a "Dual Sport" bike, which roughly translates this into one of the first Trail/All Mountain bikes!  The front triangle is made fromm...

Litech Magnesium Full Suspension Mountain Bike Frame- German

This super lightweight full squish frame was made by a company called Litech (or Magnesium Litech?) in the early 2000's.  It is made completely out of Magnesium alloy.  The rear dropouts are quite bizarre, and I can't tell you any more than...

Surly Pugsley Fat Bike: 1st Gen Purple! Large 20" XTR Juicy Seven 2005

This is THE bike that started the fat bike craze!  Surley introduced the world's first production fat bike in 2005, in this bold purple color.  This color was only offered for a year or two.  10 years down the road when somebody writes a...