NIB/NOS 1994 Bridgestone RB-1 Frame & Fork: 57.5cm - Biplane Fork - Red (Never Built!)

This unicorn of an untouched RB-1 road bike frameset was a sale's rep sample, built in the last half of 1993 & rescued from a long closed bike shop.  It was likely shown to a few local bike shops, and eventually put away into storage.  It...

1978 Jim Merz Personal Touring Frame & Fork: 60cm x 58cm - #JM179 - Columbus SP - Pink

This 1970's Columbus SP touring frame is one Jim Merz built for himself!  It's a living piece of bicycling history from one of the American framebuilder greats.  The lugs are filed oh so thin and pointy, and the lithe fork crown features long...

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...

58cm Land Shark Road Shark Fillet Brazed Steel Frameset: Paint Matched Fenders! Snakeskin Purple/Green/Pink/Purple/Orange Wildness!

Holy snakes on a bike, part two!  This wild ultra-boutique fillet brazed steel road bike was handmade and painted by John Slawta in Oregon.  It features an out of this world paintjob even by Landshark standards, either Reynolds 853 or Deda Zero...

58cm Land Shark Pro Carbon Road Bike: Sub 15lb! Super Record 11s - Ksyrium Pro SL - Mermaid Snakeskin - Flite Carbonio (Near MINT++)

Holy snakes on a bike!  This wild boutique carbon race bike was handmade in the USA by John Slawta, founder of Land Shark.  John is so confident with his carbon frames, he has stopped making steel bikes all together.  This is designed to...

NOS De Rosa 35th Anniversario SLX! 57cm - FULL C-Record - Pantograph Delta - 1988 (Zero Miles & Original)

Italian bicycle builders have an obsession with anniversary bikes that hold spots on a list of the prestigious and collectible vintage road bicycles.  Among this list is the brightly accented Bianchi Centenario, the ornate Colnago Arabesque...

1984 Masi Gran Criterium Bike: 57cm ("60cm") FULL Super Record - Campagnolo Rims - Original Paint (Near Mint+ LOW MILES)

This is an exceptionally clean 1984 Masi Gran Criterium, frame number 4088, built in the San Marcos, California Masi factory. Masi bases their size off seat tube center to top of seat lug, and this is labeled a 60cm.  With traditional sizing, it's a...

Co-Motion Espresso Co-Pilot S&S Coupler Road Bike: 58cm - Reynolds 853 Steel -w/ Carbon Fork - Ultegra 10s Triple - Orange/Silver (MINT Low Miles)

This is a barely used S&S coupler travel bike version of the CoMotion Espresso road bike, handmade in Eugene, Oregon.  I believe it is a 2012 or 2013 model. The frame is built with custom drawn Reynolds 853 air hardened & heat treated steel...

1987 Kestrel 4000 Brent Trimble Monocoque Carbon Road Bike: 55cm - 1st Year! C-Record & Record Ti 8sp Ergo 95-97 - Delta - Mavic G.L. 330 (EXC+)

This is a true piece of vintage USA made bicycle history! The Trimble-designed Kestrel 4000 first released in 1987 was the world's first fully carbon fiber bike, designed in the now commonplace monocoque method. Round carbon tubes had been used with...

Richard Sachs CX Cyclocross Bike: 52cm - Record 11s - Cosmic Ultimate - Quarq - ZIPP - Orange - PegoRichie Lugged Steel - 17LBS!

Richard Sachs needs no introduction, and he holds company with a very short list of custom framebuilders who's frames are considered among the finest available and command an unexpectedly higher resale value than 99% of handmade bicycles.  That list...

Ira Ryan / Breadwinner Lolo Columbus XCr Stainless Steel Lugged Road Bike: 55cm - Super Record EPS - Ksyrium SLR - Infocrank - PDW Fenders - King - 18lbs

This custom handmade bicycle was built by Ira Ryan, before he joined Breadwinner Cycles in Portland.  This is one of VERY few stainless steel bikes that are lugged.  Most are TIG welded, because filing SS lugs just wears out your files! ...

Vanilla Speedvagen Steel Road Bike: 54cm - ENVE SES 6.7 - Chris King Mango Kit - Campagnolo Super Record 11s - Quarq - ZIPP - SWorks - 16lbs (EXC++)

When people talk about their dream superbike, this is what they are talking about!  An ultralight steel roadie at only 16 pounds!  The top tier Speedvagen frame is kitted to the max with the best parts available, no expense spared!  The...

18lb Titanium Sandvik Road Bike: 56cm - Wound Up - Record/Chorus 9sp - TA Zephyr - TRP R979 - H+Son - 3DV Purple (Show Condition)

This 1992 USA-built Sandvik Mongoose Pro RX10.9 is one of my personal bikes I've decided needs to go to fund a randonneur bike (open to trades!).  It is a concept bike of sort, there's method to my frankenbike madness.  It's loosely named...

1938 Hetchins Brilliant Frame & Fork: Fresh Restoration - 57cm - Vibrant Curly Stays - Maroon - Pre War - Unbuilt Show Worthy

This spectacular and and utterly rare early Hetchins road frame from the 1930's.  It was FULLY restored in England, and has been on display since. Never built since restoration.  This one has a frame number of 811368 on the steer tube,...

1984 OLMO Competition Leader Aero Race Bike: ~56cm - Panto Super Record Gruppo - Columbus Air (EXC+ Preserved Original Paint/Decals)

  This one is now on display at my friend's shop, Brave New Wheel in Fort Collins Colorado This clean Pogliaghi is in excellent preserved and original condition with minimal blemishes.  A rarity for Pogliaghi frames of the era, this one...

1978 Pogliaghi Italcorse Road Bike: ORIGINAL PAINT - 56cm - Campagnolo Nuovo Record - Fully Chromed Stays/Fork (Original Show Bike Condition)

This clean Pogliaghi is in excellent preserved and original condition with minimal blemishes.  A rarity for Pogliaghi frames of the era, this one has fully chromed stays and fork.  More commonly, these had dipped chrome stays or painted...

Tom Teesdale TET Cycles Road Frame: 58cm -Reynolds 853 Steel - Blue/Orange/White - (EXC+)

This gorgeous road bike frame was built by the legendary Tom Teesdale, who passed away during RAGBRAI in 2014.  Tom built relatively few frames under his own name, and did more work building for other makers starting in the early 1980's.  Among...

2000's Colnago Master Lux Frame/ Force Carbon Fork: 57cm - Blue/Orange Art Decor (Almost New Trainer Miles Only)

The original owner of this exquisite frame was a collector, and rode this frame only on a trainer for a minimal amount of time (this frame was too small for him and it was quickly relegated to wall hanging detail).  It is a 2001 to 2006 frame based...

1992 Schwinn Paramount OS: USA Waterford Built Model - 53cm x 54.5cm - MA 40 - 600 Tri Color (Show Condition!)

This show worthy near pristine Paramount is a true USA built model from the Waterford factory in Waterford Wisconson.  Paint and decals are original.  It is one of the nicest examples of these 1990's Waterford bikes we've seen, and would be one...

1982 Bruce Gordon Custom Frame / Fork: 51cm x 48cm - Columbus SL - Fastback Stays - All Documents

This is an incredibly well cared for and lightly used light touring frame, custom built for a quite small rider in 1982.  This frame came to me built up completely as it was spec'd from Gordon and Yellow Jersey with a mix of high level parts that...

Colnago Superissimo SLX Classic Road Bike: 57cm - MA40 - FULL Dura Ace 7400 (Barely used show condition)

This is a truly show-worthy mid 1980's Colnago Superissimo complete bicycle, in 57cm.  These frames are hard to date, but this version of the Superissimo was made from 1984 to about 1988, and the complete Dura Ace 7400 gruppo have matching date...

Co-Motion Espresso Road Bike: 58cm - Reynolds 853 Steel - Wound Up Fork - Dura Ace 9sp - Mavic CPX30 (EXC+)

This is a classically designed 2000 CoMotion Espresso single road bike, handmade in Eugene, Oregon.  It has a factory painted-to-match Wound UP carbon fork and Zefal FP frame pump.  It's painted in Pumpkin Orange, with cream white panels with...

2012 Vanilla Speedvagen CX Machine: Surprise Me! Paint - Steel - 57cm - Under 200 Miles (Near Pristine!)

This beyond stunning machine was a show winner at the 2012 NAHBS.  It's a custom built Vanilla Speedvagen Cross Machine, in the "Surpise Me!" finish from the workshop of Sacha White.  When you order a custom bike from Speedvagen, you can click...

1975 Albert Eisentraut A-Frame(?) Road Frame: USA Built - Custom "Black Lightning" Paint - 48cm x 52cm - 120mm (Near Mint)

Albert Eisentraut of Oakland, California is called by some the "godfather of American bicycle frame building".  Albert learned his craft under the wing of the great master framebuilder Oscar Wastyn of Schwinn Paramount fame.  Albert's...

3Rensho Road Custom Show Bike: 55.5cm - Super Record Chrome Fork - Blue/Yellow - FULL Dura Ace 7402 8sp STI (Near MINT <200 mi)

This sublime bicycle was a show bike that was on display at Yellow Jersey, and has less than 200 miles ridden! ORIGINAL and paint and decals, unrestored!  Andrew Muzi from YJ told me this was a one-off custom, using the Super Record Export's fork,...

Bilenky Midlands Signature Touring Bike! 56cm x 58cm - Disc - Campy Record Carbon Ti 10sp Triple - Fillet Brazed (MINT+)

This is a practically new no-expense-spared top level boutique long distance touring bike, with almost no miles! It starts with the gorgeous fillet brazed Bilenky Midlands frame (retail price $3000), with all the fender and rack mounts you could want!...

58cm 1972 Peugeot PX-10 Vintage Road Bike: All Original! Blue - Plain Nervex Lugs - Original Tubulars OR 1980's Clinchers

This survivor PX10 is 99% stock to catalog spec!  Rare blue and black colors, with chrome fork and stay tips.  Plain Nervex lugs were only used a few years.  Reynolds 531 tubing throughout, with the INOXYDABLE "stainless" treatment (which...

Vintage 1985 Eddy Merckx Professional Frame / Fork: 60cm (58.5cm Top Tube), Purple & White Cycle Art Paint, 130mm Spacing

The Merckx Professional is the one many pro racers rode to victory throughout the 80's!  It was built in Eddy's own factory (Eddy opened his workshop in 1980; before then Merckx branded frames were built by Masi, Colnago, Falcon, Pela, Kessels, etc)...

3Rensho Katana S Road Bike: Fully Restored, New Ultegra 6500 9 Speed, 54cm

This is most likely a ~1995 3Rensho Katana/S.  It is speculated that this was built just after Yoshi Konno's DUI accident, and in a scramble to get frames built he outsourced to another company to build some of them.  Most signs point to this...

Vitus Plus Carbone 7/9 Frame: 56cm - Early Mass Produced Carbon Frame 1980's

This is the 2nd version of one of the very first mass produced carbon fiber bicycle frames!  The first model was the Carbone 3, which had the 3 main tubes in carbon and the rest aluminum.  This one is either a Plus Carbon 7 or Carbon 9...

1985 Eddy Merckx Professional Frame / Fork: 60cm (58.5cm Top Tube), Purple & White Cycle Art Paint, 130mm Spacing

The Merckx Professional is the one many pro racers rode to victory throughout the 80's!  It was built in Eddy's own factory (Eddy opened his workshop in 1980; before then Merckx branded frames were built by Masi, Colnago, Falcon, Pela, Kessels, etc)...

Early 1980's Klein Stage Custom Touring PRISTINE Show Bike: Huret DuoPar, Phil Wood, Modolo, Specialized, Avocet, Original Paint 49cm (c-c)

This was a custom ordered bike, built for the wife of the owner of one of the top Klein dealers in the 1980's.  I bought out the remainder of his bike shop and some of his personal bike goodies, and this was among it.  EVERYTHING he had was in...

1981(?) Klein Stage Custom Touring Show Bike: Champagne, Huret DuoPar Titanio, Modolo, Avocet, Original Paint 59cm (c-c)

This was a custom ordered bike, built for the owner of one of the top Klein dealers in the 1980's.  I bought out the remainder of his bike shop and some of his personal bike goodies, and this was among it.  EVERYTHING he had was in top shape,...

Yeti ARC-X Cyclocross Frame: Easton EC90 Fork, Medium, Nearly Unused

The Yeti ARC-X cyclocross bike is the stuff of legend.  It is revered for it's amazing handling, which is reportedly similar to the A.R.C. mountain bike.  The model was discontinued in 2011 for unknown reasons, much to the dismay of legions of...

1981 Hetchins Keyhole Spade Custom Road Bike: 55.5cm (c-c), Bob Jackson Built, Top Spec Build, Barely Ridden & Mint, Black w/ Full Chrome Stays/Fork

This beautiful Hetchins Keyhole Spade was built in Bob Jackson's shop in Leeds, England in 1981 or 1982 (verified by Len Ingram).  It was a custom frame, built around the Keyhole lugs.  It was designed to be a high end racing frame, eschewing...

2007 Independent Fabrication Crown Jewel Road Bike: 56cm / 57cm, FULL Campagnolo Record 10sp, KCNC, King, Blue-Green-Yellow

From the makers of the Fat City - Fat Chance Yo Eddy, this IF is a handbuilt work of art!  This has been my personal "fast" road bike since 2009.  I built it up with only top shelf components, and added some vibrant color in strategic locations...

Russ Denny Fillet Brazed Steel Road Bike Frame: XL, Dave Moulton Fuso

Russ Denny was the apprentice of the legendary master framebuilder Dave Moulton.  Denny is currently re-introducing the Fuso line Dave was famous for.  Dave Moulton himself has said many times that Russ bulds and brazes as well or even better...

1960 Capo Sieger 30th Anniversary Bicycle: Original Parts 1940's Brooks B17, Ambrosio Adjustable Stem, Record Open C Shifters, 56cm BEYOND RARE

A pure work of bicycle art of the rarest type.  This bike is a 1960 30th Anniversary Capo Sieger, their top of the line model! All of the parts on this frame are original to this bike, and match up with what should have come on this model...

Mercian Kings of Mercia Frame & Fork: Reynolds 531, Heart Lugs, Red & White, 126mm, Fender & Rack Eyelets

The Kings of Mercia is Mercian's top of the line model, built with Reynolds 531 lugged steel.  This one is a touring model, complete with fender eyelets and rear rack eyelets.  It features Mercian's heart lugs, and a deep red/white paint job...

1984 Bruce Gordon Chinook Frame: 56cm, Metallic Black, Columbus Sl Lugged Steel, 101 Ever Made

Bruce Gordon is a highly regarded master framebuilder out of Petaluma, California.  He may be one of the greatest frame builders of the last half century, but he has a reputation of being a bit stark (see this charming blog post for an explanation!)...

NOS 1983 Pinarello Montello Road Bike: FULL Prototype Campagnolo C-Record + QR Delta - 84' NYC Bike Show Display Bike

Every now and then, a truly special bike comes around. The type that simply shouldn't exist outside of a museum. You might call it unobtanium. Well, this unused and never purchased Pinarello qualifies! This is a prototype of the Montello model, featuring...

1986 Specialized Allez SE Jim Merz Road Bike: Sm/med 52cm Shimano 600 6200, MINT

This vintage Allez was designed by Jim Merz, a renowned bicycle frame builder. It is a highly desirable and rare model, and would have cost a great deal of money when new. They are sought after for use as road bikes and randonneur bikes. The frame has...

BMC Team Machine SLT01 55cm Carbon Road Bike: Bontrager Aeolus Carbon Wheels, Dura Ace 7800

Ultra high end RACING bike from the famed Swiss manufacturer BMC.  This exact frame is raced by pro's!  This is one of the more unique frames made, and will get you attention even if you don't win races with it. The frame is carbon with...

1983 Basso Gap Italian Road Bike: 53cm Columbus SL FULL Campagnolo Nuovo Record / Super Record

The Gap was Basso's top of the line racing model, and this one is quipped with a FULL Columbus SL frame/fork, and FULL Campagnolo Nuovo Record / Super Record build! It's completely original down to the chain and tires (except saddle). Ready to ride...

NOS TITAN Road Bike Frame: Wild Custom Paint by Dossena Carlo, Swiss, Columbus SL Lugged Steel

This Swiss made Titan is a gorgeously fabricated 1980's lugged steel road frame with an intricate paint job.  It is New Old Stock, and has never been built up!  Several years ago an Italian distributor uncovered a handful of these, and sold...

58cm Cannondale R5000 Team Saeco: Hollowgram Si, FULL Record 10-speed, Campagnolo Nucleon Wheels, BETTER THAN MINT

This was THE bike everyone was talking about in 2001!  Not only was it an incredibly fast and attractive race bike with full Campy Record titanium/carbon 10-speed, but it was the first bike to use the exotic Hollowgram Si crank! This is the crank...

1991 Miyata Team Tianium Road Bike: 54cm, Campagnolo Nuovo Record / Modolo RARE

The Team Titanium was Miyata's top of the line flagship model from 1991-1993.  It's developed a cult following among Japanese road bike fans and roadies in general.  The frame features titanium tubes, bonded to aluminum lugs and matching EMS...