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Mantis XCR-EC Elevated Frame: 1 of 4 w/ Alloy Welded Rear End! 18" - Polished - 1990's - RARE

Own a piece of American mountain bike history! This one of only four known XCR Elevated Chainstay frames Richard Cunningham of Mantis built in the early 1990's (~1991-1993) that were fully aluminum construction, IE alloy main triangle with a welded on...

1984 Moots Mountaineer Frameset: 20.5" - #567 - Fillet Fork / Stem/Bars/Portage Pad - Unrestored Commando (Near Mint)

The Moots Mountaineer is one of the most iconic and innovative designs in early mountain bike history, and was among the first mountain bikes ever made along with names like Breezer, Ritchey Everest, Mountain Goat Deluxe, Charlie Cunningham Indian. The...

1970-1972 De Rosa Strada Frameset: 56cm x 58cm - Long Tang Lugs - Blue (NOS or Fresh Restoration)

Gorgeous early 1970's De Rosa Strada frame and fork with some unique features.  The collector I'm selling it for can't remember if this one's restored or not, but it is restored it's very high quality work. This is a pretty rare frameset and is an...

Late 1970's De Rosa Professional: 52cm - Unrestored & 99% Original - Nuovo Record - Fiamme - Unicanitor #2 - Blue/Yellow

Lovely unrestored De Rosa Professional complete bicycle from somewhere 1977-1979. 1970's De Rosas are still quite rare, production didn't really ramp up until the 1980's.  This was their top model in this era. Ugo De Rosa provided Eddy Merckx with...

NOS 1971 Carlton Team Professional MKI Frameset: 22 1/2" (57cm) - Lagoon Blue - Chrome Lugs & Dipped Fork/Stays (Unrestored, But Fork Repainted)

*relisting, as I read the collector's notes on this frame wrong and its actually a NOS unrestored frame* This rare and restored machine is among the last of the Mark 1 Carlton Pro frames and was their top of the line flagship pro race model. It is an F...

~1975 Cinelli Supercorsa SC Frameset: 59cm x 56cm - Original Silver Paint/Decals - Custom? (EXC+)

This exceptional unrestored early 1970's Cinelli SC frame is a bit of a curiosity. It was sold by Spence Wolfe of Cupertino Bike shop on August 16th, 1975 (see pic of Spence's actual sales records in images) and has some features more consistent with...

NOS 1975 OLMO Competition Frameset: 56cm - Unrestored Blue w/ Yellow - Chrome Fork (Built, not ridden

Olmo of Italy are considered the equals of Colnago's in some circles.  This particular model of vintage road bike frame is fairly similar to the Colnago Super in design and ride quality—scalloped seatstay caps, flat chrome fork crown w/...

NOS 1983 Colnago Master Arabesque: 58cm - Campagnolo Super Record 50th - Internal Routing - Top Mount Shift - Chrome - Top Spec Build! Low Frame Number

Absolutely stunning one of a kind Master Arabesque built with a full Campagnolo Super Record 50 gruppo and a suite of top level components—plus some unique frame features found on no other Arabesque.  It's also the only fully chromed Arabesque...

1974 Jack Taylor Tour of Britain Frameset + Campy NR HS/BB: 56cm - Restored - Nervex Pro - Mondrian Transfers - Orange

Lovely Tour of Britain road frame and fork with a bold orange repaint and Mondrian transfers.  This one has the fancy Nervex Professional lugs and comes equipped with a Campagnolo Nuovo Record headset and bottom bracket.   Condition Near...

1975 Masi Gran Criterium Bike: 56cm (58cm) - Twin Plate - Carlsbad - Original Paint/Parts - (Near Mint+ LOW MILES)

This is an exceptionally clean & unrestored 1975 Masi Gran Criterium (frame number 670 / MC58) built in the Carlsbad, California facility. The frame has the legendary twin plate fork crown that carried over from the Masi Italy days. This is one of...

White Industries LMDS Rear Derailleur & Shifter + NOS Front Shifter & Spooler: Cables/Housing

The SUPER rare White Industries L.M.D.S. (Linear Motion Derailleur System) was WI's absurdist experiment in search of the perfect mountain bike derailleur in the era of extreme component ideas, the late 1990's.  Radical as it was/is they weren't...

Selle Italia Evolution Carbon Titanium! RARE - 150g - Vintage 1990's

One of the trickest bike saddles from 1994!  This exotic saddle is very similar in shape to the standard 1st gen Selle Italia Flite from the early/mid 1990's, but is made only from carbon, titanium, and clear coat.  It weighs a scant 150 grams,...

Paul Love Levers 2.5: LPZ - Black & Silver - Long Pull - 2nd Gen 2000's (Near Mint+ Low Miles)

Second gen version of Paul Love Levers from the early to mid 2000's or so (correct me if my dates are off).  The package says compact, but these appear to be the 3-finger "2.5" version. These were the first to gain the more curvy figure the Love...

Paul Blue Balls Seatpost Binder Bolt: Blue - Vintage 1990's (Mint)

Exceptionally rare Blue Balls! (Yes, the component and the phenomenon itself). These were made in Chico California from 1992 to 1994, and represent one of the raddest components included in no expenses spared builds.  Great for your top tier retro...

Paul Components Powerglide Rear Derailleur: Mid - 2nd Gen - Blue + Red (Near Mint Low Miles)

Paul Price of Paul Components in Chico, California released the first version of the iconic Powerglide derailleur in 1995. This version had a flat face plate, with "Paul USA" engraved in it.  The second and final version came out in 1996 (see...

1954 René Herse 650B Randonneur Unrestored Show Bike: 61cm - 99% Original - RH Stem/FC/BB/BR/FD - Maxi CAR - Ideale Alloy - Mafac Open Back

This gorgeous rarity is a 1950's top of the line randonneuse bicycle in a large size for riders roughly 5ft 9 to 6ft 2 tall. It was imported by Alex March for a US collector (confirmed by Alex) in recent years.  It retains its original finish and...

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)...

1972 Nishiki Professional Randonneur Conversion: 58cm - Unrestored - Chrome Lugs - Drillium - Cyclone GT - Mafac - Prior - Belt - Simplex - VO

This gorgeous Nishiki Pro is my personal bicycle.  I am sad to see it go, but I did more staring at it than riding it as I prefer fatter tires on Portland's rough roads.  It was among the final years they were built in the Katakura factory. It...

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...

NIB/NOS High Zoot USA Carbon Flat Bars: 107g! Vintage 1990's Boutique - Turquoise Plugs - SUPERLIGHT - 25.4mm Handlebar

High Zoot of Tempe, Arizona was in the MTB carbon superbike market around 1996 and 1997.  They made a handful of components to match their frames, including this EXOTIC carbon handlebar. To call it absurdly rare would be an understatement.  It...

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...

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...

Boyd 60mm Carbon Tubular Retro-Modern Wheelset: High Flange Dura Ace 1st Gen Hubset - 24H x 126mm - C-Xray - Sugar Wheel Works (NEW)

This bizarre and gorgeous wheelset blends classic road bike high flange stylings of 1st gen Dura Ace hubs with peak modern technology in Boyd 60mm carbon rims.  Are you building a vintage frame with modern race parts? These eclectic wheels may be...

Paul Royal Flush 100% Pure Road / Track Crankset: 175mm x 46t - Black Arms & Red Chainring (Near Mint+)

The legendary Paul Royal Flush pista crank in all it's glory, with the four card suits CNC cut into the chainring.  These are VERY rare and worthy of your show bike or collection.  The arms are 175mm, and must have been a custom order as these...

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...

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...

The One & Only WOMBATS Cookbook: Jacquie Phelan - Seriously RARE Piece of Mountain Bike History - 1990

I am reluctantly listing my once mythical original WOMBATS Cookbook.  I'll probably never come along another of these in my life, but I am a seller and not a collector and this sale would help fund acquiring ~20 high level vintage bikes from an old...

SUPER LONG Olympia Beer MTB Quill Stem: 190mm x 25.4mm - Zero rise - Steel - Yellow

Yes, 190mm is the actual extension length! This wild stem may be among the longest quill stems in existence.  If you've been to the now closed Norther Cycles in Portland, you've probably seen this stem with it's $5000 price tag written on it. ...

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...

NOS? Campagnolo Nuovo Record Noir Brakeset: Short Reach - Black Ano - Missing Hardware

  Super rare black ano version of NR/SR brakes.  A very small number of Campy parts in the 1970's and 1980's were anodized by the same people who did all the pantograph work.  It's possible an even smaller number of them were anodized by...

NIB/NOS Campagnolo Super Record Noir Fluted Seatpost: 27.2mm - Rare

  Super rare black ano version the SR fluted seatpost.  A very small number of Campy parts in the 1970's and 1980's were anodized by the same people who did all the pantograph work.  It's possible an even smaller number of them were...

NOS Campagnolo Nuovo/Super Record Noir Downtube Shifters: Black Ano - Clamp & Braze - RARE

Super rare black ano version of Nuovo / Super Record downtube shifters!   A very small number of Campy parts in the 1970's and 1980's were anodized by the same people who did all the pantograph work.  It's possible an even smaller number...

NIB/NOS Campagnolo Nuovo Record Noir Rear Derailleur: BLACK Anodized - Pat 1974 - RARE

Super rare black ano version of the venerable Nuovo Record rear derailleur from the 1970's.  A very small number of Campy parts in the 1970's and 1980's were anodized by the same people who did all the pantograph work.  It's possible an even...

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...

Colnago Super Pista Track Bike: 54.5cm - Pantograph Campagnolo Record w/ Con Denti - Original Paint - Ambrosio Montreal - Vintage 1970's

Top tier Italian track bike from the 1970's!  The Super Pista shares a lot of design characteristics with the road Super/Mexico frames, and going by the timeline for the road frames this matches up to ~1974 or earlier.  The frame number on the...