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Vintage
Campagnolo
We carry NOS Campagnolo NR/SR headsets, bottom brackets, cranksets,
pedals, brakesets, derailleurs, hubs, seatposts, and more.
Brooks
Saddles
Bicycle Classics is a long-term seller of Brooks saddles and
bags. More
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| Bicycle
Classics
8820 Jackson Road
Dexter, MI 48130
Fax: (734) 426-4336
e-Mail: gpvb1@comcast.net
New Retail
Store now complete!
We now have an official
Bicycle Classics store! Our hours will be by appointment
only at first, but please let us know what regular
hours you think we should be open. The building is
still being extensively remodeled, but our tiny space
is now completed. If you plan to be in the Ann Arbor,
Michigan area, please e-mail us to set up an individual
tour!
E-mail
is by far the best way to reach us - it's quick, and
we can accept Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, check or Money
Order as payment. Please see the Ordering Info. page
for more details.
We answer all non-spam e-mails,
except valuation requests or questions relating to
non-lightweight bikes. (To establish value, we recommend
searching eBay for similar items that have sold recently
with the aid of good, clear photos). If you don't
receive a response to your legitimate e-mail, you
may have a spamblocker or filter of some kind that
needs to be adjusted!
We
also don't know anything of significance about balloon-tired
bikes, muscle bikes, mountain bikes, Campy parts newer
than about 1987, index shifting, clipless pedals,
or repainting / re-decaling bikes, sorry....
:-)
Thanks,
Greg
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A note from the owner:
I purchased a fairly dormant Bicycle Classics in 2003 not
for 'mercenary' reasons, but to escape the Corporate world
after twenty-plus years, help fill a need that I felt was
largely going unmet, and, hopefully, to have a much cooler
job. This is a real business that pays real rent, insurance,
and taxes. Bicycle Classics will never be very profitable,
but that's OK by me. Our mission is very narrowly-focused.
We don't manufacture things, or sell anything made of carbon
fiber, or that was made in China. We sell top-quality items
with craftsmanship and lasting value. If we can survive, and
help a few more folks keep their vintage 'old-skool' skinny-tired
steel-framed road and track bikes rolling along smoothly and
safely each year, I'll be very happy. Additionally, at least
five percent of the sales of this business (not of the profits,
which can be 'cooked' to come out any way you want) go to
worthy organizations such as: Doctors Without Borders (MSF),
Habitat For Humanity (HFHI), FINCA (a major Microloan provider),
Keep a Child Alive (an Anti-Retroviral Medication provider),
The Red Cross, Magen David Adom, (the Israeli Red Cross),
and Food Gatherers (the #1 rated Food Bank in the USA, which
just happens to be in Ann Arbor, Michigan, which AARP recently
voted America's healthiest city for old folks like me...).
Ciao,
Gregorio
P.S.: I am always looking for more (appropriate) cool
vintage-themed bike parts to stock. Suggestions / requests
are always welcome!
Note: NOS means "New, Old Stock." These
are parts that are new and unused, but are out of production.
(Contrary to what you might see on eBay, NOS does not mean
Nice Old Shite)! All items for sale
on this Website are either new (current production) or N.O.S.
unless otherwise specified.
Now
available - Brooks seat bags!
We
have both the "Challenge" and "D-Shaped" models, in Black
and Honey, as well as the awesome Tool Roll, and the Millbrook.
Please see the Saddles Page for details. These are really
beautiful bags!!!
Now
available - Brooks mudflaps (for front mudguards)!
These
are nicely embossed, coordinate with the saddles, and include
attaching hardware. Available in black, honey, and brown.
SDSP-BLM
$24.00
(Sold
out)! -
NOS Raysport "Super Corsa" full-531 vintage framesets!
Caliente! FSET-RSPT (SOLD OUT)
Stay
tuned for more (current, but retro-themed and USA-made) silver-brazed
lugged steel, Reynolds-tubed, non-oversized framesets - available
Spring 2010.
Bicycle Classics is a dues-paying member
of both NBDA and Bikes Belong. Share the road!
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NEW
PRODUCTS:
NOS Robergel "Trois Etoiles" Stainless Steel double-butted
spokes now available!
These are currently only available in 305 mm lengths. They
are new in the oh-so-retro-cool yellow triangular box, 100
spokes per box. Includes 100 nipples. Top of the line!
SPK-RTE305 $29.00/box of 100 (or buy 4 boxes
for $100)
Note: Typically, 305 mm works for large-flange
vintage Campagnolo or equivalent hubs, 36-hole, laced four-cross,
with most 700C rims.
Vintage Reynolds 531 standard-gauge double-butted
tubesets now available!
These are NOS from 1974, and were properly stored indoors
after being coated with Cosmolene, so there are no condition
problems. Includes all eleven tubes to build a road frameset.
Top tubes are .8/.5/.8, seat tubes are .8/.5, down tubes are
.9/.6/.9 mm. Fork blades are the early "Imperial Oval" (29
x 16) size, and are pre-raked for about 40 mm or so of finished
fork rake. Chainstays are round-oval-round, non-indented,
22 mm at the BB end. We are currently the 531 tubing supplier
to several framebuilders around the world that produce some
great frames with brand names like Grand Bois and others.
Item # FTS-E531SET (please specify):
Small (up to approx. 21" c-t),
Medium (up to approx. 23" c-t), or
Large (up to approx. 25" c-t).
1-4 tubesets: $149/set
5-9 tubesets: $139/set
10 or more: $129/set
Note: Orders for five or more sets include
the tubing decals at no charge (A $50 value).
(For decal sets (3 pcs.), add $10. For Prugnat type "S" pressed
and welded lugsets (3 pcs.) plus a very basic BSC BB shell,
add $35. For a Campagnolo #1060 vertical dropout set (4 pcs.),
add $15. For a basic road fork crown, add $30. For Campagnolo
above-BB braze-on cable guide pair, add $10. For all of the
above, plus a pair of shifter braze-ons, a pair of water-bottle
braze-ons, top tube brake cable braze-ons (3), a chainrest
braze-on, and a braze-on chainstay stop, add $80 for 'the
works').
(The decal sets are the early, 1965-1977 pre-TI era "Reynolds
Tube Co. Ltd." ones. They are the genuine NOS Reynolds dry-fix
"transfers.")
NOS forged Campagnolo adjustable road dropouts (full sets
of four, with adjusters) are also available for $49/set. We
have the 1010/B (short, no eyelets), and the 1010/A (long,
no eyelets) versions in stock currently. Model 1010 sets (long,
with eyelets) are sometimes also available, for $69/set.
Now available! High-quality reproduction
NR/SR rear derailleur pulleys by SOMA!
These are like the originals, but without any logo, CNC'ed,
and black in color. Complete sets (8 pieces total, pulleys/sleeves/sideplates).
RDSP-SRPUL $29.00/set.
Now available! Water bottle cages and mounting brackets!
We have the King TIG-welded Stainless steel cage, the Nitto
R-Model and T-Model brazed Stainless steel cages, modern (not
vintage!) TA chromed steel cages, and more. Please see the
Accessories and Hardware page for details.
Now available! Phil Wood and Soma track
cogs in 1/8" width!
The Phil hardened stainless cogs are gorgeous. The black-oxide
treated SOMA cogs look more "vintage." Both are very high
quality. Pricing is $54 for the Phil, and $19 for the SOMA.
Available in 15-20 teeth.
TG-PWCOG
$54.00 ea.
TG-SOCOG
$19.00 ea.
Now
available! The best Rivendell, Grand Bois, Challenge, Panaracer,
Vittoria, and Veloflex 700C and 27-inch tires! No goofy tread
colors, no weird sidewall colors, yay!!!
We have the Rivendell Roll-y Poly 700 x 27 tires for $43
each, as well as the Grand Bois 700 x 26, 700 x 28, and 700
x 30 tires for $58 each ($212 for four).
We also have the excellent Italian Veloflex Pavé 700
x 22 ($59 each), and the Panaracer Pasela Kevlar-bead TG in
27 x 1-1/4, 27 x 1-1/8, 700 x 28, 700 x 32, and 700 x 35 sizes
($34 each, or 2/$60). The non-folding Paselas are available
in 27 x 1 and 27 x 1-1/8 for $20 each.
We also have the Challenge hand-made Parigi-Roubaix 700 x
27 tires for $63 each, and the super-low-rolling-resistance
Triathlon 700 x 24 tires for $59 each. The Panaracer 650B
x 38 Col de la Vie tires are available for $24 each.
In tubulars, we have Vittoria Rally 700 x 23 sewup tires
for $29 each or 2/$50, as well as the 'most excellent' Italian
Veloflex Criterium 700c x 22 mm hand-made sewup tires ($129
each or 2/$219).
Now available! "The Golden Age of
Handbuilt Bicycles" coffee-table book!
This is a very fine 167-page large-format hardcover book
containing a not-so-brief history of "constructeur"
(fully-integrated) bikes from 1900 to the present. There are
many museum-quality photos of all kinds of top-notch hand-made
randonneuring bicycles and tandems. Fifty such bikes, from
the workshops of René Herse, Alex Singer, Barra, Reyhand,
Hirondelle, Goëland, Gilles Berthoud, and many others,
are profiled. These are the First edition, printed in
France, with a real cloth binding, and are now unavailable
elsewhere.
BK-GAHB
$95.00 ea.
Now available! "The Competition
Bicycle" coffee-table book!
This is a very fine 176-page large-format hardcover book
containing profiles of 34 racing bicycles dating from the
1880s to the 1990s. There are many museum-quality photos of
all kinds of top-notch hand-made racing bicycles and tandems.
Bikes from the workshops of De Rosa, Colnago, René
Herse, Bianchi, Cinelli, Rochet, Peter Weigle, Oscar Egg,
and many others, are profiled. Bikes that were actually raced
by riders like Fausto Coppi, Gino Bartali, Eddy Merckx, Greg
LeMond, Alice B. Toeclips, Andy Hampsten, Sean Kelly, Tony
Rominger, and many others. This is the companion book to the
Golden Age of Handbuilt Bicycles.
BK-TCB
$55.00 ea.
Now available! SKF super-durable high-quality
cartridge bottom brackets from Germany!
We now have the new bottom brackets from the wizards at SKF
(Tullio Campagnolo always spec'ed their bearings, even though
they were not an Italian company, because they were the best!).
These were designed from the ground up, using a roller bearing
on the drive side, stainless steel almost everywhere, large
ball-bearings on the non-drive side (that run directly on
the spindle), and sturdy seals. Life expectancy is ten years
or 100,000 Km for these BBs. Various lengths, mostly BSC,
but some Italian-thread options as well. $109 complete. See
our Bottom Brackets page for details.
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