Vintage Campagnolo
We carry NOS Campagnolo NR/SR headsets, bottom brackets, cranksets, pedals, brakesets, derailleurs, hubs, seatposts, and 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 (chief geek, mechanic, CEO, and stockboy)

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!

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.