Vintage Road Bike Heaven in Colorado

[@wandamaddox7824]

Whenever I feel like I'm crazy for owning so many old bikes, I watch your channel and it makes me feel like I'm perfectly normal. Thank you!

[@JohnsVintageRoadBikeGarage]

LOL.. the insane are comfortable together.

[@TenFalconsMusic]

*Gotta luv those classics.* *Horizontal top tubes (not sloped for "one size fits all" marketing).* *Frames & components built to last a rider for decades, not days.* *Back when manufacturers actually cared about their customers.*

[@GavinEhringer]

The 1980s were a magical time for cyclists. I bought a Mercian frame in Boulder and fitted it with Shimano parts, but always pined for a De Rosa with a Campy Record group. Recently, I bought my dream bike, a tri-color (red, white, green) De Rosa with Mavic Rims, all Campy, circa 1985! It rides like a dream! Fun seeing all these old bikes, and know people still enjoy them.

[@johns3106]

I love coming to John’s channel and feeling like I am part of a community of like-minded bike geeks. Unfortunately, I still can’t afford most of this stuff…when I was 15 years old, this was all top-of-the-line (hence unaffordable) and now as “vintage and collectible” I still can’t afford it!

[@tombeatty4792]

That shop is an absolute gem. I cut my teeth on bikes of that era. Those were my first loves. Thank you for sharing.

[@radek5690]

Thank you for this video. I am an owner and rider of a 87 Guerciotti and now I know where to find a 39t chainring for a C Record crank. Thanks again, and have a great day.

[@jacoblavinder3827]

Big ups to the wife to for dealing with it all

[@rotaxtwin]

The knowledge and culture exhibited here is just fantastic. Beautiful hoard of vintage hardware.

[@Donald-t5v]

I have the same Zeus same color all original except front derailer campy. Bought new around 1975ish when I worked weekends in a bike shop. Great video and really neat to see that my Zeus.

[@Mike-vd2qt]

Hey, thanks for video walk through time. I used to own a 1986 De Rosa, Super Record with Mavic GL330's. I was a roadie back in the 1980's and 90's in SoCal. We would see John Howard on Torrey Pines hill along the Coast Hwy; along with Tinley, Nelson Vails, and Scott. At 71, I'm still riding, but on 29er x 2.35" mostly off road. I remember exactly how a sweet steel frame with tubulars feels descending through curves. Great video, thanks! ☮

[@SkyhawkSteve]

Wonderful to see Seth's shop in Golden! As a former patron of Micheal's Cyclery, it's good to hear how many people it has influenced. The peek at the modern Vecchio's was fun too. I was able to stop in at the old shop twenty years ago and it was like visiting a shrine... albeit one with bike mechanics sitting in it. 😄

[@JohnsVintageRoadBikeGarage]

Yes, it's interesting how many people were influenced by Michaels!

[@SkyhawkSteve]

@@JohnsVintageRoadBikeGarage There were the folks who were actually in Ames, like Seth and Jeff Bock, but there's also the people in the Skunk River Cycling (SRC) team that Micheal's sponsored. It had a number of the top racers, like John Howard, Andy Hampsten, Jeff Bradley, etc.

[@roadglide]

Absolutely amazing! What great shops. Love bike pro’s like these guy. Keeping Cycling history alive. All of them. Wonderful bicycle shops in Colorado’s Cycling mecca. Really miss the Pro bike races that went through that great town and fabulous state. Love my Moots Routt RSL. Thank you for such a documentary. Excellent work.

[@farrier53]

So awesome ! It's so great that you guys are keeping these old beauties alive & running. I am a stickler for keeping all my old bike stuff.😊

[@tongalizia3175]

Many thanks for all your efforts in the vintage bicycle arena…..I’ll revisit your videos

[@JohnsVintageRoadBikeGarage]

Thanks! Enjoy

[@larryt.atcycleitalia5786]

Great stuff! Thanks for posting this. Believe-it-or-not I used to send Campagnolo Ergopower levers from Italy to Vecchio's for rebuild. They had all the parts in-stock and would send 'em to a friend in California when finished for me to pick up when I visited. Invite is still there for you to come to Italy and visit some cycling museums. Do it soon before I'm too old!!!

[@cyclist2906]

amazing... wouldn't have believed a collection with NOS parts like this could even exist...

[@larryt.atcycleitalia5786]

Must be 20+ years ago now but I went into a shop in Santa Barbara, CA that was chock-full of NOS Campagnolo. Not only groupsets and components but replacement parts, all in original packaging along with NOS vintage bike frames, clothing, etc. I think the proprietor was from Belgium. I lost track of the place (can't even remember the name anymore) and wonder where all that stuff ended up? Anyone know?

[@401SNelson]

I went to high school with Seth. Haven’t seen him in 40 years.

[@FLUSHER822]

Wow. I think your place is great, and I think I'm going to make a trip back to Boulder and Golden. A great friend and mentor is buried in Golden, been planning to make that pilgrimage - I think this becomes a double pilgrimage. Just wow. All the old 7-11 stuff got my blood pumping.

[@Sebastian-dd2im]

It looks like heaven! Greetings from Germany 😎🚴🏼🚴🏼😎

[@patrici509]

I used to ride new road bikes all the time. About a decade. Actually was a sponsored mountain bike rider at one time. After a long time I grew to fall in love with road cycling again and haven't raced in decades. But I still ride fast. My current bike is a Campy/Mavic/Chicago Schwinn. Paid $150. From a charity used bike shop in the City. I do my own work on it. It's one of my favorites. The quality of the bike is impressive. It's lasted over 40 years and is fast and one of the best handling bicycles I have ever owned. Back in the day. I was at the shop one day and the owner said "take out the new titanium" had never seen one before. Never had heard of a titanium frame before. I noticed zero frame flex and no vibration and incredible speed, back then it was worth $10,000. Retail . And they had only one in stock. I couldn't afford it. But someone else could, it was quickly sold. It was the most impressive bike I had ever riden. The shop in Golden is amazing. I watched the video twice because it was so cool.

[@grumpy9478]

what a trip through classic Euro components, & American road bike culture!

[@matthewlewis9356]

beautiful classic bikes really cool

[@bikenraider99]

Vecchios is a great stop! I had ordered Campy parts from them over the years. I had the chance to check them out last year. I bought a couple things and sat at the counter reading some of the books they had. I ended up buying one on Italian brands when I got back. 👍 to Vecchios!

[@ericanfinson7332]

Wonderful as always John! Eric A. Minneapolis

[@jedimasterviviani2860]

Oh my God!!!! What a place!!!! Amazing!!!! Thanks for share John!

[@JohnsVintageRoadBikeGarage]

My pleasure!! Thanks for watching

[@JohnsVintageRoadBikeGarage]

I wish I could of stayed longer! Thanks for watching

[@productionoutages]

Never knew people love bikes as much as I do

[@JohnsVintageRoadBikeGarage]

Hi, in 2013 I found Bikeforums.net and learned the same thing. I had no idea that there were a family of vintage road bike collectors out there. Thanks for watching

[@n22pdf]

Wow this is amazing 😮 so cool thanks for showing these amazing places John blown away.. Seth’s knowledge is outstanding.. vecchios to.. would love to visit one day. Love your channel buddy.. Pete 🚴🏻👍

[@SignorLuigi]

What a great video! Thank you for taking the time to share all of this with us. 👏👏👏

[@peterlee4856]

The acquisition of french threaded bottom brackets and Campi gum hoods and Regina Oro chains and finding a replacement for my stolen 50th anniversary tool kit Has made me appreciate the disposable affordability of park. I have been to the velodrome vigorelli in milan the year Merckx switched from DeRosa and i vot to meet Faliero Masi and Gino Cinelli's kids on the day Eddie hit the alps and dusted the peleton.

[@gdd3499]

I thoroughly enjoyed the video. I hadn't planned on watching KZbin tonight but saw this and watched till the end. I live in Colorado and it is such an amazing place to call home Awesome beer, great riding and so much outdoor recreation. And we have VeloSwap in November. My favorite place to browse and find parts! Thanks for the video, I subscribed and will watch more!

[@crghyz]

A trip down memory lane! 😮 The feel of that era.. it's like a past life.

[@JohnsVintageRoadBikeGarage]

Exactly. Get on that bike and relive it if you're able.

[@josephalvaro5244]

Great shops.Wonderful walk through road bike history.

[@mkrug1149]

Really liked this video with all the neat bikes. And then to see God's creation in the rockies to top it all off. I got to ride my bike from here in Waterloo, Iowa to San Diego in 2007 when I was 50 and crossed Wolf Creek Pass and the Leveta Pass in southern co. Spent a couple of weeks with my brother and then flew home. On my older bikes I still have Suntour components, daily riders, and they are still some of my favorite bike parts. Thanks for this video.

[@andypettitt1344]

Interesting to see the Salsa with they Campag MTB groupset.I had a Roberts custom built bike made in 1990,and I had it kitted out in a full Campag MTB groupset,which it still has on it

[@nofinglimit]

Love it! Great video. I am in Boulder but have never or heard of the shop in Golden. I'm very happy to know this now. Great video sir.

[@michaelsnedden9029]

Great video, John. Thanks for sharing the shops in Colorado. If I ever find myself down there, I'll definitely give them a visit.

[@markowsley4954]

I could easily spend all day in the three shops especially in Golden. I couldn't get over how many bikes, frames and components I recognized. I remember them on friends bikes, or ads in Velo New and Bicycling magazine. Incredible trip down memory lane. If I had the money I would get one of the shops to track down an 90 or 91 Waterford made Schwinn Paramount OS and build it up like I had mine. I'd hang it on my living room wall and just admire it. Look forward to more of your videos.

[@micahyarbrough5513]

I've been in Vecchios and will definitely have to check out Golden Velo when I'm in Golden next. My vintage bikes are more mid-range and less collectable, but it looks like a great museum of sorts. I lived along the Ohio-Erie Trail in college and I keep wanting to get back east to ride it sometime.

[@robertallardice8119]

Great content, much appreciated! 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@JohnsVintageRoadBikeGarage]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@scooter2163]

Excellent tours - absolutely great shops and hosts, thank you for sharing.

[@JohnsVintageRoadBikeGarage]

They both were so gracious

[@OldGlaseye-gf7si]

YAY Jim, shop looks great and thanks for the mention..yeegads, been 11 years since I sold it...That Eddy with 50th is mine...looks great in there...

[@JohnsVintageRoadBikeGarage]

Hey awesome. Glad you checked in!

[@agmartin2127]

One of your best videos John... particularly liked the Eisentraut story. Good stuff! And thanks for highlighting our beautiful state. There are a few of 'us' here. AGM, Carbondale, CO, US of A.

[@JohnsVintageRoadBikeGarage]

Thanks! I never know how the more long drawn out stories will sell. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@davealexander7561]

I really enjoy watching yor videos John. I was planning to rebuild my Lyonsport that my dear friend Jeff Lyon built me in the late 80's. Look him up, he has an interesting story. I grew up with him. He moved to the UK to race I quit racing and started surfing early 70's. He builds frames in Grants Pass Or. I haven't started on that frame yet it's hanging in the garage with a few other frames. thanks for sharing all these great bike shops and beautiful bikes.

[@uncleronny6748]

That was a great tour John...think I would have been at both those shops all day. There's a shop here in Long Beach with that same esthetic and I'm glad for places like this that cater to the friction shift crowd. Early SRecord seatposts also had alloy attachment hardware as opposed to steel. John Howard wasn't in the first RAAM nor did he win the Great American Bike Race though he is quite the hammerhead in anybodies book. It was an early Ironman he won. That AD was a treat to see...I own a red Ultima team bike that belonged to one if our Olympic cyclists for the boycotted Moscow games.

[@JohnsVintageRoadBikeGarage]

Thanks for the input! I would of been there longer but I had a wife that was patiently waiting. I've been to THE bicycle Stand in Long beach. I purchased my Colnago Master PIU frameset there. Thanks for watching

[@graemeguthrie2054]

John thanks so much this video made me smile earl to ear ! Love these bikes and components.

[@MrCyfriend]

NOIIIICE!!! THIS WAS WORTH THE WAIT! What great content!

[@JohnsVintageRoadBikeGarage]

Cyril. I have so much footage to put together!

[@stephenjewitt9009]

I guess I have always loved racing bikes since being a kid building my own bikes. It was an interesting time in the late 80s living in America (Indianapolis) and working on many of the new bike parts at Zipp and getting to make the tooling there as a patternmaker. That time, I think, was the golden time of transition and trying new things. Seeing videos of so many vintage bikes and cool places is good thing. The next step in my journey must be building some frames after doing wheels spoked or carbon disc variety's. Some frame builders would make a good video.

[@recyclespinning9839]

Awesome shop. Hope all those minty parts get ridden like they were intended to be 👍

[@robertshleifer5220]

Hi John, Don't take so long to come out with new video's. I wish you were my neighbor!

[@JohnsVintageRoadBikeGarage]

So nice of you to say! thanks. More coming soon.

[@johnkorpics5155]

Good for you bud, nice guy, nice shop.....ya just do nice shit, happy for ya

[@JohnsVintageRoadBikeGarage]

Thanks JOhn

[@keithadler965]

Great video, Love old classic road.

[@TESTA-CC]

Cheers John Vintage For The Win 🤙🤙

[@stevevisek7422]

Great stuff, John! Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

[@JohnsVintageRoadBikeGarage]

Looking to buy a house on that Lane.

[@sacroyprofanoGOML]

Beautiful components and Campy toolboxes 😍 (too bad they're not available in my country). Nice pictures at the end, John. Greetings!

[@JohnsVintageRoadBikeGarage]

Thanks!

[@joesch1733]

Very nice video showing those oustanding vintage shops and knowledge bases of info. Can you provide links to the shops? This would really benefit the vintage cycling community and support the video. Thanks Joe

[@henkvandervis7785]

you don't finde a shop like that in Europe where the stuff comes from!

[@jasonstella74]

Seth’s collection is insane. Potter is the man…

[@WilyTuber]

A type of collector-hound I never knew even existed!

[@robertgriffin7569]

Great video, really enjoyed it.. Thank you.

[@JohnsVintageRoadBikeGarage]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@SavageGlizzy]

Red Colnago 💥😍

[@richardliner8683]

Thank you, man that steel moots, amazing!

[@brittweir8844]

Ok that was Amazing ❤😊, super cool 👍

[@JohnsVintageRoadBikeGarage]

Glad you enjoyed it.

[@bendert.rodriguez4299]

C'est le paradis. Je pourrais vivre vivre toute ma vie dans cet endroit 😍

[@joecolnago8359]

Awesome video and road trip. Thanks for posting. I would like to point out a correction: In the video, at around 4:45 min. in, you picked up what Seth said was a “Mexico” crankset. Seth is incorrect. You were holding just a stock Record crankset (with drilled non-Campy rings) that someone polished out. Not a “Mexico”. A “Mexico” crankset refers a Record crank that has the bevels on the arm machined so that they are no longer bevels, but round (radiused). And, a lot of the aluminum of the arm around the dust cover machined away and tapered. Sometimes the spider arm’s flutes are machined all the way through. Then, it is polished to a mirror finish. That’s a “Mexico” There were two “Mexico” cranksets there. The OLMO panto’d crankset in the box, on the left of the red Avocet crank you picked up. Also, in the bag behind the incorrect “Mexico” you picked up, is a pantographed PAOLINI “Mexico” crankset. You thought it was a Pogliaghi. Freeze it around 5:38 min. and you can see the machining done that identifies it as a “Mexico” The camera zoom on the Merckx hanging was too low resolution to positively identify if it had a “Mexico” crank, but it probably did.

[@JohnsVintageRoadBikeGarage]

Yes. I have a mexico crankset on my 83 Colnago. I try not to correct the host while filming. He's probably forgotten more than I know about this stuff. I have to be gracious. Also keep in mind that I sorta stuck up on him. He decided to let me film only an hour earlier. Thanks for your knowledge!

[@joecolnago8359]

@@JohnsVintageRoadBikeGarage understood. It is very gracious for these owners to allow you to film. Thanks for taking the time to visit these places for us. Thank your wife as well.

[@nogoogleplus]

Super cool!

[@andydetskas]

This isn’t a bike shop or a clubhouse. It’s a temple.

[@StanEby1]

Love it!

[@Bimmermeister]

Show me the confounded French components🤪!: Lyotard, Stronglight, TA, Normandy, Simplex, Mafac, AVA, Atom, Huret, Maillard, Nervar, Sedis, Sachs, Robergel, Rigida, Phillipe, Nervex, Prugnat, Lapize, Ideale, Cyclo, Christophe, CLB, Rigida, Super Champion, and later, Mavic and Look ! Maddening non-standard thread pitches and diameters for bottom brackets, headsets, stems, chainring bolt patterns! never standardized! I won't even mention the various tires, except I think Michelin were/are good.

[@tonybennett3904]

Wonderful man.

[@picshooter]

Your best video to date.

[@JohnsVintageRoadBikeGarage]

Thanks!

[@brockjennings]

Blindfold me and put me in an old bicycle shop and I'll know where I'm at. The smell is so distinctive no matter where it is.

[@rcdogmanduh4440]

Loved my 70's Fleetwing 10 speed, why are all the vintage bikes i see so large?

[@JohnsVintageRoadBikeGarage]

IDK. On my channel you'll see a lot of 58 to 60 because that is what I ride.

[@litesp]

Drooooool.

[@ScrapKing73]

I love looking at the old stuff, but I must admit that I prefer riding the new stuff.

[@rickjenkins1238]

I had to watch it twice...

[@hamadysack3157]

Oh those parts.

[@johns3106]

27:00. Can’t let it go…John Howard did NOT win the first RAAM (it was know as the “Great American Bike Race” for its first iteration). Howard expected to win, but was humbled by the legend of cross-country racers…none other than Lon Haldeman (who, the previous summer had set new records for west-east, east-west and round trip crossings)

[@JohnsVintageRoadBikeGarage]

Hi John. I try not to correct the host. He was talking off the cuff. Lon is a local guy. He worked at a shop in Elgin while I was in the neighboring town of Streamwood IL> I still see Lon on rides and at the swap meets! He's a legend.

[@saxon1376]

What a nice guy

[@JohnsVintageRoadBikeGarage]

Both Seth and Jim couldn't of been nicer!

[@kennethduckworth7111]

I have a complete Daytona 😊

[@jacoblavinder3827]

2minutes in an I can’t believe it

[@wildukind442]

32:14 gorgeous moment

[@JohnsVintageRoadBikeGarage]

IT was raining hard and uncomfortable but totally worth it! We've been to the perch several times over the years and the weather can change on a dime.

[@arnodivalentin5639]

hello there very nice video, I'm looking for fausto coppi jerseys, hats ect,do you have anything, or know who might have?Thank-you

[@davec1179]

I’m 77 and cycled all my life. Love seeing all these items from the past but have to admit the modern bikes are better. Remember the cotter pins, chrome rims, centre pull brakes, steel cables that rusted etc.

[@ralphc1405]

Question: I have an AMBROSIO handlebars (26.4 size and has inscribed: 13 VOLTE CAMPIONE DEL MONDO on the bulge) on my Colnago Saronni Super (or Mexico can't distinguish) and it's paired lovingly to a common Cinelli XA quill stem. I've used Cinelli bars for many years but when I found these rare handlebars on eBay I just had to buy them. Any information about them? I know AMBROSIO were best remembered for rims but the internet has led me to no information. I'd send you a picture if I could! Thanks!!!

[@randalbladel2817]

A bit like my basement. Only much better organized and much more stuff.

[@TenFalconsMusic]

. *The wife doesn't seem to share your enthusiasm.*

[@simonleeofficial]

Wife was thinking "I can't believe you left that box of cinelli stems on the shelf" 😂

[@samtatge8299]

I will be there.

[@JohnsVintageRoadBikeGarage]

Awesome. Tell him I sent you!

[@charlesrogers3260]

The best bike there is the Masi GC

[@AlanMorris-l1e]

Thank goodness I live nowhere near Golden, I'd be broke!

[@JohnsVintageRoadBikeGarage]

It could drain your bank account for sure!

[@hl2dus1]

70's Frame, Where is that? Masi, Colnago, Ciocc, Alan.

[@paulschulman8131]

Whats the name of the shop?

[@JohnsVintageRoadBikeGarage]

Golden Velo...secondly I went to Vecchios Thanks

[@ChrisEnockson]

Is it just me or is the logo on his shirt suppose to look like a Campy shifter spring?

[@JohnsVintageRoadBikeGarage]

On the orange shirt? Its a GV and mountains.

[@blackjackpinoko]

Are there people collecting old carbon frames?

[@JohnsVintageRoadBikeGarage]

Interesting question. I don't know of any site that centers on that.

[@Handletaken4]

Hey my PF30 BB is creaking!!! Get out!

[@JohnsVintageRoadBikeGarage]

@@Handletaken4 lol

[@richli7566]

What is the name, address, phone number, website for the bike shop. Would like to buy some stuff…Thanks!!

[@JohnsVintageRoadBikeGarage]

@@richli7566 he will tell you that at the end of the segment. Just don't fall fast forward through it. He gives his email address. I just called him and he's a little backed up because I guess the video caused him to get about 130 emails

[@Lex-Rex]

Boomer heaven.

[@AS-hv2ux]

@13:00, I raced against Lance in 91 and Lance road for Subaru Montgomery. I think that team was riding Litespeed titanium bikes. That Motorola bike has to be from either late 92 or 1993. I think lance went pro right after the 92 Olympics in Barcelona. I think San Sebastian was his first Pro race with Motorola in late 92.

[@mikeoc217]

I raced in the USCF back in the 1960-70's. I was from New England I had a Richard Sachs loaded with Campagnolo. My father sold it when I went into the military!! 😭👍🏼💯🚵🏾‍♂️

[@houseofsolomon2440]

Just curious what $ that beauty fetched? Thx in advance ~

[@mikeoc217]

@houseofsolomon244No Clue I was over seas in the 🇺🇸 military when my father sold the bike to a local bike shop? I never asked what they $'d him. That was in 1982.