I love to frequently roam Craigslist & Ebay to look for C&V bikes and parts. After I find something interesting my typical course of action is to visit certain websites to either educate myself or to figure out the history, value, quality, etc.

I think it would be helpful to C&B newbie’s (which I still consider myself part of), as well as more experienced BF members to have a running list of good resources.

General:
Sheldon Brown https://www.sheldonbrown.com/
The Headbadge https://www.jaysmarine.com/bikecollection.html
My Ten Speeds https://www.mytenspeeds.com/My_TenSpeeds_1/index.htm

Parts:
Velobase https://velobase.com/

Visual:
Velospace https://velospace.org/node

Books:
Icelord https://icelord.net/bike/

What sites do you use as part of your research?

I will frequently update this list with your suggestions.

Thanks,
Bernard

P.s. please let me know if this has already been done. I know some of you don’t like duplicate threads.

I just post here without doing any searching or any type of research ahead of time whatsoever.

Googling stuff is so last century...the new way is to ask people to google it for you.





yes, I am kidding

Thanks B thats pretty informative stuff, lots of good reads, got it bookmarked.

Here are a few that are brand specific, but still helpful.

https://classicfuji.com/

https://www.miyatacatalogs.com/2007/1...g-1985_07.html

https://www.vintage-trek.com/

https://www.cyclespeugeot.com/

And this one has a few different catalogs

https://bulgier.net/pics/bike/Catalogs/

Lots of good info here:

https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...-V-stickies%29

Used to be a sticky, and still is - sort of. You have to drill down a bit, but it's there.