RoboIsGod

Hey all, I haven't posted in a while because I've been travelling around Europe with my girlfriend. While walking around Berlin we spotted a small shop stacked with only vintage steel road bikes. The window display was packed with vintage parts and some modern, but tasteful, parts as well. The shop was closed so I returned the following day to check it out. The shop is called Stahl Wolle. The owner collects and sells bikes through the shop. There were probably 20-30 steel road bikes, ranging from the 60's through the early 90's. Many are high-end, mostly Campy equipped, but some with Shimano as well. All of the parts he sells through the shop are new, even the parts that are vintage, and his prices are quite reasonable. He was selling a NOS Campy Chorus 10sp crankset for 120 Euro, which I thought was quite reasonable (about $150 USD). He has many wheelsets, tubular, clincher, track etc. The guy who runs it is very nice and extremely knowledgeable on everything vintage. He does not use computers, ever--he only buys and sells in person. All of the bikes he sells are ones he has picked up personally from contacts he has all over Germany. You will never find him selling stuff online! I found this quite awesome. His bikes were also very reasonably priced, most between 350-750 Euros for a complete bike ($450-$980). Again, all the bikes are high end and in great condition.
He told me about another shop in Berlin that was even larger than his that also specializes in vintage bikes. They have on display suposedly the lightest steel bike ever built. Something made by a German engineer in the late 80's. He said complete the bike is 6 Kg's (a little over 13 lbs.), and rideable. This shop is called Cicli Berlinetta.
I plan on going to both shops again and will take pictures. If anyone is planning on travelling through Berlin, definitely check these out!

puchfinnland

what?! no pics or email link!!!

ok-I found it

https://cicli-berlinetta.com/

unworthy1

maybe this too?
https://www.yelp.com/biz/stahl-wolle-berlin-2
funny: Stahl + Wolle = steel wool in English...they sell both

Italuminium

Nice! Berlin is such a great city in general, and this makes it even better. Might have to go there next year then

Elev12k

In 2003 I was a in shop in Berlin. They had a lot NOS MTB cult items like everything Ringle, Paul Components, Rocky Mountain Suzi Q, Manitou FS, clearcoated fillet-brazed Dekerf, Breezer and much much more. I bought a Ringle H2O cage and I remember the price was quite reasonable, in particular to today's standards. Years later I came back, but for some kind of reason I couldn't find the shop. The quarter is set up like a grid and all the corners look more or less the same.

bibliobob

Berlin is the coolest city in the world...