Steel-vintage.com

[clubby]

Hi, been looking at retro road bikes and have found steel-vintage.com, some nice if pricey bikes. Don't know as much about road stuff as I do MTB, so am very wary of fakes. Anyone used or have any info on this site. Looks legit but can't be too careful.

 

[Robbied196]

I think you're right to be cautious, I can't help with the legitimacy of the site but they appear to have a nice range of good quality bikes. I don't think the prices are to bad, assuming your based in the UK 1000 euro's is about £850.

It is a lot of money to spend on a purchase based on photo's, personally I'd rather see, inspect and ride a bike if I was paying that kind of price. I'd keep an eye on UK sites and Ebay, there's a seller below who imports some very nice Italian bikes, although he doesn't have anything at the moment.

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Retrospective- ... les?_rdc=1

One of their previous sales:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/colnago-vinta ... 7675.l2557

Also well worth keeping an eye on Retrobike or posting in the Wanted section of Road Bikes

 

[grumpyoldgit]

Just bought a Masi Gran Critrium from them,good service,bike was all they said it was & I got a bit of discount.

 

[American Friend]

I think you're right to be cautious, I can't help with the legitimacy of the site but they appear to have a nice range of good quality bikes. I don't think the prices are to bad, assuming your based in the UK 1000 euro's is about £850.

It is a lot of money to spend on a purchase based on photo's, personally I'd rather see, inspect and ride a bike if I was paying that kind of price. I'd keep an eye on UK sites and Ebay, there's a seller below who imports some very nice Italian bikes, although he doesn't have anything at the moment.

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Retrospective- ... les?_rdc=1

One of their previous sales:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/colnago-vinta ... 7675.l2557

Also well worth keeping an eye on Retrobike or posting in the Wanted section of Road Bikes

That second link showing a previous sale is a curious one to give as an example. Are you sure that's a Colnago?

 

[grumpyoldgit]

I am referring to Steel-Vintage

 

[American Friend]

Cool, yeah, I got that. I was referring to the seller Robbied198 mentioned.

 

[Robbied196]

One of their previous sales:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/colnago-vinta ... 7675.l2557

Also well worth keeping an eye on Retrobike or posting in the Wanted section of Road Bikes

That second link showing a previous sale is a curious one to give as an example. Are you sure that's a Colnago?

Interesting. I hadn't looked that closely just picked it out as one of their ended items. To be honest, I'm not sure that any Colnago is a Colnago, they seem to be 'faked' on a daily basis.

 

[Midlife]

If that's a Colnago I'll eat my trousers............

Shaun

 

[American Friend]

Yeah, no, it's not a Colnago, but I'm starting to feel guilty about derailing Clubby's thread looking for feedback about a completely different seller, steel-vintage.com. Sorry about that Clubby.

 

[ScillySuffolk]

Hi, been looking at retro road bikes and have found steel-vintage.com, some nice if pricey bikes. Don't know as much about road stuff as I do MTB, so am very wary of fakes. Anyone used or have any info on this site. Looks legit but can't be too careful.

They have a "proper address" (not a PO box) and a landline phone number, the two things I always look for.

Give them a call and explain your concerns and see how they react.

The prices are a bit "toppy", but that's to be expected in dealing with a business, rather than forum classifieds.