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Vintage Bike Catalog Collection

For any vintage bike enthusiast/restorer, having access to old catalogs is a must. Over years of researching, I’ve amassed quite a collection of vintage brochures. Since they are all available online, I decided to create a cheat sheet of sorts so anyone can quickly and easily find various catalogs from across the web. I break down the brochures below by brand/year. Also, I want to give a big shoutout to all the amazing people who spent countless hours collecting, scanning, and uploading these catalogs for guys like me to enjoy.

Start Here.

A great place to start your vintage information journey is on a site called velobase.com Touted as the Wikipedia for vintage cycling, Velobase has tons of information on vintage bikes, components, and frames. All of which is crowdsourced by members. You can learn more about Velobase here. This is the first site I go to whenever I’m looking up bikes or components. 

Other great sites.

Of course, there are many other great sites out there to find vintage cycling info. A few of my favorites are: 

Velo-Pages - a large resource for catalogs. 

Velo-retro - the place to buy catalog reproductions & other memorabilia. 

2velo - another great site for vintage parts, clothing, catalogs, & more. 

Mark Bulgier - the site looks ancient, but it has some fabulous vintage cycling content, including catalogs. 

Vintage Catalogs:

Bianchi

1940, 1973 / 1981 -1986 / 1987 / 1988

Bridgestone

1982 / 1985-1994

Cannondale

1973-2007

Centurion

1974-1979, 1983-1987 / 1989 / 1990-1993

Gary Fisher

1988-2010

Klein

1989-2008

Lemond

1996-2008

Masi

1973-78, 1984-1988

Pinarello

1979 / 1982 / 1985 / 1987 / 1989 / 1990

Peugeot

1974-1990/USA Other Brochures: Canada / UK / France / Germany / Netherlands

1937, 1950, 1952, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1972, 1973, 1974

Raleigh

1938 / 1948 / 1954 / 1962, 1967, 1968 / 1970, 1972-1979 / 1981, 1983, 1985, 1986

Serotta

1985 / 1986 / 1989

Schwinn

1899, 1917, 1933, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1953-1957, 1959-1988

Trek

1977-1995

Note* Everything archived here are links to specific catalogs and websites. I will try and keep this archive updated with new catalogs when I find them. If you have any information on other catalogs or websites, please contact me - I’d love to hear about them.  

Michael Peretti