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
Cannondale
Centurion
1974-1979, 1983-1987 / 1989 / 1990-1993
Gary Fisher
Klein
Lemond
Masi
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
Schwinn
1899, 1917, 1933, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1953-1957, 1959-1988
Trek
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.