Steel Vintage Bikes Blog

The classic brand of components for road bikes, Campagnolo, designs, produces and distributes high-end components since its establishment, in 1933. The history marked by quality and innovation, however, began earlier, when the young Tulio Campagnolo, acquired mechanical skill when accompanying his father at the hardware workshop in Vicenza, Italy. At that time, he didn't expect to be so famous: Tulio...

The energy and comfort that a cup of coffee provides make coffee and bicycle an excellent combination for before or after cycling. We offer a fine selection of coffee beans, either to give as gifts to cyclists and everyone who likes coffee or to taste a freshly roasted coffee at our two cafés in Berlin. The beans come from plantations...

It is finally Summer! After such a gruelling Winter, and an awful few months leading up to now, we have finally arrived at the best time of year for cycling! Time to take your prized possession off the wall, give it a quick dust down, check the brakes, pump the tyres and take it for a spin! But hang on...

What is Eroica? L'Eroica is the pinnacle of Vintage racing bicycle events. Not only is it a beautiful and scenic route through luscious countryside, but it is a bicycle market, celebration of local food and wine and occasion for lovers of vintage bikes. Purveyors with stalls sell collectible bicycles, parts, clothing, food, wine, anything and everything related to the joys...

We have recently opened the new Steel Vintage Bikes Café on Auguststraße. Open Daily from 09:00 - 20:00 Steel Vintage Bikes Café  Auguststr. 91 10117 Berlin, Germany Closest transport links: U-bahn - Oranienburger Tor (U6) S-Bahn - Oranienburger Straße (S1/S2/S26) e-mail us at: [email protected] Here are some impressions of our beautiful new café: Here is the video of our official opening party...

Check out the new feature about Steel Vintage Bikes Café in Berlin in RBB, local TV Channel from Berlin.

Every Saturday at 10:30 AM! We invite all you vintage riders to come and ride with us in and around of Berlin. We meet EVERY SUNDAY at 10:30 AM at Steel Vintage Bikes Café and start at 11:00 AM our weekly vintage bike ride! Please see the details on the Rides & Events page... It is a social ride and...

We selected red, white and rosé wines from a small vinyard in Pfalz, Germany and designed our very own Steel Vintage Bikes wines. As we are all crazy about cycling the wines were named after the jerseys of the major cycling races - Tour d'France, Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a España! Maillot Rose of our rosé wine is named after...

Come visit our new exhibition of rare shiny gems in our Berlin Store. This week we exhibit a collection of four Italian bicycles boasting unusual coatings. Bring your sunglasses with you and enjoy the glossy glamour from the roaring 80s. A copper coated Colnago, a gold plated Pinarello, a Rossin with golden details and one more Colnago with gold plated parts,  made...

Started as an Online Shop in 2012. Steel Vintage Bikes started as an online store in 2012 with a focus on refurbishing and bringing back to life the steel road bikes of the golden ages of cycling. Focusing primarily on steel framed bikes from the 1890s up to the 1990s, Steel Vintage Bikes works to restore and refurbish vintage frames...