Vintage Bicycle Value Features

Series Summary

Vintage bicycles are different than antique and classic bikes. Vintage typically means more than thirty years old. An antique bicycle is generally going to have wooden rims and they may have a steel cladding over them. People tend to use the terms classic bicycles and vintage bicycles interchangeably. A classic bike could come from many different eras maybe only five years old, it's generally some model that had some defining factor that changed the way bicycles are looked at or there is something unique about it. In this free video series, let a bicycle expert help you evaluate how much a vintage bike is worth. Learn what makes a vintage bicycle valuable, when to keep it original or when to restore it. Next you'll learn about different bike styles and when they were valuable. Next, learn about cleaning paint, chrome, rust and decals. Finally, get information on what vintage bikes are going down in value and which ones are earning top dollar. If you think you might be sitting on a vintage bike goldmine, watch this video series and find out.

Video Transcript

"So what makes a bike valuable? I guess the first question is, valuable to whom? A bike that may belong to your grandfather, or grandmother, or dad or mom, or a bike you had as a kid, may be extremely valuable to you and not worth anything to anyone else, so there's that measure of the value of a bicycle, but say it's not that type of a bicycle. It has sentimental value. Say this is a bike that you have in your garage, or you picked up at a yard sale, or you found it at the dump, and you want to maybe turn it over, and try to make some money on it. You want to make sure that you can get what the bike is worth. Now, is it the style that makes a bike valuable? Maybe. Is it the age of the bike? Is an older bike always more valuable than a newer bike? Certainly not. There are certain features and certain clues, certain time periods that are more collectible than others, and then within those time periods, there are things that features on particular bikes, that make a bike more valuable. The first rule is this, a man's bike is usually more valuable than a woman's bike, and I'll go into that in a minute."