reallyvintage.com · Catalogue no. 48
Reallyvintage
The UK marketplace for steel bicycles worth keeping.
VV-2218Demo
1974 Mercian Vincitore
£2,450
Opening the floor · October 2026
The UK marketplace for steel bicycles worth keeping.
Not a feed, and not an auction with a theatre attached. Every machine is photographed in the same light, measured, and given a lot number before anyone is asked to look.
- On the floor
- 12
- Makers
- 8
- Commission
- 8%
We do not promote listings. The floor is chronological. Money does not buy a higher row.
Newest first
On the floor
Six ways in
The decades
- Pre-warRod brakes, roadsters, and machines built before the blackout.1 machine1930–1945
- Post-warClub builds, track irons, and the first lightweight boom.2 machines1946–1964
- ClubmanLugged 531, and the long Sunday runs out of the city.3 machines1965–1979
- PavementChoppers, Grifters, and the bicycles that never joined a club run.4 machines1969–1983
- Racing steelShort-reach brakes, and the last decade before carbon took the bunch.1 machine1980–1992
- TouringRacks, clearances, and bicycles meant to leave the county.1 machineAny decade
Sell without the circus
Eight percent when a bicycle changes hands.
Nothing to list. Nothing for looking. No promoted row, no reserve theatre. You write the account. A buyer leaves a note.
From the journal
All essaysThe jointDemo
How to read a lug
The joint tells you who built the bicycle, and whether anyone has since pretended otherwise.
House rulesDemo
What never makes the floor
Painted-over numbers, missing accounts, and anything built after the steel years.
The yardDemo
A Sunday on the floor
Six machines came in. The one that mattered was still dusty from a track that closed.
Dealers on the book
The fourNorth YardDemo
London
Track irons and British club builds
The Measured MileDemo
Bath
Italian racing steel
Frame & LedgerDemo
Glasgow
Touring and audax
Second RingDemo
Manchester
Late steel race bikes
12 machines are already written up. Yours can sit with them.