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The PBVM Journal
Projects, discoveries, market insights and stories from the world of Panasonic bicycles.
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The Sport Model Lineup
Rare, special edition, racing, and high end are a few things that should never ever be used to describe any Sport, Sport 500, Sport…
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The Best Panasonic Ever… the ’88 DX-5000?
Why the 1988 DX-5000 has remained such a memorable bicycle.
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At A Glance, the DX-3000 Line
Follow the DX-3000 through its changing years, specifications and place in the range.
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The Art Of Long Distance Bicycle Buying
An editorial guide to finding and purchasing a bicycle from far away.
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An Epic Collection Now On The Market
One of our collector friends in Switzerland recently contacted me to say he was selling three amazing Panasonics from his collection. Of course, these aren’t just ordinary Panasonics. Up for sale are two nearly perfect MC Pro Team models and one PR-6000. Bike...
On The Market Report: April 30, 2018
It has been a really long time since we’ve done one of these On The Market posts. Part of that was due to being overly busy in day-to-day life and the other part with there being a lack of interesting bikes for sale online. I’ve seen lots of lower end Sport models for...
On The Market Report, June 17, 2015
It has been a long time since we’ve done one of these On The Market posts. Part of that was due to being overly busy in day-to-day life and the other part with there being a lack of interesting bikes for sale online. I’ve seen lots of lower end Sport...
1988 Panasonic PICS Titanium
Approx. Price When New $$1,300 Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)MoreClick to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit...
1988 Panasonic MC-7500
I realize we already have another MC-7500 featured on the web site that is in far finer condition than this one but I figured this was worth the share anyway. Ever since buying my 1988 DX-5000 back in ’88 I have wanted one of these MC-7500 mountain bikes to go...
1989 Panasonic PICS Team Custom “Pete’s Cycle”
The featured bike that you see here comes to us via the original owner (Chuck) in Maryland, USA. The bike features a custom PICS paint scheme in Sonic Blue and White and a nearly complete Suntour GPX build. 1989 Panasonic PICS Team Custom “Pete’s...
Attention Titanium Owners!
We want to hear from you if you happen to be the lucky owner of a Panasonic Titanium framed bicycle! We’re working on a special feature for the site featuring Panasonic’s Titanium framed bikes and could use some addition photos and owner impressions. If...
On The Market Report, May 9, 2014
It has been quite a while since we’ve done an On The Market Report. That was partly due to an insanely busy life/schedule and partly due to a lack of interesting models for sale during the winter months. It is now spring in North America and the classifieds...1990 Panasonic Bicycles EU
This 1990 Panasonic Bicycles catalog comes to us thanks to Michael in Germany....Need Great Hosting?
