Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - The Best Deal(s) You Got

Okay talk about what was the best bargain you got on parts or a bike
Zullo ($350) with campy record cranks and hubs -$350
43420
Brooks Pro saddle - $62 (retail $120)

I got the idea from the guy who got the campy cranks for $150

viner track bike with superbe pro in great condition ( only ridden once) for 250. oh did i mention the steel handlebars were so bent i had to cut them out of the stem.

A pair of Ganwell Pros, slightly used, from the factory in Kyoto. One for me and one for the wife,
$100 USD ($50 per frame/fork) ala 2003

no way^

70's centurion frame and fork for $15 with components scavanged from old projects and the local bike co-op.

no way^

WAY!
http://bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=210831&highlight=ganwell+pro

what a deal!

little 500 frame, fork, headset, 3 drop bars, 3 wheels, 2 cranks, gearing, 3 stems. $20.

^ where the hell can you find little 500 frames? I would kill for one. We'll maybe not kill, but seriously maim.

Oh, yeah, and I got a set of nearly NOS TA pro 3 attaches pista cranks and a chainweel for $30, but I would have gladly given those up for the little 500 frame.

i got a c record 5 star rear hub laced up 2 a reflex fo fittty bonz dawwwggg!!!!

Fluted Campy 170 road cranks for $60. I'm going to get a shorter BB spindle so I can use the outer tabs and pretend they're pista cranks. Does that count?

Well I am building my first SS MTB.... it is a 1999(if I remember right) Trek 6500 Frame FREE WOO HOO I love when friends upgrade!

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c353/Funrover/IMG_8470.jpg

Picked up my mid-70s Gitane road bike from a tip shop for $10. I bought it for the Cinelli saddle so I could put it on my other bike, then got it home and realised it was a sweet bike.

Bontrager Select saddle = $0, thank's to Andy. Free **** rocks my world.

bora carbon front wheel for $30, in perfect shape. Wheeler T1 titanium frame/fork for $70, various deals on wheelsets.

NOS 28H Campy Pista hubs for $50.

70's Colnago track frame for $30.

NOS 28H Campy Pista hubs for $50.

70's Colnago track frame for $30.

damn. I thought my colnago was a good deal.

damn. I thought my colnago was a good deal.
Jaa, I've got a good hookup. I picked up a very nice late 80's Master Competition frame, fork, and Campy headset for $200. That wasn't a bad deal either.

Jaa, I've got a good hookup. I picked up a very nice late 80's Master Competition frame, fork, and Campy headset for $200. That wasn't a bad deal either.

geesh, my deal was alright, but the story is pretty good.

My life is a bro deal.

My life is a bro deal.

bro ****.

^ where the hell can you find little 500 frames? I would kill for one. We'll maybe not kill, but seriously maim.

Oh, yeah, and I got a set of nearly NOS TA pro 3 attaches pista cranks and a chainweel for $30, but I would have gladly given those up for the little 500 frame.
you gotta know the right people in bloomington. as far as getting you a frame, i'll keep an eye open. i just traded my spare for a complete (but beat to hell) mtb for a singlespeed project. sorry.

1978 Sabatini track, mostly complete w. Cinelli steel stem and bars, campy high flange wheels, campy pista 151 BCD cranks, pista pedals, super pista hs - $400

Mariposa frameset (rusty, but solid) and custom rack - $100

But the best deal I ever got was a Campy Record mtb headset / kinesis aluminum fork I found in the alleyway.

1985 Panasonic Sport 1000 (complete bike) - FREE (craigslist!)
1986 Univega Arrow Pace (complete bike) - $15 (salvation army)
2004 Nishiki Century (complete bike) - $200 (craigslist)

The last one was I think a fantastic deal, not as good as the others, but I didn't replace any major things on it like the others. I only added bar tape and toe straps.

2006 Giant Browery at shop price. Josh is the best person ever. I also got my newspaper frame (Diamondback) for free. And my SPD-SLs were free too. Hmm...I get a lot of good deals.

Bought, at a BMX shop, an early 80's Colnago track bike, with Clement Criterium silks, that still held air. It had been ridden maybe a handful of times, the black anodizing on pedals was barely worn. $125!

Sold it on Ebay for 750 because it was way too big for me, but I couldn't pass up the deal.

I got a 70's (74 or 76, I can't remember) Raleigh International, all original, full Campy group, for $5.

My SLR XP for $40, brand new.
Thomson seatpost for $40, brand new as well.

Today at the thrift store I got some Pearl Izumi shorts, and some cold weather insulated tights for $3 each.

Even if you never seem to be in the right place to pick up vintage C Record for nothing, you can still score awesome deals on bike clothes at the thrift store. I got a merino base layer at my thrift for $4 (my best deal ever); an izumi jerz for $3 and some MEC insulated tights for $2. All just about brand new! I refuse to buy used bike shorts though. It's worse than used underwear because at least guys don't go out of their way to grind their sweaty nuts and *******s into their underwear for hours.

Yeah, I've found some sweet jerseys at the thrift store too.
I'll just wash the shorts and wear em... it's not a big deal to me.

73 Schwinn Paramount P13 complete but not together, 76 Paramount P14 track (everything there except a wheelset), and a huge box of vintage road/track parts (70's era high flange Campagnolo hubs, skewers, seat posts, shifters, f & r derail. , two pairs of Campagnolo track pedals, two Cinelli steel track drops, old steel adjustable track stem, and much more) for $330. Best part of it both Paramounts are jumbo 25" frames. MY SIZE!!!!

The best one before that was a 73 Raleigh Record Ace complete bike in great original condition. I bought it for $24 at an estate sale and sold it for $250 on Ebay with a freewheel that didn't freewheel anymore and two flat tubular tires. I kept the Brooks Pro that was on it also and just picked one out from the parts bin to put on it.

I just got this..officially my last cause I don't think I can beat the deal I got it for and the quality of this frame, not a cinelli but damn....real close

early 70's italian all the way, nicely thinned lugs with cutouts, nicely mitered inside bb, campy drops.. never rode outdoors..all chromed and awesome blood red translucent paint that glows in the sun

price was way,way less than a surly

http://s88035686.onlinehome.us/ebay/piste1.jpg

I got my early 80's guerciotti track frame and fork, specialized headset, NOS cinelli frog stem and criterium bars, sugino bottom bracket, sugino super mighty track crankset, sugino chainring and campy seatpost binder bolt for $450 on ebay last year.

I think the best deals i've gotten is finding track frames in 63-64cm sizes, so far i've found two.

Not so much fixed related, but I bought out almost a complete Schwinn shop for about 500. I am talking all tools for a functioning bike shop, 2 old Schwinn stands (the 200 lbs. ones), NOS everything you can imagine, wheels, etc. I could build up 5 or 6 NOS Varsities or Continentals out of parts. It's not all heavy stuff some things are newer parts but there are some real collectors pieces that are still in original boxes. It's a long story but another bike shop pretty much shut this place down and the guy was old and bitter and nobody was there for the closing, so I got everything for percents of a penny on the dollar.

Bought, at a BMX shop, an early 80's Colnago track bike, with Clement Criterium silks, that still held air. It had been ridden maybe a handful of times, the black anodizing on pedals was barely worn. $125!

Sold it on Ebay for 750 because it was way too big for me, but I couldn't pass up the deal.

I think I just vomited a bit in my mouth.

Eddy Merckx track with full Campy Record group and Campy Atlanta rims for 185 euros (about $230)

custom hand made columbus sl pursuit track frameset: $100

i looked up the builder's old website and it seems like the going rate while he was still building was $1200 for a framset...

Brooks Pro-traded a front wheel I found in the garbage for it.

28h yellow velocity aeroheads; $5 for the pair

i love reading this thread because it makes me jealous

Lugged Bianchi frame (celeste, made in Italy) w/Campy drops, all original components: full Campy gruppo (pedals, cranks, chainring, brake calipers, seat post, even the chainring bolts and seat tube bolt), Cinelli bars/tape & stem, HED. wheels (disc rear, aerospoke front), brand-spankin' saddle (forget the brand name) w/ Ti rails.
400 bones. XD

Lugged Bianchi frame (celeste, made in Italy) w/Campy drops, all original components: full Campy gruppo (pedals, cranks, chainring, brake calipers, seat post, even the chainring bolts and seat tube bolt), Cinelli bars/tape & stem, HED. wheels (disc rear, aerospoke front), brand-spankin' saddle (forget the brand name) w/ Ti rails.
400 bones. XD

o wow! the champ is here

guerciotti road bike with full campy record/super record, plus upgraded campy ergo shifters- $200 on craigslist. (click on my sig for pics)

hey, newnoise! you still got them? haha. i'll double your price!

heh, they're beat to **** now, but yeah i still have them. they're my only wheelset though, so i'm not really looking to get rid of them.

Filled up a Honda Civic's interior and trunk twice with frames, parts, rims, wheels, etc from a bike shop that had shut down in Hackensack and was being cleaned out. I had made friends with the cleaning crew hired to clean out the store and they let me take whatever I wanted for free unless it was already spoken for by members of the crew. There was still a crapload of stuff that i wasn't able to get.. I feel so bad too!

I get everything a dollar over cost.

Filled up a Honda Civic's interior and trunk twice with frames, parts, rims, wheels, etc from a bike shop that had shut down in Hackensack and was being cleaned out. I had made friends with the cleaning crew hired to clean out the store and they let me take whatever I wanted for free unless it was already spoken for by members of the crew. There was still a crapload of stuff that i wasn't able to get.. I feel so bad too!

Im really sorry and dont mean to hijack the thread, but progre-ss, could you check your PM's I PM'ed you about a bianchi frame.

Thanks alot!

Sorry everyone, continue.

Old fuji bike, only in need of a new rear wheel 8bucks

Free @ dump:

1983 peugeot carbolite 103 original in mint condition (well, one bar cap was not original).
1973 Schwinn Collegiate Touring.
198? SuperSport.

Paid a little for these:

$3 Schwinn World minus wheels.
$2 Bianchi with bent rear triangle and shimano 600
$10 Miyata with shimano 600 arabesque (or however you spell it) group.
$10 Sears cruiser w/gastank.


Free Dropoff from neighbors:

196? Columbia Cruiser w/coaster.
197? Free Spirit (now part of tallbike).

Only bike I really spent money on:

$100 196? Peugeot upgraded to triple crank w/modern wheels and couple new parts.


Plus a ton of huffy/murray/pacifica/next that got chopped up.

i placed an order for some parts from first flight bikes
http://www.firstflightbikes.com/frames/VintPart.htm

they have white nylon christophe straps at 3 pairs for $12, you can still buy them. i kept one pair and sold the other two on ebay. the auction ended at $42. never understood that.

All From the Local Thrift Store next to my work:

BRIDGESTONE ROAD BIKE: It had Campy cranks, wheelset (Campy rims and hubs!), brakes, brake levers, and front (double) and rear (7 speed) derailleurs. The seat post, stem, and headset are the only things not Campy. It was $30, I'm gonna sell the frame as it is way too big and keep the parts

SCHWINN VOYAGEUR: Top of the line touring bike from 1985? Front and rear rack mounts. Came with rear rack, nearly brand new Brooks Professional and Campagnolo rear derailleur. $15

TREK ROAD BIKE: 1980s? 10 speed, red, Shimano parts. $2.50. It was half off day (originally $10) and then the computer screwed up and took half off twice and the clerk didn't feel like futzing with it.

GARY FISHER MARLIN: 1999 I believe. Has front Suspension, Made it into an Single Speed, looks nearly new. $5.