Classic & Vintage - First bike-related purchase of the New Year

Since I'm stuck inside with a cold and general malaise (not party-related, either), I've been napping and surfing on and off today. Been watching these for a few days and just won them a couple minutes ago; my first bike-related buy of the year:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7006/6615056615_59a8c31e64_o.jpg

What was your first bike-related purchase of 2012?

DD

A box o'Joe at Dunkin Donuts after the New Years Day ride with Cyclists of Wilson (COWs).

I actually bought this '83 Trek 500 frameset yesterday, so it may not qualify. I put some 700 wheels and Noodle bars on there to start getting an idea of build possibilities.
http://i700.photobucket.com/albums/ww1/rothenfield/83Trek500001.jpg

I'm a big spender.

A Cinelli XA wedge.

http://thumbs.ebaystatic.com/pict/390365805597.jpg

Spokes - at 12:12 AM this morning.

Don't know yet.

Spokes, fenders, saddle, tires and a Bagman rack. All items ordered this morning... Heading to the LBS on Tuesday to order a bunch of other bits and pieces.

Aaron :)

http://i.ebayimg.com/t/2010-Campagnolo-Veloce-Rear-Mech-Derailleur-Short-Black-/15/!BSBI4TQ!2k~$(KGrHgoH-E!EjlLl0T+JBKBBe6rT-g~~_12.JPG
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Spokes - at 12:12 AM this morning.

I did the same... 150 spokes and 150 nipples to go with the spokes for two wheel builds (Hercules Kestrel (http://www.flickr.com/photos/threefamilyalbum/sets/72157628382207529/) and Carlton Super Race (http://www.flickr.com/photos/threefamilyalbum/sets/72157627680798239/)). I placed the order yesterday, but since the invoice didn't arrive until this AM, I'm counting this as my first bike-related purchase of 2012.

http://i.ebayimg.com/t/2010-Campagnolo-Veloce-Rear-Mech-Derailleur-Short-Black-/15/!BSBI4TQ!2k~$(KGrHgoH-E!EjlLl0T+JBKBBe6rT-g~~_12.JPG
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That's pretty, in spite of the fact it's a derailleur! :)

Raleigh mixte, got it at a typical garage sale price, off C/L (guy explained he bought it at a garage sale, intending to fix it up).

Should make someone happy come this Spring.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7009/6616516349_3269bfc992_b.jpg

Three bikes in two days (the other two were year end 2011 pickups).

Just ordered a seatpost and QR binder bolt to replace the ones I raped off of my MTB to fix my nephew's. Didn't like to take my bike out of commission, but the option was to send him back home without the bike that was his Christmas present.

i had a premature newyear's er,,,purchase on ebay last night.

Item condition: Used
Ended: Dec 31, 201122:56:48 PST
Bid history:

just bought on da bay:
3ttt seatpost
http://bit.ly/rXK77x

and the last 2 of yr 2011 were:
NOS TA spindle
http://bit.ly/ry4NxB

hozan combi spoke wrench
http://bit.ly/rPbyqq

happy spending :)

I saw the title of the thread and thought "Wow, these guys are hopeless!" And then remembered that a couple of short hours ago, I picked up a set of campy 8mm crank bolts on ebay to compliment a record crankset that was gifted to me. :lol: Just waiting on an FD and my cassette to come back from wheels manufacturing and I'll be ready to do this build!

^ Nah, not hopeless - we just know where our true passion lies ;)

Welcome to the club!

DD

No purchases here yet ...and the year is getting old :eek:

105 triple front mech, with seatpost clamp, brand new for €7.50:

http://www.all4bike.com/images/AJ-Forskifter-Shimano-Ultegra-FD-6503.jpg

I just bought this:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/160690659778?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649

God help me when it gets here. I am now entering a week or two of the nervous fretting that it will get partially destroyed during shipping.

I just bought this: <picture of tandem>

Very nice!

My first bike purchase of the year: A spoke (and a few spares) to replace the tandem spoke we broke today or perhaps yesterday.

I just bought this:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/160690659778?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649

God help me when it gets here. I am now entering a week or two of the nervous fretting that it will get partially destroyed during shipping.

lol, please do post a pic of the box that thing shows up in!

For the $600 in shipping/handling (part of the haggling), I could have simply bought it an airline ticket. Seriously, it is cheaper for me to send/recieve stuff from Europe than it is the lower 48.

I tried to buy a 1983 Lotus Eclair today off of CL, but this is the fourth time through as many listings that I haven't been able to get the guy to show it to me. What a bonehead. I guess I'll finally give up on him.

Yesterday I bought a vintage style LED flashlight and some P-clamps to mount to the front rack of a build I'm working on.

http://media.restorationhardware.com/is/image/rhis/prod1730080?$GAL3$

For the $600 in shipping/handling (part of the haggling), I could have simply bought it an airline ticket. Seriously, it is cheaper for me to send/recieve stuff from Europe than it is the lower 48.

No kidding

Yesterday I bought a vintage style LED flashlight and some P-clamps to mount to the front rack of a build I'm working on.

http://media.restorationhardware.com/is/image/rhis/prod1730080?$GAL3$

Oh, man - where'd you get that? Classic-looking - I want one :)

DD

balindamood, congratulations! One day, we'll get a tandem, too.

Oh, man - where'd you get that? Classic-looking - I want one :)

DD

http://www.restorationhardware.com/catalog/product/product.jsp?productId=prod1730080

Not a bad price at all. I ordered a medium and a large.

I just bought this:

(photos of tandem)

God help me when it gets here. I am now entering a week or two of the nervous fretting that it will get partially destroyed during shipping.

Ga-rooooovy!

It is the second most beautiful tandem I have seen (the first was a touring/rando version of Col. Lloyd's Jack Taylor in candy apple read w/ hammered fenders). (Much) More than I cared to spend, but I am weary of looking. It is exactly the size for my wife and I, and it is vintage. Now some other projects need to go; and that is fine with me.

http://www.restorationhardware.com/catalog/product/product.jsp?productId=prod1730080

Not a bad price at all. I ordered a medium and a large.

Thank you! I think I'm going for a small and a medium.

DD

not c&v but this was the first find for the year at a very nice price :thumb:

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c107/guzziee/Dsc_0576.jpg

My first bike-related purchase of 2012 was this bike:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7007/6631545361_6661c847f2_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/69650439@N03/6631545361/)
IMG_1576 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/69650439@N03/6631545361/) by orrery84 (http://www.flickr.com/people/69650439@N03/), on Flickr

A 1990 Miyata Triplecross, which I guess qualifies as a C&Vesque hybrid. I've added drop bars/bar end shifters to make it a versatile commuter/all purpose bike.

Bought some Clamp on Suntour Downtube Shifters and this tape on ebay, since i cant afford leather and to scared to DD with it too.

http://www.charliethebikemonger.com/ekmps/shops/bikemonger/images/deda-brown-fake-leather-look-bar-tape-1739-p.jpg

r800 cannondale 56cm Shimano 600 tricolor components except wheels and pedals (blue with wrong black saddle) Too bad this frame is too small for me...
http://img851.imageshack.us/img851/5364/1001277o.jpg
Trek 412 63cm original Ishiwata 022 blue with (wrong black saddle Turbo but it is what came with the Canondale originally I bought the bikes about 45 miles apart good timing)
http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/7008/1001276t.jpg

XT Front derailleur to match my rear deraileur SCORE!!!
http://img607.imageshack.us/img607/714/xtfd.jpg
SACHS HERET Stem shifters(total Score for a long standing project)
Deore light action left thumb shifter
Avocet Touring saddle
4 brake cables
A new Gas can and a 4 mile walk on I-5 (I even made the news as I was out of gas)

Things started off immediately on Monday with a flip find on CL. A 97 Bianchi Ocelot for $10. Seller is a roadie and thought it would be fun to work on his first mtb. He bought it at a police auction, but realized later it was much too small. It's also too small for me, which is helpful to fight urges to keep flips. :P
It's missing a cantilever arm, and the paint is a bit scratched. But for $10, once cleaned up, I'm sure it'll sell just because it's a Bianchi. :)

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7154/6538770293_3374b96d9f_b.jpg

I tried to buy a 1983 Lotus Eclair today off of CL, but this is the fourth time through as many listings that I haven't been able to get the guy to show it to me. What a bonehead. I guess I'll finally give up on him.

Happens to me all the time. That's part of the dark side of C/L. Not only are some of the buyers flakes, but so are some of the sellers. I'm on a bicycle buying trip, err, vacation. Been trying to get one person to return my call for four days now..... If I was local, it wouldn't be so bad. I have had sellers contact me back two to three weeks later. Realize that a lot of the best deals have flake sellers, and people focus on stuff that is more important to them.

I've had a right side Jandd commuter pannier since 1994, and now I finally have a left to match.
(random online photo)
http://www.bikewhenever.com/cargo/commuter_pannier_outside.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7170/6637358477_21c6dae093_m.jpg

A Peugeot Super Competition. Don't have any better pics yet. Will pick it up this weekend.

232497Bought this Trek ZX 7000 on CL yesterday as a all weather bike. Paid $120 for the Trek ZX 7000, so as not worry about thief, crashes, snow, rain and the gigantic lunar craters we have on the streets of Chicago! Had a Trek ZX7000 before and missed it.

Just something small but part of my " BIG PICTURE ", a leather Avocet tour 1 saddle off of an Italian Biannci- 20 bucks.

See, told ya, small

My usual first purchase of the year is to take the annual gift card from my sister and head down to Performance Bikes to pick up 3-4 Vittoria Rallye sewups to get them on my spare rims for stretching. Only I get the and get one hell of a pleasant shock.

Performance usually charges $31.95 per tyre. The on-line catalog has them on sale for $27.95. No markdown at the shop, I'm a bit disappointed (shipping from the website is $4.00 per tyre), but I need them. Take them to the checkout, the clerk scans them, furrows his brow and says, "They've changed the stock number. This now ends in zero, which means it's a closeout. They're $22.00 apiece." I immediately went back and grabbed the rest of the tyres in the bin.

The clerk has no idea what 'closeout' means, whether its just that the local store is going to stop carrying them :cry: or a general closeout on the part of the Performance chain :cry::cry::cry:. If you need sewups, it might be worth your while to drop by your local Performance and see if they listing the same numbers that I got.

On top of that, as usual I waited until Tuesday lunch time (1200-1400) where my local store does a 10% discount on top of whatever the quoted price. Which means I paid $19.80 each for mine. I believe this is something that is just done by the Richmond store.

^ Damn, that's a smokin' deal :)

DD

Bought some Wellgo pedals and tires at Dick's for the Nishiki, and some water bottle holders for the Ross .

My first bike related purchase was on Yew Years day...a 26 x 1.5-2.1 kenda tube.

The first cool purchase was yesterday - Cinelli Grammo stem.

Those look like Sidi Titaniums. I believe they were made from kangaroo leather.

^ I expect to be receiving them today or tomorrow, so I'll update when I have them in my hot little hands :)

DD

The second purchase of the year.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7014/6649996535_6fa2e04291_o.jpg

Since I'm stuck inside with a cold and general malaise (not party-related, either), I've been napping and surfing on and off today. Been watching these for a few days and just won them a couple minutes ago; my first bike-related buy of the year:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7006/6615056615_59a8c31e64_o.jpg

What was your first bike-related purchase of 2012?

DD

I'm looking for some as well.

My Dettos are shot, and Sidis fit me perfectly in most of the important ways.