General Cycling Discussion - My "new" bike! Sanwa 110 1980's road bike

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casey86
10-03-12, 12:11 PM
Hi everyone. So as some of you know I was another one of those people who bought a new department store bike thinking it was going to be one less thing to not worry about but turned out I was drawn in by the pretty paint and cool shape and ended up needing new parts for it within days of purchase. So I decided to put some thought into it this time. I went on Craigslist, checked my local paper and then Ebay. I found a bike on Ebay that caught my eye. It is a 1980's Sanwa 110 road bike. I bid on the bike and won! I've took it out for a ride 2 times so far and it rides great but I can tell it needs some work before its really ready to ride. I paid $160 for it.

So, without further wait here are the pics! I added the kick stand to it because it didn't come with one. Oh, all original parts too. :-)

(Larger pics)

http://i.imgur.com/NFyp8.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/OvWGS.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Keysq.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/zcGAh.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/2seaN.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/UqNJm.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/M47Vn.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/aFBGU.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/3i64D.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/zpwZI.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/NFyp8.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/OvWGS.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Keysq.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/zcGAh.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/2seaN.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/UqNJm.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/M47Vn.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/aFBGU.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/3i64D.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/zpwZI.jpg

DieselDan
10-03-12, 06:47 PM
Looks good as a well preserved NOS bike. Not sure if you didn't pay too much.
JanMM
10-03-12, 07:35 PM
Looks like a '70's bike with lots of steel parts.
Attractive frame.

Flying Merkel
10-03-12, 08:03 PM
Classic bike boom 10 speed. They will go forever. Won't speak to the price, but it looks like a good ride.
casey86
10-03-12, 09:45 PM
Classic bike boom 10 speed. They will go forever. Won't speak to the price, but it looks like a good ride.

Was that a "they will last forever" or "they will always pop up forever" statement? :-)
IthaDan
10-03-12, 10:26 PM
Was that a "they will last forever" or "they will always pop up forever" statement? :-)

yes.
flatlander_48
10-06-12, 09:49 AM
Was that a "they will last forever" or "they will always pop up forever" statement? :-)

Hard to have one without the other...