PlatyPius

Hmmm.....

a Trek bike?

Muttleyone

a 720. Looks to be my size, I hate you <G>. If you want to get rid of it let me know.

Mutt

Duchey

Crap, I made that game too easy!

Correct you are! I'm still a little confused as to weather it's a 720 or a 728, because the vintage trek website only shows a 728 for the 82 model year. Any experts here that can tell me the diff between a 720 and 728 is?

Muttleyone

720's were sold as a complete bike and the 728's were sold as a frame only. Ok that's two questions answered do I get the bike?

Mutt

Duchey

Sorry Mutt, but she's just my size. Cant wait to grind off all that road bike **** and turn her into a fixie......

Muttleyone

Silence!!! I KKkkiiiiiillll YYyyooooouuuuu!!!!!!!!!!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n78Bp...eature=related

Mutt

Duchey

JK, I'd never do that to a classic tourer. She's gonna get a nice rebuild and road to death.

Muttleyone

Glad you got a great bike. It should be an fantastic ride.

P.S. I still hate you! J/K

Mutt

Duchey

No hard feelings. I'll post some pics once I get her built up again.

Bikedued

Don't know, but I hope it turns out to be mine!,,,,BD

PlatyPius

Really, no need to be greedy. Haven't you "acquired" something like 105 bikes this year???

jewish_

Picked up a pretty good condition '77 Raleigh Super Record the other day for my roommate. Looks to be pretty much 100% original minue the seat/wear items

Bikedued

Nah, I averaged about 1 a week in the last year. I am in sell mode right now though. The pink Prelude left yesterday for $250. That Clubman will be mine soon.,,,,BD

Bikedued

Last weekend I had a pretty good catch, but forgot all about it. From the flea market. Two sets of the old silver with black stripe ESGE fenders, now known as SKS. No stays, and I don't know the size. I wonder if they're the same, they look like the same rod and 10mm nut like on the newer models. Are they available seperately?,,,,BD

Glennfordx4

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I haven't been here in a in about a week and this is the first place I check,and I gotta say that I really dig this bike very nice score indeed. I have a few that I picked up lately but nothing really worth mentioning,a Jamis explorer MTB beat up,a CCM womans 10 speed, a cheap 24" cruiser great shape and a rideable Roadmaster MTB. It has been slow around here as far as finding bikes and to darn cold for any yard sales and none of my LBS have had anything they are looking to part with so I just started to work with what I have and getting ready for spring and building bikes to flip.

slushlover2

Here are 2 fresh out of a barn today. One is a Motobecane Super Mirage. The other is a Viscount Aerospace. $40 for the pair. I will do a restoration on the Moto, but I'll probably single speed the Viscount and flip it to a hipster.

Amani576

Is that a "death fork" I spy?
-Gene-

slushlover2

Nope, it is the replacement steel fork. What a strange mishmosh of parts, Shimano 600 deraileurs with stem shifters!!!

vinnydelnegro

What's a "death fork"? I certainly don't want to be riding one.

slushlover2

Viscount and Lambert bikes originally came with an aluminum fork that was prone to snapping off at the steerer. There was a recall to replace them with steel forks. For full details, Google viscount fork.

Bikedued

They came on some Viscount bikes. One of the, if not "the" earliest aluminum road bike fork. Notorious for breaking loose near the crown if ridden too hard. Most were replaced with chromed steel, but some bikes got a fork with a steel insert/pin. It's difficult to tell which bikes got the improved, but it is a theory after the company was taken over by Yamaha, the improved fork came on all of them. I have a bike with the improved version, I think? I'm not taking any chances though, so I will be putting a steel fork on it before I even attempt to ride it.,,,,BD

oldiebikes

I had a nice find today that will provide a fun project. It's a his & hers 10 speed Chicago Schwinn Varsity set. Dusty a dirty... but underneath, they're in great shape! It 's like the layer of grime has protected the bikes! The chrome is coming out shiny new. $35 for both bikes! One of the tires needed replacement, but I had a spare from another bike project.

Here's a related question about posting photos. Has anyone experienced problems with Photobucket? I've been reading recent reports about a big virus problem concerning that site. Something to do with malicious pop up ads that cause bigtime problems for some users of the site. Is there another picture hosting site that's recommended?

In any case, it was a good day with the bikes!

sonatageek

I have a photobucket account and have never had any issues.

nemo

I got a couple of new projects today as well. On a donation pickup i found an '85 fuji team rough paint, colored brown in my size. also in the lot was a bridgestone 300 no idea what year other than the components put it about 3-4 yrs newer than the fuji. the bridgestone is small but almost immaculate. both have prewheels that are really stiff (needs work) i think i will try to flip the bridgestone, and probably ride the fuji. i purchased the pair from our store for $25

PlatyPius

I'll send you my address for the Bridgestone.......