+1 again

New bearings, new grease, new cables and housings, new bar tape or grips.

Clean rims, lube nipples and tension/true, new rimstrap or tape, new tires, refurb tube (ream & chase stem threads,) Remove and inspect/clean Freewheel/cassette, rebuild hubs w/ new bearings & grease.

Disassemble brakes, polish pivots, grease, reassemble. New brake shoes.

Disassemble FD & RD, clean, lube.

Inspect frame, OA if necessary & treat with rust preventative, hone seat tube, chase/face BB, head tube. Polish frame with Scratch-X, wax liberally.

Rebuild bike from ground up.

Sure, it's an all-day job -but it's worth it. When you are done you have a like-new bike again.

I do this to every bike that I flip, and to my own bikes every year or three if they are getting ridden regularly. I don't like to ride poorly-maintained junk. I won't put a BlackHeronBikes sticker on any bike I sell that doesn't get this full treatment.

The photovoltaic cells are gone. That is just the bare carbon where the cells were attached. It is pretty much just a carbon shell with the chair. No cockpit, wheels, steering, etc..

I don't know.

Just because something is sitting unattended and unlocked on private property doesn't mean it is anyone's to take who happens along past it. Where I come from that is still called stealing.

where i come from, removing trash dumped on vacant lots is called decreasing blight


it probably wouldn't be too hard to find out who illegally dumped that there since their website is clearly visible.. mitsolar.com - gosolar@mit.edu

Illegally dumped?

Are you an EPA lawyer or a cop now?

Perhaps you should look into who owns this "abandoned property" before throwing around terms like "illegally dumping" when it could very well just be the school storing their crap on their own property.

"better call the cops" indeed.

We have a word in the English language for people who think anything not nailed down is theirs...

^:roflmao2::roflmao2::roflmao2:

"am i cop"? dude in case you forgot, you were the first to start with the accusations of criminal activity.. perhaps YOU should look into who owns the property!

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That's how this canoe started out... http://www.steamcar.net/stanley/fastest.pdf

Acab

Well, #0000 does absolutely NOTHING to chrome. Harsh chemicals now, there's a topic for discussion. I stand behind my suggestion. I have stripped and steel wooled several chrome bikes, not one of which experienced the rust "roaring back". It will rust again, because it's already pitted. Now, these pits, do you really want to introduce an acid into that equation? It will not only soak into the pores, but past that and under the chrome? Just my humble opinion of course. Use what you want, and I'll use what I want.,,,,BD

This bike was stripped of its dull scratched clearcoat, then cleaned up with #0000. It does not scratch chrome, period. End of story. You must be thinking of the super coarse steel wool? In case you have never bothered to look at it, #0000 it so soft it feels like a cotton ball..


http://www.cyclofiend.com/cc/2008/cc...llott1208.html

Picked up this 1980 SR Semi-Pro with full 600 Arabesque group. The frame is pretty rough, but I have been looking for this groupo for awhile. Needs a little cleaning, but it's not too bad.

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More pics here: http://s225.photobucket.com/albums/d...%20Semi%20Pro/

The black makes for a grande dame...congratulations on finding a classy ride!

Pair of Raleigh Sports from yesterday.
You'll see a baby seat mentioned on the sales receipt. The baby that sat in that seat is the guy who sold us these (his parent's) cycles.

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nice find... wow...

Interesting blog post about the twins:

http://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2013...twins-actually

puchfinnland, a list of sizes, if you please... :)

Great catch - I am looking for exactly the same thing, looking to build for my oldest son and wife.

I won't be running out of tubular tires any time soon, an entire shopping bag full of mostly new tubulars Vittoria etc. I have not even gone through them all yet. approximately 16 pairs!
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^ CL find? Lucky you saw it before me. I just did a "tubular" search this morning. I would have jumped all over that.

MAN, you lucky _______! Nice catch!,,,,BD

Just eight months prior to the date on that receipt I picked up my Zeus Pro just up the street from that store, at the Inside Edge Ski & Bike. Wish I still had it.

Amazing score on the tubulars Toytech! What brands are in the bag?

Wow, small world!

Just went through them. Now I decide which ones to keep, I already had 3 Panaracers pre stretched. :D

New:
1 Wolber Neo pro
1 Clement Super Condor
2 green Vittoria Competition Rally Kevlar
1 Huthinson "s" ?
1 Allesandro Speciale
1 Performance st 250 Kevlar
1 Vittoria Juniores 26" Rally

Used: Most have no real wear
3 Conti Sprinters
2 Vittoria Corsa CX Squadra Prof
2 Vittoria Comp Rallys in black/tan
1 allesandro Speciale

Saved from the Dumpster at Steet Level Cycles Berkeley ca 1972 Mercier
 

I was passing by the Street Level Cycles workshop and spied the pretty Lugs on a vintage Bike beckoning me from the sheet metal dumpster in front. I like her and brought her home setting her up to enjoy the beauty through the patina. The Brilliant blue was trying to shine through the badly flaking clear coat that is taking some of the decals as it flakes off. I am not sure why it was thrown out perhaps because of the rusty crank set. It has a 1973 City of San Francisco license remaining. Pitty it is too large for me! 60cm. Still I collect the missing bits and get it going in any case.http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=298612http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=298613http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=298614http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=298616

Damn, I'd like to find something like that Mercier! That is SWEET!! Especially for free. Exactly my size too!,,,,BD