Thanks for your input, I truly appreciate it. The derailleurs are indeed Deer Head, the logos are gone but I was able to match them up to photos online. Functionally it's a good solid ride, cosmetically it's pretty sad. The frame is not rusty but the paint has lots of nicks and some of the decals are half gone, chrome has some rust and the aluminum needs a LOT of TLC. Rims are true but the braking surfaces are showing the miles, Since it's black I can touch up the nicks and scuffs and blend them in bbut there isn't much i can do with the decals. Here are some pics before the cleanup to give you a better idea what I'm working with.

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Brother picked this Gitane Gran Sport out of the trash 8 years ago. Had it stored for 6 years then gave it to me. Replaced seat, tires, steel rims w alloy rims, yellow hoods, handlebar tape, bottle and cage. A good ride.


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I saved this one from the dump. I have never seen one before and it had some decent features and I couldn't see it being trashed. This is a Barracuda A2Z somewhere around a 1995 (right in the middle of the mountain bike boom). It is not their top of the line (Barracuda - Totally Driven!), but seems to be a pretty solid bike. The company has a very brief history.

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Definitely worth saving, cool graphics.

I sold a white and purple A2Z a few years back. If it had fit me it would be wearing XT and some nice skinwall Tiogas. Alas, the company is known for making bikes for people less than 6 foot. Please take some closer pics of the teardrop shaped tubes if you get a chance. I'd love to own one, but at 6'1" I will probably never find one that fits me.

Well here it is, love it or hate it. A $200 pawn shop find. I did the usual total redo. It's comparable to the Tesch S-22 I used to own. I know that might be blasphemy, but it is a very nice steel bike in my humble opinion. It was 23 pounds and change with Tiagra and a triple. I can't wait to weigh it tomorrow or Sunday, and see where it ended up. It's an 01-03ish Lemond Tourmalet. Sorry if it isn't vintage enough, but the spirit is there:).,,,,BD

UPDATE: Unfortunately it only lost a few ounces. I imagine part of that was going from plastic Tiagra shifter bases, to real metal heavy ones with chrome on them. Riding it was nearly sublime though. I've not ridden many stiff bikes with such a soft ride, ESPECIALLY with heavy thick Armadillo tires. Those usually have a hard dead ride to them IMHO.



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Here are a couple of shots. I was surprised to see an aero frame on a mountain bike, but it was the 90's..

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Thanks! :).,,,,BD

I took a long somewhat bumpy grassy downhill on the Lemond today. It came though like a trooper, but I wished I had been on my drop bar 29er instead.

I haven't bought a bike (or posted here much) in well over a year, but I fell off the wagon at the flea market today:

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RB-T, I think it's a 1994 and all original apart from the saddle and tires. I've always wanted one of these and it may replace my beloved Voyageur SP.

1989/90 Bianchi Campione d Italia
 

This was at the landfill swap shop,at first thought it was a late '80's Japanese frame. Saw the B on the lug & within a couple of minutes of googling the Quarttro components figured out what this was despite the hidious re spray. Obvious swapped out bits - seat post from Ofmega to Advent, RD to Shimano Exage 500EX. Wheels, not shown, Joytech hubs & Araya rims. Needs a ton of attention but it's coming apart easier than I thought.
The head tube/fork crown shot shows where quite a bit of paint flaked off. Under florescent light I can't tell if that's primer or if this was originally actually Cileste.

Saved from being dumped by the other mechanic at the shop. Score!

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Love the green tires. They make the bike stand out.. I have green tires on a Red Grand Prix.

That is a great bike you got, and a rare find at that. I saw one on e-bay sold for about $500 supposdely like new condition but the pictures were gone by the time I saw the ad. The tubeset was Ishiwata EX4130 which Bridgestone never mentioned in their ads which Grant Peterson still doesn't do to this day! Ishiwata went bankrupt in 1993 which means that Bridgestone used that tubeset because they got it very cheap due to left over tube sets in the warehouse.

I don't think there is a lot of difference between your Voyager SP which used a mix of Columbus SL and SP so I don't think you'll notice much of a difference although the frame geometry on the Voyager is a touring geometry while the RBT is a randonneur which means it wasn't built to carry the heavier touring loads that Voyager was built to do thus they were built a bit lighter, plus the geometry of the frame which is in between a race and touring geometry gave it a bit quicker handling then a touring geometry but that also means comfort was also in between the two,; all of this doesn't make the RBT a lessor bike just built for a different reason.

I surly wouldn't sell your Voyager though just in case you get a hankering to go touring or just one another bike to have around. Last month I found a regular (not SP) Voyager in a dumpster which I'm still working on so I haven't had a chance to ride it for comparison sakes with others that I have, but I did ride it and it rides nicely but it's also the Tange Champion 2 tubeset which some sources on the internet say it was a bit better than the Columbus sl sp mix used in the higher end Voyager SP and other touring bikes, but it cost less so bike manufactures probably thought it wasn't quite as good! That website I gave above he loves Tange stuff over anything else...just his opinion of course.

But that RBT is most definitely more rare than the Voyager SP, and that alone makes it unique and worth to own.

Congrats on finding it, sorry of the long blabbering about it.

I texted this guy to offer $200, but it was already sold. For $100:cry:,,,,BD

Trek 520 Touring Bicycle

Nice!!

They're yours for the cost of shipping :)

Thanks for the comparison. I had a similar impression from the brief rides I've taken on the RB-T, but it's not kitted out the same as the Voyageur, so it will be hard to make a comparison until I put my Paselas and saddle on the new bike. I've always felt that the Voyageur has a pretty lively feel for a touring bike, it's a "sweet spot" combination of tubing and geometry. Congrats on your dumpster find!

If your not having fun with me for my lack of color coordination pm me

Picked up this 1982 Schwinn World Sport today, it was my size and cheap. It has almost the full checklist of undesirables, Hi-Ten frame, stamped dropouts, claw mount rear derailluer, bolt on chrome steel wheels, steel seatpost and handlebars, stem shifters, turkey levers, dork disc, foam grips and possibly the cheapest plastic bottle cage I have ever seen clamped on with heater hose clamps. Paint is really beat up but no frame rust, it has rust on most of the chrome EXCEPT the wheels, they're like brand new and perfectly true. It seems the crappy wheels always are. Tires are good, tubes are new, it has long reach Weinmann center pulls but both brake levers are hosed and it needs all the cables replaced. I have another set of levers and piles of cables so there will be no further financial investment needed. I soaked it down with Zip 505 cleaner and hosed it off, it cleaned up nicely all things considered. The plan is to make it functional and to put it on my stationary trainer for the really crappy days this Winter when I can't force myself out in the elements. The seller was a flipper that knew next to nothing about bikes other than he could make a few bucks off them. This is the CL photo.

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Picked up this Halfords Sport this morning for €25. I bought it for the parts (especially the MAFAC brakes, and the super light aluminum fenders and stays) , but I felt guilty dismantling it. I don't think it was used for anything else than taking up space in a garage for forty-odd years. My guess it's a Belgian frame, made by Flandria or Superia.

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Now that's a Classic.

To be in the UK and have it my size. A very nice bike. I'd give 25 after ya took the parts off of it that you wanted. Very classic.

Picked up this Univega Activa Trail today from the local CL. It has a very nice ride - I think it's going to be a keeper.

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I'm going to change the saddle and think about a drop-bar conversion.

Picked up this Vittorio Populair. It was sitting on our local classifieds site with a ridiculously low bid on it. Vittorio are well-known for their hand-built high-quality trekking bikes, and even though the Populair is not their most expensive model I felt this one deserved a better fate than the weekly pub run. It also happens to be mrs non-fixie's size, so I rescued it. As bought:

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This one was strapped down on the top of the pile in a local scrapper's trailer. I saw the dropout adjusters and had to rescue it. Went back twice before finding him at home, gave him twenty bucks for it as shown. He was happy, I was happy! I checked with the local PD as well as a couple other sources to try and make sure it wasn't stolen. This thing makes me contemplate taking some Monday off to stand at the Northern Recycling gate to see what else is getting chopped up! The components that are left on it are pretty generic, so my plan is to build it up with the Tri-Color bits I've got laying around.

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Excellent save... I love my Berthet pedals.

My catch of the week... will be swapping in some cross tyres for the rest of the season.

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This is my favorite thread...

My catch from last night. It didn't sale I guess at a garage sale this week end for $150. I picked it up last night for much much less than that. :D

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