Opportunity to be creative. It's a 56,so on the small size for me. Originally set to go as a college bike but once it got home it's too nice.

Hi Thumpic. Yeah, I made myself stop scanning CL for awhile and work on what I have. But for some reason something made me check that morning. Most often I'm like you were on this one, in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Are you they one that told him that the seat post was stuck on his High Sierra? I'm a sucker for old MTBs; but not stuck posts.

Wasn't me, I never looked at the MTB, I was zeroed in on the Traveler. And that's about it for now for me - barring of course something truly amazing popping up that I'll have to race you for ;-)

I won an E-bay auction on this Miyata 112. Winning bid was a whopping $7.16. I had to drive a bit to pick it up, but I really only bought it for the wheel set, which I need for another winter project nearing completion. The wheels are in great shape. I took some measurements on this when I got home and it seems to be telling me it wants to be turned in to a 650b conversion. Hmm....
http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/r...y/DSCN1298.jpg

$10 at a bike swap.... No, I am not joking. It's a fairly rare saddle, that pumps up to make the padding firmer/softer. I had never even seen or heard of these before, and was blown away by the attention to detail and construction quality. It may very well stay in the box. The founder of the local bicycle museum also happened to be at the swap for a while. She wants it for the museum. After thinking about it a few hours, I may do just that. She bought from the same woman, an aluminum framed Duravia I think the name was. A randonneur bike. Mafac brakes, suicide shifters. You could tell it was from another era.,,,,BD

The Duravia looked very much like this one. It had Racers for the brakes though, and a double chainring up front.

http://duravia.blogspot.com/2013/08/...-received.html

Same person had a set of Belleri gold anodized drop bars, and a Nitto Grand Randonneur 135. Also $10 a piece, both NOS and in the plastic sleeves. Yes, I bought them too.


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It's also telling you to send me that saddle, hehe.,,,,BD

BD, I'll keep you on mind. I haven't really done much of anything to the bike except bring it in the house to get a picture. I have a couple of Brooks that would look nice on there if I do the conversion. I'll take the saddle off in a couple of days and get some better pictures of it. Maybe we could work out some kind of swap!

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Much appreciated! It's just that the drooped nose and flared back saddles of that type work the best for me. Well, that and a Brooks B.17 or Pro too. Which one is that? Concor, or one of the few knockoffs?,,,,BD

This was a save from bulk rubbish pickup. Nothing special, but it didn't turn out too bad after a bit of TLC:

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/e..._01/Pepco1.jpg

^^^^^Very Centurion like^^^^^

That looks like a nice frame. What tubing is it?

Nothing special, 4130 CroMo. I think "Superlite" was a bit of marketing hyperbole ;)

That's a very nice looking bike, I never heard of the brand but apparently they've been around because I could find information on the intermet about them. It was Japanese steel and came out of the same factory that Centurion and Nishiki did but apparently the Repco brand was marketed to Australia from what I could find out instead of America as Nishiki and Centurion were, and like those two decal brands they had low to high end offerings with Suntour Superbe components. You can even join a Repco facebook site: https://www.facebook.com/groups/retrocyclingmarketau/

It does look a lot like the Nishiki Olympic I bought and gave to a friend a couple of years ago, same color scheme and fork design.

Nice bike and in a bulk rubbish dumpster, amazing what people will throw away.

BD, I think the bike is from 1989 and the saddle is a Vetta Mundial Racing saddle. I'll get some better pictures of it later on today. My workshop is a backyard shed, and it was 11 below last night! Might need to wait a bit before I head out there.

Yokota Yosemite Pro. Trash save...
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/h...psnp0cbz4z.jpg

Centurion mixte that was taken from someone's trash is nearing completion. The only thing from the original bike is the frame, seatpost and brake calipers. Frame was powdercoated.

http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/r...0216161746.jpg

This pair of bikes came me from a friend who was cleaning up a family members home for sale. The "5 Star Cruiser" is a hoot to ride. The CCM Carrera will likely be given to a friend.

You may need to change the stem on the five star. We had a bunch of those over here called Jaguars, sold in Wally World. Even incredibly tight, you can easily move the bar in the stem.,,,,BD

Thanx BD, I'll keep an eye on it. It appears to be a decent quality alloy stem and the bar is tight.

Nice Mixte! I have been looking for on of those for my wife.

Hi, I sent you a PM with my contact info on it.

I saved this one yesterday. I gave $20 for it. It's a Peugeot PH 8. I took off the light system, dork disc, reflectors, rotted tires :^) ,chain guard, safety brake levers, kickstand.. etc.. because it was all in bad shape anyway. Pity. I kept it all in a box just in case but it is pretty beat. The rear fender had a bad dent right on the light. The frame itself is in nice shape with only scratches to the paint (worst on rear seat stays) and no dents. Although I'm sure rusty inside. This bike was neglected.

This one came with equipped with Sachs Huret Eco rear and front. Sachs stem shifters, Maillard wheelset with Rigida Super Chromix rims that are badly pitted. Ugh!!, I've SOS'd them but they are wrinkled in the chrome in many areas. I might oxalic bath them for a few days but I think I may look for another Maillard wheelset.

I am not sure of the crankset. It has an "S" and is Made in France. One of those one piece jobs. Simplex, Sachs, Stronglight? Anyways, I noticed the drive side pedal was cross threaded when I got it home. The arm is completely toast. Unless they make a french threaded helicoil that is readily availabIe? was able to save the Lyotard pedal though after I scraped the stripped aluminum out of the threads with a thick sewing needle grasped with pliers. While my other hand gripped an allen wrench to hold it inches away from the needle. That sucked!

Anyway, here are pics of it this morning. I ended up installing a pair of Aero Gran Compe levers but noticed the return spring and pin are missing on one of them. Damn! I'm gonna need a few more things for this one. But the centerpulls were in really good shape. I may try to de-safetify the Weinman levers.. but I kinda like the aero routing.. and the rear brake feels nice all set up.

Neglevted= neglected and left. Sad combination for a bike.

Crank could be a Solida. Glad to hear the frame is okay, some frame saver and you're good to build. Hope it fits you.