Old 11-24-09 | 09:45 AM
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Bikes: Early 90's Pinarello Gavia, '84 Guerciotti, '91 GF Hoo Koo e Koo, '88 Giant Iguana, '09 Specialized XC

$5 at the thrifty

Yesterday wandered into the local thrift to find this Gitane "Europeen". Looks and feels to be hi-ten, somewhere around 60cm, nice and tall, components are Simplex, front hub is Normandy with wingnuts, chromed steel rim, 27". Rear wheel might be a replacement, but still has the Simplex QR skewer. Rear hub too oxidized to read at moment with 27 x 1-1/4" alloy rim. Rear derailleur is gone. Clamped on downtube shifters. The prize is the Brooks saddle in great shape. The nice gentleman at the checkout counter said, "... oh I don't know, how's $5 sound?" I said, "sounds great". This bike sat outside for sometime, pretty oxidized paint, decals in good shape. Hard to say how much I would have paid, but $5 certainly seemed like the right price.






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