Originally Posted by
Narhay
C&V Clunker Challenge 100
The C&V Clunker 100 Challenge. The hunt, the build, the slog.
You have 100 days starting today, July 3, 2017 to complete the following:
- $100USD (or local equivalent) firm budget to purchase a C&V bicycle and get it back on the road. This $100 includes initial bicycle purchase and all consumables/parts to make it go again. You may have to cut corners but this is all part of the fun. That wal-mart saddle just might have to be your hatchet if you spent all your money on new tires. Your time, tools, cleaning supplies, gas/transit to go get it and grease are free. If you are buying new or used, record that price. If you are using something you already have and know what you paid, use that price. If you can't remember, use the fair market value of the item. If in doubt, ask. Shipping is a cost to be factored in. While anyone who wishes to participate is encouraged to follow the spirit of the game and go out and get a new bicycle, an untouched project waiting in the shed is ok, too.
- Swapping one part out for another does not cancel out the value added to the bicycle. As found = purchase price. adding items costs money, removing them does not give you money back.
- Keep a detailed list and updated before, during and after pictures in this thread on your purchases and progress. We fiend for this sort of thing.
- A minimum of 100km ridden on your new bike. Take photos of the rebuild and of the bicycle in the places you go and post them here. Perhaps you'll have a newfound admiration for stem shifters and solid axles. Or maybe you'll hate everyone after five minutes on the bike and keep using Photobucket to share photos.
- Arbitrary style and value points. You'll get style points for both the nicest finds/builds AND the bikes that make us say "That thing actually survived 100km?". Going as cheap and crummy as possible is a badge of honour. Bonus points for using a real POS in as-found condition (flipped bars, rusted cables, saddle at a 45 degree angle, etc.) and preserving the integrity of the previous owner's ingenuity and mechanical skills.
Judging: I will just decide on my own. Bribery and flattery is acceptable and encouraged. If anyone actually has too much free time and money bribes me I will post contents of mail bike related packages for others to covet and oggle.
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What are the rules on hitting the "RESET" button and starting over with a different bike?
1980 World Sport, paid $25 as pictured. I've put new foam on the bars for $5 on Ebay with shipping, repacked the bottom bracket, cleaned and oiled the chain and straightened a bent brake lever. It's going to need some tires, a different saddle and possibly brake pads. I'd have more in it than Big Bird but it's far more comfortable to ride even with the crappy saddle and rock hard tires. I'll go with whatever you guys say though.
Figured up with the initial purchase price, a pair of new Kenda 27 X 1-3/8" knobbies , a set of generic brake pads, a cheap Chinese saddle and the foam grips I already put on it I will have $78.37 in it. That includes the shipping charges for the new stuff. Possibly leaves me more than enough for a couple old bottle cages and hose clamps I have in my parts bin depending on how much do you think 19 year old CODA clipless pedals would take out of the budget? I bought them new in 1998 and used them several years.