Originally Posted by
EddyR
I was a road bike flipper for a lot of years and sold over 700 bikes so when I sold my house six years ago It was hard to stop working on projects for my self. I have a old 93 Cannondale that I keep for every time I need some thing to get on and ride not needing any work. I just finished up one of my old 1983 Schwinn Supersports as a everyday rider so I do not see it going to a new home untill I can no longer ride. My current project is one to use up parts from old projects. It is a Paramount PDG that has a crack in top tube. I got tired of the frameset sitting here so I am building it up STI 8 speed. I had ridden it for quite a while with the crack before striping it. Some one in the past over tightened it in a bike stand clamping the top tube and cracking it. When I was 70 I was still riding 6-7 thousand miles a year.
Long answer
Ed
That's cool. I like to do a project every winter, to keep me occupied. My main thing this year is a '59 Claud Butler that I am turning into my first fixed gear. A couple that I found on the street are a '65 Hercules mens 3-speed and a '55 Elswick ladies 3-speed that I want to get back on the road and sell.