66Satellite

Bought a lot of frames this year but this is by far the most exciting. Kind of a holy grail for me. And I found it right here!



Will be getting Campy off this bike, which was my second favorite score of the year (7-11 frame will be built up with DA 7400)

norskagent

1973-4 COLNAGO Super frameset 54cm Columbus SL Campagnolo green metallic

PugRider

Trek 1100 winter beater by Eat More Plants1, on Flickr

I saved a Trek 1400 last year from the side of the road, JB Weld-ed the front shifter boss back on, and built it up as a winter beater. It served me well but the shifter boss gave way again and the whole frame started to creak pretty badly.

Oddly enough (or maybe not oddly enough lol) over the summer I came across another free Trek, the 1100 you see here--with the same front shifter boss problem. With the practice I had with the JB Weld from the 1400, I was able to execute a much more professional repair to the shifter than the globby mess I made before, and voila! Another winter beater.

My goal for 2016 is to be more discerning and seek out a higher-end vintage ride like the ones you guys are posting here. But this is the third Trek of this vintage I have had the pleasure of riding, and I just love the way they go down the road. They are reasonably light, but more importantly, they feel light. The Suntour mech is definitely a little more finicky than the old 105 group I had on the 1400, and I'm not a huge fan of the triple, but it has a nice clackety feel to it, and it was in such good shape I didn't bother transferring the 105 group to the 1100 (will be saved for a future project, I guess). Before the front boss came off, the original owner had replaced the front derailleur with a new Shimano Claris unit, which is kinda nice.

Anyhoo, some wonderful rides on this thread. Inspiration all over the place.

jet sanchEz

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northbend 

Purchased from Duke777 in November. Great guy and mechanic.
His basement is full of bicycle wonders.

MetinUz

Very early Tom Ritchey road fixed gear frame. The original fork is unfortunately missing. Almost got Tom Ritchey to build me a new fork, but not quite. The plan is to get a fork and new paint job by Chris Kvale.

noglider 

@Duke7777, it reflects well on you that you apologized. No need to leave.

iab

That was not my intent. I am sorry you interpreted it in that manner.

As for worth, I'd go with the 51 euro you paid for it.

uncle uncle

Heavy breathing...........panting, drool, slobber. Wipe. Can I see more?

oddjob2

Coolest Find


Furthest Away Find - currently still in West Palm Beach


Most Noble Find


Coolest Paint Job Find


Seatpost is still stuck Find


Most lucrative flip Find

pressed001

I love the bikes guys. Especially that Klein Quantum.

This is my first "older" bike and now probably my favorite. I had some luck in finding it and snatching it up before anyone else could. At 200 dollars, I think I did well. I have so far updated the wheels to a classic looking newer set with 8 speed instead of 6 speed cassette.

Duke7777

I understand the sour grapes attitude toward Herses and certain other marques, because for the most part I share it. Herses are "relatively" overpriced and to some extent over-rated, in that there are several other frames from that era that are essentially as great. I say "relatively", because it's not so much that Herses are overpriced, but that most other vintage bikes are grossly underpriced. For example, that 37 Hobbs I recently sold to Northbend is perhaps the most spectacular frame I've ever owned, yet the bike sold for about the price of an entry-level modern race bike. Nowadays you can buy a decent early Herse for $5,000. When I rode in a Gran Fondo a couple of years ago, it looked like most of the 6,000 bikes cost about that much.

I definitely consider the Herse frame to be a great find, because it's a rare and exquisite frame at a fantastic price. But I probably should not have mentioned it on this thread because of the potential negative reaction. I don't think owning a Herse, Confente, etc is anything to be admired, in fact the opposite. It's easy to just observe what everyone else wants, and then buy it. All it takes is money, which lots of people have, especially older, competitive types. As most folks on this forum would probably agree, it's much more rewarding to find something great that most collectors are not interested in.

obrentharris 

This one is my find of the year.





It was given to me by a friend who had it sitting, unused, in the crawl space under his house for a couple decades.

I will have a fine time restoring it! I'm not much of a collector: I don't keep bikes that I don't ride and this one is much too small for me, so I will eventually move it on. Between removing the modern braze-ons, re-chroming, buying paint and decals, and replacing some of the components the whole project may or may not make any economical sense. I have the good fortune to be able to lose a couple hundred dollars a year at this hobby... and I seem to be very good at exactly that!
Brent

eastbay71

My coolest find of 2015 would be my 753 framed Gazelle CM.



It was quite knackered when I got it but cleaned up very well

KonAaron Snake 

I've been looking for one of these at a blow out price for several months - in before 2016!



Not on topic, but I'm excited.

gomango

Congrats.

I rode one of these in early December. Had Compass tires and Porcelain Rocket bags with King cages.

Also, a Brooks C17.

Didn't want to give it back. Would be just right for a lot of the riding I do nowadays.

A really versatile machine.

CbadRider

Thread cleaned up a bit. Carry on.

exmechanic89

^Totally agree with this statement, it applies to so many situations in life.

Back on topic though, I bought these 2 bikes in 2015 and dearly love them both.

jamesdak 

Well it would have to be this. It's a 1989 Giordana Antares I picked up locally. A Billato built frame with Dura Ace 7400 components and very little wear. I just love the details on the frame and find the paint strangely appealing. I've got some BBB Magenta Bar tape in now that's pretty much a perfect match and that will be going on soon. The decals were toast and I actually just removed them earlier today. Velocals is going to help me with replacing them although right now I'm really liking the clean frame and may just put a head badge decal and the Cromor decal back on, undecided right now. Trying hard to find Magenta bottle cages but may just have to find the right paint and paint up a set myself.

I'm also thinking some of the Grand Prix Classic tires will look better on it than the black wall GP 4000s.

I know the Giordana's have no real value compared to so many other bikes but this is my first italian frame and I think it's really sweet.

jamesdak 

Me too, I want to see much more of this awesome Hobbs!

KonAaron Snake 

That's pretty close to how I'm going to do mine...planning on some racks, a c-17, 105 crank. Might get some Ultegra for it at some point.

gomango

The new 105 is very nice for an el cheapo price.

Runs great.

You won't feel bad when you beat it up.

thinktubes 

Wow - what a year!!!

repechage

I think the frame was a good purchase. Not a boat anchor that you have to lift. I never was able or willing to place a winning bid on a Herse, though I have admired them for over 40 years. Just how it goes. I would build it to ride, look out for the "correct" parts as they present themselves.

elboGreaze

Thats one of the best restore / rebuild bikes I've seen on here , just awesome !