Where do you find them?
06-20-07 | 09:16 AM
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Where do you find them?
Hello All:
As the supply of vintage replacement(orginal) parts
run out,how do you keep, your vintage bike,orginal?
Or do you just,put new parts on it,and keep riding
it. I find that the supply of wheels, for vintage,
Schwinn,with 7 speed freewheels,are getting hard
to find. Since the makers,have all gone to 8,9,10
speed. And 5 speed freewheels,are harder to find
than hens teeth
So do you just buy,vintage bikes
that are trashed, or in the dumpster,and stockpile
the parts?
As the supply of vintage replacement(orginal) parts
run out,how do you keep, your vintage bike,orginal?
Or do you just,put new parts on it,and keep riding
it. I find that the supply of wheels, for vintage,
Schwinn,with 7 speed freewheels,are getting hard
to find. Since the makers,have all gone to 8,9,10
speed. And 5 speed freewheels,are harder to find
than hens teeth
So do you just buy,vintage bikesthat are trashed, or in the dumpster,and stockpile
the parts?
06-20-07 | 09:27 AM
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I never seem to have trouble finding early parts. I buy when I find and stock pile them. Many people here in southern Wisconsin just dump old parts because they have updated or bought a new bike. Places include resale stores, flea markets, swap meets, antique stores etc. To quote an old TV show the key is "patience Grasshopper". Roger
06-20-07 | 09:52 AM
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06-20-07 | 10:29 AM
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From: Charlottesville, VA
Bikes: 1954 Holdsworth 3 speed, 1969 Bob Jackson, 1988 Miyata Twelve Hundred (retired), 1989 Schwinn Paramount, 2004 Santa Cruz Blur Classic, 2012 Specialized P3, 2013 Specialized Roubaix Expert Disc
I work at a local bike thrift shop. If you are looking for old parts let me know. We have a box of 5,6,7 speed freewheels and a whole lot of other stuff. Frankly, I'm getting kinda sick of it all.
06-20-07 | 10:35 AM
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From: SW Virginia
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Location?
Originally Posted by cmdr
I work at a local bike thrift shop. If you are looking for old parts let me know. We have a box of 5,6,7 speed freewheels and a whole lot of other stuff. Frankly, I'm getting kinda sick of it all.
06-20-07 | 10:37 AM
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From: Southwest Idaho
Originally Posted by cmdr
Frankly, I'm getting kinda sick of it all.
Same here
- I've a garage full of crap. 
I just replace with whatever works, and don't fret too much over original unless it it a special bike. In that case, it's off to eBay or else wheeling-dealing with you pirates.
I've found the opposite of you - with the advent of 8/9/10 speed drive-trains, vintage stuff is kicked to the curb just about everywhere and practically free. Again, with the obvious exception of the special ones. Every now and then I get pinched for good wheel-sets, but they always seem to turn up eventually.
Most of the parts I have I stripped off of wrecked bikes, or inherited from other folks that were sick of tripping over them.
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06-20-07 | 10:57 AM
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From: Charlottesville, VA
Bikes: 1954 Holdsworth 3 speed, 1969 Bob Jackson, 1988 Miyata Twelve Hundred (retired), 1989 Schwinn Paramount, 2004 Santa Cruz Blur Classic, 2012 Specialized P3, 2013 Specialized Roubaix Expert Disc
Originally Posted by evwxxx
Hey cmdr, where is this bike thrift shop in Richmond??
Richmond Re-cycles. Corner of Cary St. and Robinson
2611 W Cary St
Richmond, VA 23220
(804) 355-0166
Open 11-6 Tues-Fri and 12-6 on Sat.
Come on down!
06-20-07 | 11:41 AM
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If we come and visit, can we call you 'sir'?
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