Unexpected bonus !
08-15-08, 04:33 PM
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Unexpected bonus !
Ever taken a bike home not really knowing much about it only to find out it,s either very rare or valuable ?- I did !
08-15-08, 04:49 PM
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OK ! well its a 50/60,s "Supreme" built for "Malvern Star" by "BSA" app its rare because of the "Australia Maps" in the headtube! Malvern stars as the name suggests had stars on the headtube usually just one but the rarest being a 5 star, (top line race bike) so the frame with the Aust Maps on it is indeed a rare find ! here,s some pics for you ![IMG]
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OK ! well its a 50/60,s "Supreme" built for "Malvern Star" by "BSA" app its rare because of the "Australia Maps" in the headtube! Malvern stars as the name suggests had stars on the headtube usually just one but the rarest being a 5 star, (top line race bike) so the frame with the Aust Maps on it is indeed a rare find ! here,s some pics for you ![IMG][/IMG]
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You are prob right but I love the novelty of it !
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This thread is worthless without pictures.
Please stop teasing and give us some more info.
EDIT: I now see some pictures. Nice find.
Please stop teasing and give us some more info.
EDIT: I now see some pictures. Nice find.
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Its definately gaspipe and rather nasty but I been doin some checking locally and it seems that it is as rare as "rocking horse poop" ! lol
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Picked up a BMX to salvage the free wheel. Turns out that it was a rare 1st generation Haro. A guy that restores BMX bikes bought it. I was Blessed to have the $, it allowed me to make that month's mortgage payment (not all of the payment but most of it).
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that's the kinda story I like to hear (unless you mortgaged $500 over 30 years to buy your house....lol)
the whole 'treasure hunting' aspect is part of the fun for anything like this.
btw, pardon my ignorance, but what's a gaspipe bike? one w/ heavy, thick tubing?
the whole 'treasure hunting' aspect is part of the fun for anything like this.
btw, pardon my ignorance, but what's a gaspipe bike? one w/ heavy, thick tubing?
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Low end, stamped dropouts, bad quality
etc.
You had it pretty much spot on.
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i jam my thumbs up and back into the tubes. this way i can point my fingers straight out in front to split the wind and attain an even more aero profile, and the usual fixed gear - zen - connectedness feeling through the drivetrain is multiplied ten fold because my thumbs become one with the tubing.
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