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posted this already in the appraisal area.

Responded to a nondescript no picture CL ad for a 'miyata road bike with cromoly frame'. SCORE! as i was packing it up in my car, the guy i just bought it from proceeded to explain to me the best way to make it a fixie... and that he was only selling it b/c he was too lazy to do it himself.

1981 Miyata 1000.
check out the vintage speedometer.
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Making that a fixie would be about the dumbest thing anyone could do with such a fine touring bike. What did you pay for it?

agreed. and for $100, it seems like i made a good save.

very nice save. and, hey, we all just saw an example of how laziness can be a GOOD thing!

Does it work? Be careful, anything over 20 mph is redline teritory!

Had one of these way back when. Mid to late 80' I believe, black and silver. Loved it. Was a larger frame than yours, but looks almost identical.

I have been thinking of building up a vintage frame with a modern drive train and towards that goal picked up some parts for that build. 2009 Shimano 105 10 speed sti brifters, handle bar with stem (thread less so that will be for another project) 105 front and rear derailleurs, EXO bottom bracket, SRAM 10 speed cassette all in great shape and for a total of $160. All the parts came from a 2009 Cannondale Carbon 6.

Saturdays COTD: Not exactly vintage in age, but I picked up a mid 90's Schwinn Cruiser 6 on CL for $30. The seller sent me larger pictures and the bike appeared rather dusty from sitting, but otherwise looked in good shape. When I got there he had already dusted it all off and it had obviously never been ridden. Why he didn't dust it for the listing picture I'll never know. I made the mistake of taking my wife with me to pick it up and she claimed it as hers. :cry:

Sundays COTD: I saw this ad Saturday evening on CL.

bike parts - $1 (Centralia)
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Date: 2010-01-02, 8:01AM PST
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free bike parts, lots of stuff, bring a truck and trailer, I'm gonna throw it all out.
there are wheels ( old 10 speed) forks, seats, chain wheels, pedals, handle bars, all sorts of stuff.

He called me today and I spent 3 hours at his house sorting through piles and piles of parts that he had in his garage. So far it appears to be alot of 70's and 80's mid and lower level stuff but most of it looks usable for something. I hauled out 40 wheels, mostly 27" and a few 26'. I still have to sort through it all, but hey, it was freeee....:)

"A liberal dousing in WD-40, working the levers and then letting it sit for a few days and working the levers some more this evening and there are now a full set of 'clicks' coming from each control."

Ah, that's what we call a "band-aid fix" at the shop. I ran an mid-nineties 105 STI setup for a while on my touring bike. The pawls will work one day and are completely unresponsive the next, regardless of degreasing/ re-lubrication. Unlike the newer SRAM doubletap brifters the older Shimano STI, and indeed the brand new ones as well, have a truly impressive array of tiny moving parts which perform best in a vacuum; undisturbed by pesky environmental conditions. Old age almost always does those old STI paddles in - nearly unserviceable.
Still, who can argue with ten bucks?

Quite by accident/desperation I've found the mysery combo that makes STI's keep working once freed, is carburetor cleaner, and K&N filter oil.,,,,BD

Insanely jealous. Lucky dog!

-Shin

I like that...two products I always have in my workshop. If the problem is lubrication & not mechanical (which it seems to be in this case), I wouldn't call it a bandaid.

agreed

Just be careful around any rubber or plastic. If you have compressed air to do a quick dry, even better! 99 out of 98 times I find STI problems to be the drying of the original lubrication.
It solidifies, gets sticky, and instant stuck pawls. The carb cleaner washes it out, and the filter oil seems to just the right consistency to keep them working.,,,,BD

Yep, mountain STI's have the same exact problem, but seem to be even harder to keep working?

Too bad she's not my size. I had a Premis earlier that did fit - but sold her for filthy lucre.
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Another Trek, this time an 1985 model 470 with full Shimano 600 non indexed, Maillard hubs with Ritchey rims. I think it was worth 100.00. Frame is True Temper T1
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Hardly Classic, possibly Vintage, I did save it from the Dump. It was sitting on front of the scrap metal pile when I made my annual trip. This Motobecane Approved Tri-star set me off on some interesting Googling. It seems that it is identical to the Univega Tri-star. The gentleman who started Italvega and then Univega was the US distributor for Motobecane. He suggested models to Motobecane that would appeal in this country. I'm seeing this bike as a transitional phase of Motobecane that ended with its current incarnation. This one was made in Taiwan. I was particularly taken with the World Champion strips. It was purchased from Cycle Mart on Dixie Hwy in Miami. Google suggests that this store is owned by some cranky folks. I wonder if Mike of Bikes Direct had any relationship with this store. After lubing the chain and cables, and working them a bit and then pumping up the tires, the bike is rideable. I also had to remove the misthreaded drive-side pedal and screw it in from the backside to chase the cottered-crankthreads. It's properly threaded now. The bike will need new cables and tires if it is to be ridden out of the yard. A woman-friendly 3 speed would be cool to have around, as my wife is intimidated by the Bianchi Sport SX 12 speed I built up for her.
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A funny thing happened to me this morning... now what to do with it?
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i think you should ride awesome time trials on that prologue....

That Motobecane 3-speed looks Taiwan-made, and that's not a slam.

naww, I will probably part it and sell the frame set. Or keep it as wall art.

Not sure if this is a catch or a mistake. Its an Italian made, 1993 Bottechia 883R MTB. Pretty low end components, and the front fork is unfortunately not original. Basically paid garage sale type pricing for it, so I should be OK. And I have a pile of MTB donor parts right now.

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I assume this means it was made by Carnielli?
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Weird/bizarre crimped seat tube:

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Had a productive lunch today - answered a local CL ad for a moving sale that listed bicycles...contacted the owner, who said he had a Trek and a Motobecane...with visions of high end 531 and Campy running through my head, I drove over a lunch...turns out I was half right...scored a '83 Trek 720...not pristine...needs a new chain and thorough cleaning, but is in overall solid shape (and he threw in the Motobecane Nomade Sprint...:)

Better pics to come....

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