Your Catch of the Day / Saved from the Dump!
01-22-09, 11:21 PM
#476
Rustbelt Rider
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Canton, OH
Posts: 9,104
Bikes: 1990 Trek 1420 - 1978 Raleigh Professional - 1973 Schwinn Collegiate - 1974 Schwinn Suburban
Mentioned: 20 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 261 Post(s)
Liked 372 Times
in
177 Posts
;Doohickie - those bikes are both pretty sweet, throw them this way if you have to throw them back 
. I think the Herc is great, it has a cruiser type flair, but still looks very english in a stately way. The decals and paint don't look half bad either, I can't remember what year TI bought Raleigh but that bike is right on the cusp, I think the dropouts are a clue. That sears bike is very interesting, I wonder who manufactured the bike for sears? My Norman was badged as a western flyer (with Norman decals)
Anyways, Nice catch and glad you got them and showed them. My wife is not crazy about bikes either, but I got this old beat up cruiser and she is all excited to ride. Maybe she just needs a bike that calls out to her?
Matt
. I think the Herc is great, it has a cruiser type flair, but still looks very english in a stately way. The decals and paint don't look half bad either, I can't remember what year TI bought Raleigh but that bike is right on the cusp, I think the dropouts are a clue. That sears bike is very interesting, I wonder who manufactured the bike for sears? My Norman was badged as a western flyer (with Norman decals)Anyways, Nice catch and glad you got them and showed them. My wife is not crazy about bikes either, but I got this old beat up cruiser and she is all excited to ride. Maybe she just needs a bike that calls out to her?
Matt
__________________
|^^^^^^^^^^^^^^| ||
|......GO.BROWNS........| ||'|";, ___.
|_..._..._______===|=||_|__|..., ] -
"(@)'(@)"""''"**|(@)(@)*****''(@)
|^^^^^^^^^^^^^^| ||
|......GO.BROWNS........| ||'|";, ___.
|_..._..._______===|=||_|__|..., ] -
"(@)'(@)"""''"**|(@)(@)*****''(@)
01-22-09, 11:24 PM
#477
Buh'wah?!
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Charlottesville VA
Posts: 2,086
Bikes: 2014 Giant Trance
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 2 Times
in
2 Posts
That Hercules is pretty bangin'. I'd love to get a bike like that for cruising around with my GF when I finish her Schwinn. Too bad it's probably too small for me and also too far away.
-Gene-
-Gene-
01-22-09, 11:27 PM
#478
You gonna eat that?
Here's a picture of the Herc next to my Raleigh DL-1 (in the back); the Raleigh is really a little small for me, so you can see how small the Herc is for me:
Also, the original owner was wild in his younger days- he put a pretty b!tch!n' skull & crossbones on the downtube:
Also, the original owner was wild in his younger days- he put a pretty b!tch!n' skull & crossbones on the downtube:
__________________
I stop for people / whose right of way I honor / but not for no one.
Originally Posted by bragi 
"However, it's never a good idea to overgeneralize."
I stop for people / whose right of way I honor / but not for no one.
Originally Posted by bragi "However, it's never a good idea to overgeneralize."
01-23-09, 12:09 AM
#480
You gonna eat that?
Like I said, it's quite small; seat tube from crank center to top of seat tube is just over 20". I just measured the standover and it's 31" (as opposed to my DL-1's 34"). The bike in your avatar is kind of small though... do you want me to see much shipping to Cold and Snowy WI is? 
Back to the Sears bike; based on the Lark derailleur, I think it's a 1969 or 1970 model.
Back to the Sears bike; based on the Lark derailleur, I think it's a 1969 or 1970 model.
__________________
I stop for people / whose right of way I honor / but not for no one.
Originally Posted by bragi "However, it's never a good idea to overgeneralize."
I stop for people / whose right of way I honor / but not for no one.
Originally Posted by bragi "However, it's never a good idea to overgeneralize."
01-23-09, 07:24 AM
#483
aka: Mike J.
The market for that Hercules might surprise you once you get it all clean and shiney, you've got people here lining up for it already. 
What tire size does it have?
What tire size does it have?
01-23-09, 08:02 AM
#484
You gonna eat that?
Both bikes have 26 x 1 3/8.
Besides the missing chain, I also discovered a crank arm is bent (twisted) on the Herc. I think the Sears is a clean-n-sell; the Herc is a project.
Besides the missing chain, I also discovered a crank arm is bent (twisted) on the Herc. I think the Sears is a clean-n-sell; the Herc is a project.
__________________
I stop for people / whose right of way I honor / but not for no one.
Originally Posted by bragi "However, it's never a good idea to overgeneralize."
I stop for people / whose right of way I honor / but not for no one.
Originally Posted by bragi "However, it's never a good idea to overgeneralize."
Last edited by Doohickie; 01-23-09 at 08:06 AM.
01-23-09, 05:02 PM
#485
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Culver City, Ca.
Posts: 189
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 2 Times
in
2 Posts
Man - I've been jealously watching this thread hoping to one day post. Then....
Today I dropped by my local second hand junk shop. It's 3 minutes to closing, so when the clerk asks if she can help me, I ask to see what they have for bikes. There's a crappy dept. store mt. bike with a sold sticker, and a couple of 12" kids bikes. Then she says, there's a free to take away one out back too.
I walk around, and see it... "I can make this work I say, glad to haul it away"..."Thanks - have a nice day".
Needs new rubber, truing, and a front derailer adjustment.
May be more bits upon closer inspection, but otherwise seems solid.
Oh and it's covered in sticky substance, maybe tree pitch. Scrubs off with a bit of effort. I bet this cleans up real nice.
Wahoo ! I get to post in this thread !!!
Today I dropped by my local second hand junk shop. It's 3 minutes to closing, so when the clerk asks if she can help me, I ask to see what they have for bikes. There's a crappy dept. store mt. bike with a sold sticker, and a couple of 12" kids bikes. Then she says, there's a free to take away one out back too.
I walk around, and see it... "I can make this work I say, glad to haul it away"..."Thanks - have a nice day".
Needs new rubber, truing, and a front derailer adjustment.
May be more bits upon closer inspection, but otherwise seems solid.
Oh and it's covered in sticky substance, maybe tree pitch. Scrubs off with a bit of effort. I bet this cleans up real nice.
Wahoo ! I get to post in this thread !!!
01-23-09, 05:06 PM
#486
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Culver City, Ca.
Posts: 189
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 2 Times
in
2 Posts
Doohickie, two great bikes there. Have fun fixing them up.
I was thinking of you when I scored that old American Eagle roadster posted a few pages back. It reminded me a lot of your Raleigh Roadster,(although it's not a 3-speed). I picked that one up for $10 bucks, and it's almost ready to ride.
I was thinking of you when I scored that old American Eagle roadster posted a few pages back. It reminded me a lot of your Raleigh Roadster,(although it's not a 3-speed). I picked that one up for $10 bucks, and it's almost ready to ride.
01-23-09, 05:58 PM
#487
Member
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: River Falls, WI
Posts: 27
Bikes: This week or last week?
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
I was at the drug store today next door to the Trek & Salsa Bike dealer in town and there in his pile of junk bikes next to the dumpster (most are dept store junk) Is a Gold Colored DUNELT Mens bike frame with the fork and a front fender and brake attached. The running gear was removed completely . The frame is faded, scratched and dirty as well as having the watchdog ID # engraved in nasty scratchings rith across the top tube. The decals are still readable, Dunelt, made in england "ride a wheel on Sheffield steel" It has a ding on one of the rear tubes but Its not terrible and repairable if Im going to paint it anyway. Very nice lug work and air pump braze ons. I have all the parts from a girls formost 3 spd I dissassembles for parts. I think it was made by Raliegh so the parts should mix and match. Some nice fenders, but they are blue. Some super nice Dunlop steel rims w/turmey archer 3 spd hub in near mint shape. I wish the paint on this old tub wasnt so harshed up. I think it would make a neat commuter.
Let me ask though, Is this frame rare at all or desired by anyone here before I decide to have it blasted and painted? I did a search on eBay and did not see anything like it at all there.
Ill get a pic for it, I all ready removed the fork as It was all dried up and barely turnable. Gonna give it a clean up and get the fork back on it and go from there.
Let me know if any of you have any info on this bike or have any interest.
Let me ask though, Is this frame rare at all or desired by anyone here before I decide to have it blasted and painted? I did a search on eBay and did not see anything like it at all there.
Ill get a pic for it, I all ready removed the fork as It was all dried up and barely turnable. Gonna give it a clean up and get the fork back on it and go from there.
Let me know if any of you have any info on this bike or have any interest.
OK I see why they tossed it. Bottom is all stripped out. Damn I thjought it was a cool looking frame.
Junk, however the seat is nice and the fork is straight so all is not lost.
01-23-09, 07:33 PM
#488
Old fart
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Appleton WI
Posts: 24,790
Bikes: Several, mostly not name brands.
Mentioned: 153 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 3590 Post(s)
Liked 3,401 Times
in
1,935 Posts
01-23-09, 08:14 PM
#489
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Orange Park, Florida
Posts: 846
Bikes: jamis xenith comp '08, trek 750 hybrid (w/drops) c.1995, centurian fixie, kona cindercone mtb c.2000
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
01-23-09, 10:50 PM
#490
Arsehole
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 2,280
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 1 Time
in
1 Post
https://www.ebikestop.com/pyramid_68x...less-20959.php
01-23-09, 11:21 PM
#491
Member
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: River Falls, WI
Posts: 27
Bikes: This week or last week?
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
We sell bottom brackets that have no threads on either side. They are slightly oversized to work in frames with trashed threads.
https://www.ebikestop.com/pyramid_68x...less-20959.php
https://www.ebikestop.com/pyramid_68x...less-20959.php
01-24-09, 09:44 AM
#492
Old fart
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Appleton WI
Posts: 24,790
Bikes: Several, mostly not name brands.
Mentioned: 153 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 3590 Post(s)
Liked 3,401 Times
in
1,935 Posts
I see Platypius has posted that he has threadless BB cartridges avaiable. That's actually probably an easier way to recover this frame.
Don't give up yet!
01-24-09, 09:48 AM
#493
Arsehole
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 2,280
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 1 Time
in
1 Post
Alas, no. French and English are very close to the same diameter, but Italian is slightly larger so the new threads would have some purchase.
I see Platypius has posted that he has threadless BB cartridges avaiable. That's actually probably an easier way to recover this frame.
Don't give up yet!
I see Platypius has posted that he has threadless BB cartridges avaiable. That's actually probably an easier way to recover this frame.
Don't give up yet!
01-24-09, 10:06 AM
#494
Thrifty Bill
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Mountains of Western NC
Posts: 23,526
Bikes: 86 Katakura Silk, 87 Prologue X2, 88 Cimarron LE, 1975 Sekai 4000 Professional, 73 Paramount, plus more
Mentioned: 96 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1236 Post(s)
Liked 964 Times
in
628 Posts
OK, picked up my first higher end bike today. Deal seemed pretty good, so I went for it. I will look up component codes for date, its a mid 90s Colnago Master Lite, full Ultegra components. I love the paint job. Needs a brake cable replaced, new tires, and a shorter reach stem to fit me.
01-24-09, 11:24 AM
#495
WV is not flat..
That is a cool bike..I really like it..I have relatives in NC if you can just drop it off to them so they can bring it to me that would be fine 
01-24-09, 11:38 AM
#496
Back In The Saddle
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Pacific Northwest
Posts: 2,318
Bikes: N+1
Mentioned: 7 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 87 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 8 Times
in
5 Posts
OK, picked up my first higher end bike today. Deal seemed pretty good, so I went for it. I will look up component codes for date, its a mid 90s Colnago Master Lite, full Ultegra components. I love the paint job. Needs a brake cable replaced, new tires, and a shorter reach stem to fit me.
The bike is beautiful.
__________________
In life there are no mistakes, only lessons. -Shin
In life there are no mistakes, only lessons. -Shin
01-24-09, 11:45 AM
#497
303
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: denver co
Posts: 132
Bikes: colnago geared-nakagawa-cannondale mtb-various basket cases
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Those Hercules bikes are awesome! I ended up with one in about the same condition and fixed it up for my wife. I dig riding it around too. The powder coater was supposed to do it in a copper color, but wrote down the color code wrong. It ended up in a nice pearly silver so we went with it. The lines of the frame are very different compared to most cruisers.
01-24-09, 07:57 PM
#499
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 228
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Almost brezzed over this one from CL the other day. Posting was for "A TREK BIKE" and had this little grainy pic. It was a long drive to see the bike but I had a feeling it might be something special.
Anyone want to take a shot at what it turned out to be?
Anyone want to take a shot at what it turned out to be?
01-24-09, 08:02 PM
#500
Arsehole
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 2,280
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 1 Time
in
1 Post
That is a GORGEOUS Colnago. I wanted one of those so bad in 1990s when we were selling a lot of them.
You need a classic Cinelli stem for that, or maybe a 3T or ITM. (I sold a Colnago-branded stem on eBay about 3 months ago. Sorry!)
Oh, and get that god-awful Ultegra off of there and put on Chorus or Record like it SHOULD have!
Last edited by PlatyPius; 01-24-09 at 08:05 PM.