a friend had some fancy 2008 fuji carbon bike with a mix of ultegra and dura ace and carbon fsa cranks. she backed into a street light with the bike on her trunk rack and the chainstays took most of the damage. she gave the bike to me to strip everything off of, saying that she only needed the frame and fork, because she was going to use it as an art project and that i could keep everything else that i wanted. so i got a near complete ultegra group for free. i traded the carbon fsa cranks for some late 90s 9spd dura ace cranks and bb, sold them, and then bought the newer ultegra cranks and bb. so i basically built it up by wheeling and dealing. or hustling. or whatever.
the parts just sat in a bag in the corner of the living room for close to a year before i finally found a frame that fit me that was worthy of all my parts. i got it complete from another tall dude for $200 on cl. with a complete shimano 600 group, 36h mavic ma40s with ZERO brake wear, and a cinelli cockpit. the frame is immaculate! and the paint has a slight glitter sheen underneath the clear coat that sparkles in the sun. unfortunately i cant pick this up with my camera, so youll have to take my word for it. i had never really heard of the miele name until i picked it up. my girlfriend is originally from missassauga, and she thinks that she heard the name before. as it turns out, her older brother has the same bike as me - only in yellow - hanging from the rafters in his garage.

Wow, so it really does belong in this thread! Nothing beats something beautiful like that as a product of wheelin' and dealin'. I love it, that's a hell of a build, cool story too. What kind of tubing is it?

This thread is great, I love seeing so many classic bikes being brought back to life!

Here's a small contribution – I found an abandoned 1989 Crescent 92317 in a backyard near my home a couple of years ago, here's an ad for it:

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1380/...c4dbee15_z.jpg
1989 Crescent 92317 ad by jaknudsen, on Flickr

It was in quite bad shape, with disintegrated tires and bar tape and dry bearings all around. But I think it cleaned up pretty good :)

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DSC_8064 by jaknudsen, on Flickr

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SL-1050, Tange 900 tubing by jaknudsen, on Flickr

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BR-1050 by jaknudsen, on Flickr

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BL-1050 by jaknudsen, on Flickr

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Heritage by jaknudsen, on Flickr

It was my first road bike, and got me hooked enough to get a new Gary Fisher Ion Pro – which meant this piece of swedish steel had to go. Within an hour of posting the bike up for sale I got 10-15 enquiries – there seems to be a great demand for classic racers here in Oslo. I probably could have gotten a lot more for it than what I did!

the fork is colombus cromor, but there are no decals on the frame to say what the tubing is. colombus, obviously. i figured it was cromor because thats what the fork is made of, but some other dudes on bikeforums have told me that its slx tubing. i really have no idea. but if you check out the velospace link, youll see how much the thing weighs. 22 pounds for a 63cm steel frame isnt bad if you ask me. i aint no stupid weight weenie.

That ad is hilarious. I didn't know that Fabio was a cyclist.

What puzzles me is that the marketing guys at Crescent thought they could sell more bikes with him, than a picture of say, other swedish stock....

That dude's too ugly to be Fabio. Plus, Fabio used to be a construction worker and he likes the ladies.

These girls could sell more bikes...

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2377/...d82c54a4_s.jpg

...naah...that ain't Fabio...no evidence of his bird strike...

Oooops...
one more time...
these girls could sell more bikes...

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3090/...729_z.jpg?zz=1

You should totally dress up like him, pose for the same picture and re-post.

Last weekend's catch - a 83 Trek 520 in decent and rideable condition.

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_TIeBxBH6dXI/TG.../83_520_01.jpg

I swapped out the wheels that came with it (two flats that I didn't have time to repair,) and went for a spin around the neighborhood. About four miles out I found a wheel-less Trek 6000 leaning against a pile of brush (bulk pickup is tomorrow...) Hung it over my back and wobbled home.

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_TIeBxBH6dXI/TG...ek_6000_01.jpg

I believe it's a 92. Suntour XC LTD drive train, and very low miles from the look of it.

I don't know if this counts or not. I bought one of the "accident" cranks that Velo-Orange was selling at a deep discount. Looks shiny, can't wait for it to show up. I am going to use this on my ebay mystery frame along with some other random bits.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_C1XrRVl3W8...+tDbl+CP+2.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_C1XrRVl3W8...k+Dbl+Cp+1.jpg

http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=165363

I picked this up a few days ago. It is a 1975 Mohawk. The guy bought it new in 1975. I added the german military pannier bag I found in a vintage clothing store in Portland. One interesting thing about it is that it is a 5 speed with a twist grip shifter.

DIamondback mountain bike, It's a neat bike the frame is interesting, sorry for night shots!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...u/100_2245.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...u/100_2246.jpg

Yeah I know … but then people will think I'm a hipster :P

Or a lot of swedish girls would be interested. Maybe not such a bad idea after all.

Sounds like a very productive weekend, Chris_in _Miami.
People who sell Treks with Flat tires are generally a boon to the C&V community - and people that throw them away even more so. (Good thing you saw it before the trash man got to it)

Okay, this is kinda odd, but here's what I found leaning on a public trash can on a NYC city street.

A 700c three speed coaster brake wheel. Rim is a very new but slightly banged up mavic open sport; it's true but there's a flat spot or two.
Hub is a '78 SA S3C. No tire or axle nuts. No lock, of course. And no other bike parts in the area.

ACCIDENT cranks? what are they? was there a manufacturing error?

Yep, they were chromed over aluminum instead of polished. They aren't cheap or anything, but much much less than they would have been.

Heres a better picture of that Diamond back I got, heres what it looks like now.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...u/100_2247.jpg

This was pulled out of a landfill recently(not by me). I paid $8 for it. probably too much, but oh well.

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$8... you did very very well. Forged drops! , Looks like a Stronglight crankset too I believe.

Just in time :) My folks where about to let a fellow throw all the scrap around their place in a flat bed for the recycling dump.

Bike #1, Unknown (to me) Raleigh