Much better than having the brake housing come up and collect water. Every mixte I've ever gotten has had a seized rear brake cable.

Oh boy ! - The PSV10 is really something ! Great find !

Thanks Auchen

Know where I can find the rest of it??

With the stem and BB you have won half the battle already.

I'd look for a pair of hubs on eBay and new rims from VO. They are nice and shiny.
- Is that a 126 rear? These may fit.

I have a set of old tubular rims that might work, but I need to get them laced with new spokes. They are from an older model PX10 I think, but they might work for the time being.






I need to find derailers, shifters, brakes, bars...seat, post.... and on and on.

The Wife is not going to be happy.

Campagnolo Tipo rear hub, Weinmann Concave laced to a buttery smooth Sunshine hub, and some MEC touring panniers...

In other news... met a fellow with an early 70's Raleigh Professional in near mint condition that is just a little too tall for me.

Should be getting some pictures soon...

I got this Nishiki Modulus from the town dump. It needs tires, truing and a chain maybe bearing check-up.

Great dump find on the Nishiki. It is amazing what people throw in the trash...

Another freakin' Paramount. Thats three in two weeks.

This is starting to get nuts.

We'll see what it looks like in person, here's a picture from the ebay listing.

1991 Series 3.

You know...I've still never even seen a Paramount (of any pedigree) in person, and you bought three in two weeks!!

I actually watched that one and considered it, went for a pretty good price and the condition looks great from the pictures. (I don't know enough about that bike to say for sure, but it doesn't seem like there is a ton of flip room at that price point. I guess local pick up would a little. I believe it was a series 3 that sat here for weeks at $350 this summer in 56cm or so).

Rescued this Raleigh Technium from the scrap heap at the recycle center recently.

Am overhauling it as time allows.

I will take a Waterford Paramount in 56cm, please. What brand/model bar does that have? I like the bend.

What a sweet deal you got on that bike.

Unfortunately, the Waterford is not a 56. I wish it was. It is smaller, I need to see if I get it to fit, as it will be a long time before I see another Waterford Paramount in my budget.

Here's my latest gargabe find. I have a post about here:

https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...-1985-Trek-620

It is a 1985 Trek 620 touring bike that was left for the garbage truck to haul away but luckily I got to it before that happened. Yes, I confirmed with the homeowner that they were indeed trashing this bike before I loaded it on my Yakima rack.

Wow, that Trek 620 find is off the charts! Great find!!

It must of been fate.
I was riding around on my birthday ones tuesday night hoping to find a gift for myself in the garbage, bikes! lol so anyway I was riding around with no luck for about an hour then noticed I lost my lock somewhere along the way, I just bought it so I wanted to go find it, I backtracked about five mins and seen it on the side of the road, as I went down to pick it up I noticed a bike tire, it was attached to a bike!. I found it weird how I missed this bike, I think the bike stole my lock so I could come back and save him. wich I did, the lights even lighted the way back home for me lol. It's a Eatons glider in awesome condition.

Looks very similar to the 1970 (+/-) Raleigh Sprite. Probably made by Raleigh? Generator light set, rack, and those great fenders sure make it look like a nice "keeper" if it's your size frame. The 5-speed Sprites rode very nicely. Top tube mounted gear shifter?

Yeah the shifter is a top tube, also by the looks of peddles it's a early 70's. I actualy just finished overhauling it and derusting, It is indeed a keeper, it's a tad to big but I can deal with it. these are Raleigh made, I see the Raleigh m arks stamped into several pieces. it rides very nice. it was a good gift to myself. lol

Edit: I finished the overhaul!

Very, very nice -- Happy Birthday!

Not sure if its a classic or vintage but picked up a 19?? kuwahara Panther from the local bike co-op for 12 bucks, gonna swap it out with my current frame for my commuter, if anybody knows what year it is or a good place to find a serial cheat sheet let me know.

Nice find and some nice work... Gliders were made for Eatons by Raleigh (and tend to be very nice) and the bike looks to be early seventies by virtue of the later Allvit rear d which needs that rather sturdy lever to make it shift.

I think the glider will become my project bike. I have a bunch of parts. I think i'll put 27" alloy rims on it, because if I do I can use my fancy brakes. reason for wanting to molest it? I wanna durable hybrid that dosn't feel crappy when I ride it, plus the front rim has a bad spot on it from something that was left on it

Many Kuwaharas have the serial number on the seat tube where it meets the bottom bracket on the non drive side... will offer a guess that it is from the late eighties.

The first two digits in the serial number denote the year of manufacture.