Not a bad catch:

http://www.bikepedia.com/QuickBike/B...4581&Type=bike

http://www.angelfire.com/retro2/vlw/test.html

"One dumb man's trash is another lucky man's treasure."

I picked up a bunch of parts, mostly junk. A few unusual pieces. The price was right though....

One of the road wheels(48 spoke) has threading for freewheels on both sides

http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/f...t/IMG_3625.jpg

The Big road bike is a JC Penneys 'Racer' it had a nice set of Bluemels white fenders that I have already mounted on my PH501
Trek 6000 minus wheels and seat
GT Timberline with brakes mounted under the chainstay
Shogun 200 with Tange tubes -minus seat and wheels

EDIT: Also a Shwinn Collegiate ladies bike not pictured, but in good condition(needing a tune up & clean)

http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/f...t/IMG_3626.jpg

A whole bunch of old posters and magazines from the 70s/80s/90s

http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/f...t/IMG_3629.jpg

Touring bike or tandum wheel. If it is a Ukai rim with a specialized hub it may have come off a 60cm plus 80's Fuji touring bike. The non drive side threads are for a AUX drum brake.

Thanks for the information, Grim


The rim is a 27 x 1 1/4 Mavic with a Sansin sealed bearing hub(6 speed Shimano 600)

I got this. It's a Peugeot and that's all I know. No chrome, Peugeot branded everything, seat, derailures, stem, cranks, the whole 9. 6x2 with downtube shifters. Can't for the life of me figure out what model it is. Needs a front-D at least. Prety big for me too at 64cm.
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/f...Peugeot007.jpg
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/f...Peugeot017.jpg
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/f...Peugeot013.jpg
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/f...Peugeot011.jpg
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/f...Peugeot010.jpg
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/f...Peugeot012.jpg

When you come home from a hard days work it's always nice to be rewarded. My reward today was the females version of the men's Glider I found in the trash the other week, this one was about 20 mins away from where i found the other one.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...u/100_2323.jpg

I sold one of those for $160 at the start of the summer, fun bikes.

I can't believe the rest of the bike is that clean and the chain and rear cluster is rusted like that ? Bolt hex heads are showing a little rust too, but that's cleanable/replaceable. Maybe some steel wool or a kitchen scrub cloth on the spokes ?

I don't know how many Gliders like that there are in Canada, but finding His & Hers Sprites like that of a similar vintage from two separate locations would qualify for Ripley's Believe it or Not. Amazing! :thumb:

The weird thing is this ones in worse condition lol and there was a basket on it at some point so it messed headtube up. still nice bike though. I almost missed the bike though because as I was poking at it I looked about 4 houses away and seen a 3 speed so I was kinda at the moment at wtf do I do lolMine bike plus two others and a junker trying to take them from me, them dudes can be very greedy So I locked it to a pole and said have a good day then brought home one at a time. also found a exercise bike that had lots of handy parts on it.

Yep, usually women's bikes are in better shape. Ottowa sounds like the "land of milk and honey" on bulk pick-up day.

Sansin (manufacturer) hubs are also known as "Sunshine" hubs.

First catch in awhile, not really looking, but I could not pass them up. No real rust on either, just grime.

Motobecane Grand Jubilee

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b2...s/DSCN3115.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b2...s/DSCN3116.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b2...s/DSCN3118.jpg

Centurion Elite

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b2...s/DSCN3119.jpg

Jake

Nice catch.

Those will keep you out of trouble for a minute or two. :)

Pulled this Schwinn Le Tour right out of a dumpster 2 weeks ago.

http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=174025

There is actually a pretty decent Motobecane hiding under all of that clutter. The Elite was pretty much thrown in.

The Huret Jubilee (long cage no less) is worth a small fortune all by it's self! Great catch!!!

Cheers,
Chris

Grabbed this at the town dump Saturday:

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...i/IMG_2226.jpg


Japan-built Executive, seemingly original and barely used. More details (and questions) in this thread: http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...ave-I-got-here

http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=174215
My youngest Brother Alex W. (West Town Bikes in Chicago) surprised me with a C&V care package! Pretty cool stuff!
Ladies Ideale 92 Diagonale saddle, NOS Mafac Racers, wipperman chain, Simplex Front Der. Leather toe straps, and some bar tape!
I'm feeling pretty much loved ;)

Cheers,
Chris

I'm skirting the edge of 'vintage' here, but i picked up this '93 Diamondback Expert tg . Somewhere along the way, it had a flat bar + grip shifters retrofit, but otherwise it seems original. It's not nearly as heavy as I thought it'd be. -

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/h...TgzNS5qcGc.jpg

bookmarking this!

I'm sure I'm being horribly dense here, but is there an easy way to search on ebay for local auctions with no shipping?

Just do an advanced search and search within a certain proximity (say 50 mi.) of your zip code and/or items that are local pick up (it's a check box).

I've also had luck with local bikes that list really high shipping costs and then picking it up. The high shipping scares some people off.

I want to get in on one of these just to see the look on the guy's face when I drop 3 dollars, a quarter and two pennies into the guy's palm. Shoulda ponied up for a reserve, or stuck to craigslist. :lol:

I won a set of rims for $ .99 and picked them up locally, I gave him a five dollar bill and told him to keep the change. I'm a high roller. :)