Awesome.

Frame was languishing in a shed, with 2 layers of rattle can paint.
1986 Nishiki
Some parts new, some parts NOS, some parts old.

Rides good.
Better than the landfill.

Very nice save!

Wow, that's a great looking bike!

Found this Park PRS-6 repair stand this last week, yes I am extatic! WOrking in a small town in Eastern Idaho, I spoted it next to an engine block stand next to this guys garage, didn't see a bicycle anywhere? After a couple of days I knocked on the door...Long storey short, the old boy said he got the stand for free from the local Walmart bike assembly dept where he used to buy tires and tubes to fix up bikes for the neighborhood kids. He said he hadn't used it for quite a while and would let me have it for ten bucks that he would use to buy food for the local food bank, I had no problem giving him the twenty dollar bill I had on me!



Cheers,
Chris

Picked up a set of new, unused Mavic Open Pros, 32 hole, laced to Ultegra hubs w/ Ultegra skewers for $180. Not a screaming deal but not bad either!

todays Nashbar sale highlights, Paselas 27x1 @ $9.99 and their suede-look retro saddle for $9.99 also.

this Benotto


looks better now

Miyata 914 frame (only) and some nice parts


other notables, (no pics yet) a nice Stronglight A9 headset, a sugino adjustable bb cup wrench and a set of DA 7400 cranks

Great deal for both of you! I have one of those and it is really a nice stand. Just be careful not to pinch your fingers when closing the clamp and be sure to use just the seatpost for clamping. Enjoy!

You lucky dog, I bought one of those as my first real stand and I love it compared to what I was using, for me the only problem is it is a little short. I have a plan to make it like it's big brother by cutting it in half and installing a inner tube welded in place with holes drilled to raise and lower the top section.

Iowegian I wanted to know why you say use the seat post only, I can see doing this on a carbon bike or maybe a expensive race bike with light gauge tubing of some sort but for every day use on vintage and modern bikes I never use the seatpost just the seat tube. A few hundred bikes have been through this stand without a problem. It isn't as strong as the commercial stand as far as clamping force.
Glenn

I agree it's a tad short, especially since my bikes tend to be big. I've found I can use it with just about any bike if I adjust the angle of the mount but I've also thought about adding an extended tube. If you try it, let me know how it goes and maybe I'll cut mine up too.

I often used the seat tube or top tube on my old stand but this one seems like it has a pretty stout clamp and I'm worried about crimping a tube with it. If the clamp was adjustable I'd be less concerned but it doesn't appear that it's possible to adjust the clamping force.

BTW, there was one for sale on my local CL last week for $80. I thought about mentioning it here but shipping probably would have been the same so I let it pass.

Saved from the Dump, literally, and less than two hours ago. Check out Classic and Vintage sales if interested...

A Campy/Stronglight, Italian Bianchi in the dump? You must be joking!

Wow! That kills me! I need to get to the dump more often.

Finally picked up something interesting. Really cheap 1993 rockhopper





Don't worry it won't look like this for long!

But.... It looks wonderful!

Well, it could be worse I guess. The fork isn't original, it's a really heavy/crappy worn out shock. I have a rigid fork that I'm going to put on, then I'm going to clean and go over the whole bike. And put on a different saddle of course

On the plus side it has new (albeit cheap) tires and tubes, and the shifters seem to work.

that looks barely ridden, can't believe someone would toss that out.

Nope, I poo-poo you not! I have, over the years, found other bicycles at the Dump also. Have a peek.

Legnano something or other...


Carlton Professional...



Holdsworth Equip, got two of these from the Dump...




Dawes Galaxy...


Lejeune something or other...


Peugeot UO8...


Mercier...


The first bicycle I ever found at the Dump - Big Green...

^^^ That's not a dump Randy, its a goldmine!!! Good for you!!

andy

Your dump must be different than my dump, here the help get to anything good and they search your truck on the way out to be sure you didn't steal anything. The dump master out front goes through every truck as you hit the scale at the front gate heading back out. Nothing leaves, and if you intend to keep it, you better point it out to them on the way in or they'll accuse you of stealing it. He tried to tell me I stole a pair of truck rims I had in the back of the truck one day. I tossed them in for extra weight in the snow. I had taken in a truck load of bagged trash and only the rims were left when I weighed out.

There's no chance at all of leaving with a bike. From what I hear the employees all get the good stuff, most probably just scrap it.

Where I used to live I had the guys that picked up the trash bring me bikes from time to time, a bike for a six pack of beer was the deal. They got a lot of beer and I got a lot of nice bikes. The city changed trash companies and that ended years ago.

They also made a point of mailing out fliers telling everyone that it's a crime to trash pick, if it's out at the curb, it belongs to the township. regardless of whether or not you have the homeowner's permission. They enforce it too.

After reading some stories here I swong (swang, swinged?) by our local landfill. It was all way too official - lanes for recycling & refuse and ton of people around. Scared me away. On the way home I took to the alleyways in our neighbourhood - nothing at all. A tad jealous of the others here, although that said, I did find a Schwinn ladies bike at one in Wisconsin. Really nice. A friend has it now.

Dang, Jawa! Most of those are about my size. All I find at our scrap yards and curbs are BMX's. There's a scrap yard around here that has been said to get a lot of bikes, but they don't let you look at them. I'm willing to bet it's because they don't want people claiming their stolen bikes and taking away the scrap company's money. Shady shady shady. After all, I do live in a college town where bikes are absolutely everywhere.

Well, I went to the Dump today, to clean up the snow, that fell yesterday. Since I already picked up bikes there, earlier in the week, scoring a gorgeous Bianchi Champion D'Italia, I did not think there would be anything new there with my name on it. I was wrong.

Today, I picked up a real nice seventies something Motobecane, a very good shape Apollo Gran Sport, with full Shimano 600, and a late sixties, or early seventies, Campy fitted Freddie Grubb. Isn' this fun?

Looks like the F.Grubb took a beating, hope the frame and fork is straight, I like the paint scheme, you had one just like that before too didnt you? I think I remember you selling a frame that looked like it on ebay years ago.

I went to the dump today too, first time in a month (hard to find the time when you work full time, and when its winter), but nothing, nor any signs that anything new came in judging by the condition of the snow around the bike pile, had a good feeling about today, guess my senses were off.