Pretty much what it is...3000 homes and probably 20% of them are selling and 75% are buying. Some great deals to be had.

Aluminum is also doing nicely. Hey, it's time to get to know your local scrap metal dealer. That gas grill, table base, lawn mower deck and other stuff headed for the land fill can bring in a few bucks for tires, tubes, cable, etc.

That's a nice old Park stand. What is the model number? -Never seen one like that.

I don't think I could live with a stand that I couldn't rotate the bike with. When I'm working on a bike I'm contantly spinning the bike around and raising and lowering the head. I like to have whatever I'm working on on top and at work/eye/hands level. And the ability to put the nose down to keep the front end centered and not flopping around is great too. Doing loose-ball headsets means getting the head-tube level and often with the bike upside-down.

I do refurbs mostly on step-through bikes so your awesome steampunk stand would probably not work as well for that I bet you will find that an adjustable rotatable stand will make doing work on your bikes much more accessible and handy.

Thanks for the heads up I went out and checked them and everything is good and the clamps are tight enough that the pads don't spin. I have always had a soft spot for Jamis bikes because of the Earth Cruisers I have owned in the past. I still don't know what I am going to do with the Dakar as I can't afford to shell out $100 for the rear shock and have it sit around, I may just strip the parts for a hard tail and put the frame and leftovers away until a later date.
Glenn

Edit- Found a shock today at the shop that came off a Giant with a broken frame that the boss gave me. It should fit with some mods to the bushings due to being to wide.

Thanks for the comments. A few people have suggested that I recycle the copper and use the money to buy a real stand. I think that's a slight exaggeration. I do have a 55 gallon drum full of copper that will soon be turned into money though.

The stand is a PCS-1. I'm not sure how old it is, but would guess that whenever they changed from grey to blue on the stand colors would probably be the time frame for this. I have a friend who has the same stand but in grey(and shorter)

It does extend up to over 74" of the ground(center of clamp), with almost 6" of tube still in the lower section.

that's a great stand & doesn't look too old. I felt quite lucky to score an older grey/black one (that doesn't raise but has the same clamp & same rotation) for $30 a while back & a pretty nice bottom bracket stand for $10..so, now I have 4 stands to use for projects/cleaning/etc. & I think I'm set finally....unless another screaming deal comes along and I can upgrade one of the ones I have...

I just bought a park tool stand like that. mine doesnt extend though.

GT Timberline FS

I had to post this update on an earlier Catch of the Day I had.

I added ape hangers to my Miele low rider then went for a ride to our park in Savannah. I came across the end of the Confederate Memorial Day service and couldn't resist getting one of the characters to pose on my ride.

I call this photo "Rebel Without a Cause"

My "Where'd you ride today" got combined with my "Catch of the Day". I planned on going for about a 40 mile training ride with a friend, but it turned out to be a 55 mile ride, with about 40 miles pulling a trailer(20 with 2 bikes loaded. I'm wiped out now..

Bought a Motobecane Grand Touring and a Schwinn Mesa runner(Ladies) for $15 total. Both are in Very good condition with zero rust or pitting. I know jack about Motobecane, but guessing it to be mid 70s because of the Stronglight 49 crankset. It's a 25 inch frame and blue. It's a heavy ol' pig, but it looks real nice.

The Schwinn is nothing special, but in excellent shape as well. A lot of work to get them, but the price made it worth the effort.

Gorgeous Moto GT Roger! -(and your size too?) - I would guess that it is a 73 (later they went to a Tourney crank). GREAT snag ! ! !

Your spring time catches are consistently blowing me away.

Ouch, that's frightful!

Somehow this bike stayed on CL since sunday afternoon listed at $40 obo https://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/bik/2357138418.html i think they would have taken less but i'm not so good at the low balling thing, plus hadn't noticed quite how rusty it was when i made the offer













with all the rust i was worried about it giving me problems but she yielded easily (triflow helped too)..



need to take it over to the LBS to loosen up the headset and BB for me, and remove the freewheel so i can remove the rusty pie plate chain guard (or derust it)

already threw the chain in some rust converter and it looks a lot better, but am going to try oxalic acid for the chrome bits. It's Pugeot 103 tubing which is low end (hi ten?) but it's not nearly as heavy as I was expecting

Are those campy umbrella pump brackets??

are you talking about the little metal thing under the seat post? it says "AFA 1 - Made in France" so i'd say no everything is french on the bike i think

Nice Moto GT! I've got a silver one joining the fleet soon. Stronglight crank on it too. Enjoy!

This bike was chained at a corner I walk/ride by every day for months, which made me sad cause I thought it looks very nice, so I finally left the owner a note saying I'd give him 50€ for it and he accepted. I don't think the bike is anything special (as far as I can tell it's probably from the early 80s) and it's certainly no mountain goat, but it was in really good condition considering it had been exposed to rain and snow etc all winter long and it has some really neat features, like the integrated lock (which I'm sure would baffle a thief for a moment) and I almost removed the fenders until I noticed that the cable from the dynamo to the back light is routed through the inside of the frame and I thought I would never be able to reproduce that; and it looks stylish anyway.

I only had to replace a shift cable and the chain and center the rear wheel a little, everything else works fine and I think even the tires are still original (at least the company that made them was liquidated a decade ago).

Thanks. I'll look forward to seeing pictures of your silver one. I did a light cleanup on it, and took it for a ride last night. It's a nice piece.



BTW, this is the bike that came with the GT. It's a mid 80s Shwinn Mesarunner. It also is in very good/excellent shape. Sad thing is, it's not worth much, and I can't seem to give it away to any friends(My daughter's schoolfriend moms like the shiny new dept store bikes better). I may strip it for the parts.

I bought it just because I was already out there to buy the GT, and the price.. $5

Roger, that did clean up well for a cursory scrub-down. Love that blue color. I'll get pics up when I get mine. May be a little while. Trading a friend my old JD lawnmower than needs more work than I want to deal with. He no longer is into the bike and wants something else to tinker with. I don't have the time or desire to putz with the mower, so it works out great for both of us. The Moto will take up much less room in the garage too

I did a quick flip on a Fuji Monterey that was very similar to the schwinn, needed new cables, and shimano 105 index shifters were gummed up. Afternoon of work and I sold it for 30$ profit.

One of my really good friends has this same bike as his main and only ride! He got it at he local co-op for 80$, and rides it all the time.

Yep, me too. I have been pretty lucky in most of these bikes in the last bunch of weeks... and it happened again tonight. I told my wife that I was done buying projects for a while, and then another bike popped up. This has been up for three days. I can't believe anyone didn't jump on it. I saw it yesterday, but tried to hold back.

https://seattle.craigslist.org/sno/gms/2357361533.html

EDIT: The seller has now removed the bike from his ad. This is what it said

"ironman bike has new tubes and tires, new seat and peddles "



Well, tonight it was still there so I called the guy and asked for a price. It was only 10 miles away, so I hooked up the trailer and met up with him. After seeing it, I offered $5 less than the asking price and he was glad to see it go away.



BTW, towing with a 10 speed sucks(at least where I live). My wife still thinks I just went for a ride(doesn't know I packed home another pile).



Yep, it looks like a nice bike. I haven't ridden it yet, being that it's small for me.

oh damn.. i love that color on that iron man.. i need one to match my Apex what year is that one? the 2nd number of the serial# is the year.. ie if it says 8 it's an 88. is it a master or expert?

It's an 88 expert. The main appeal of it for me was the parts. If you scroll back through this thread a couple of months, I picked up a free Ironman, with a mismatched set of wheels. It's in much nicer shape than this(did I mention stuck seat post). I'll go through this and swap out a few parts, and then sell it.