Roger M

My catch isnt C&V, but my son is pretty jacked. I already have an old Adams Trail-a-Bike, but couldn't pass on this. Everything in the pictures for $60.

My son is riding a 12" bike currently, but will move up to this over the summer.



This should be a nice upgrade from the Adams



This box is full of parts and wrenches, tubes, parts, and a tube of Phil grease.



Not a bike find for me, but my kid is stepping up.

Poguemahone

Got a phone call yesterday morning from a former student, who I had gotten a couple of jobs in the past. He informed me that he was at a yard sale, and there was a matching pair of pretty Specialized Allezes, in very nice shape. So I hopped into the car and drove out to find these, 99$ for the pair:





They look unridden. The brifters don't work, but I think they're just gummed up-- I'll clean them out and see if they work. If they don't, it's a great buy; if they do, it's a fantastic one.

Salt Air

Is the top Allez a 54 frame?

rothenfield1

Those are sooo sweet! Amazing find, congratulations.

curbtender

Awsome buy. Good thing they were taking up all that space in the garage.

Aquakitty

Damn, my drool censors are kicking in for that Allez, it's exactly what I am looking for.

frantik

solution: sell them and put on downtube shifters

Grim

8Speed can be serviced, I have done a couple sets now with good results as long as they haven't been forced and broken the parts. They will have to be disassembled to get good results.
Looking at the bottom you will see a small set screw for the pivot pin. once you loose that about 5 tunes the pin can be pushed out. pay attention to the return spring.

Once its out take the allen bolt out of the front and watch the lever spring.
flip it over and push the small paddle to the side and remove the Philips head screw that will be exposed. That will let the brake lever housimg come off and expose the workings. The pawls are what is gummed up and need to be flushed out.


The 9speeds just dont seem to come back.

wrk101

Neighbor gave me a Cannondale today. Lots of upgrades, not much matches, but some pretty good parts.

Fixed a bike for them a couple of years ago, no charge. The deal was, "find me a decent road bike: narrow tires, curvy handlebars (straight from Randy Jawa's site, thanks!), and we'll call it good." I knew she was a heavy garage sale shopper, told her not to spend too much. I really wasn't counting on ever getting a bike...

Although it is a Frankenbike, got to love the 8 speed Shimano 105 STI, Ultegra crankset, Speedplay pedals, Campy headset, Ritchey front wheel: hub, rim, and skewer, Profile carbon fork.

Underneath all of these changes was a 1989 SR800.

If the STI works, I'll clean it up, install matching wheelset and tires, bartape, cables, etc., and move it to a new home. I'll keep that Ritchey wheel and the Selle Royal gel saddle. Speedplays will go to the bay. If the STI is dead, I'll probably put seven speed 105 DT stuff on there (I've got a group from a donor bike).

Amazing how bad a bike can look when the rims and tires don't match (and some odd color crappy bar tape doesn't help either).

woolfe1

I found this at our dump here in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories Canada it is a Nishiki Barbarian I would love to have more info on it, but so far no luck

Poguemahone

Yes.

mazdaspeed

Here are the 'after' pics of my garage sale panasonic. Too small for me and the girlfriend already has a touring bike so it has to go. Oh well...

neil thiessen

Found this Le Circuit road bike this morning in the trash near my place, SunTour derailleurs, Sugino lugs, everything looks good on it except two worn tires. Strange thing though........I see no evidence this bike had a front brake at anytime. The hole for the brake setup is in the front of the fork but absolutely no wear around the hole at all. Same thing on the bars, no wear at all where a brake lever should have been. I don't know much about these french bikes but I assumed every bike had dual brakes! What would be a fair price to ask for it once I have it polished up and I've gone through it?

cycleheimer

Nice catch! Time to dig into the old part supply box. This looks like a basic, entry-level road bike. It seems to have steel rims (possibly Rigida), steel handlebars, steel seat post, and "bolt on" hubs versus quick release. Does it have a high tensile steel frame? In some markets, you could probably get away with one brake, strip it of gears, shorten the chain, remove a chain ring, and sell it as a single-speed conversion for $150+. Or, sell it "as is" for $25 to $50. Or, clean it up, put on new tires, new bar wrap, cables & brake shoes (if needed), get it all squared-away, and get $75 to $125. Or, get it all ready-to-go and ride it this summer...if it is your size. The stuff you need can be had fairly inexpensively at Niagara Cycle Works, so don't worry too much about spending a fortune. IMHO, this bike is just begging to have a Pleitscher alloy rack added to it. Dump the turkey levers on the brakes and you can also add a small handlebar bag. Seems to me me that this would make a nice no-frills commuter, or a nice bike to throw onto your car-mounted bike carrier when you go on vacation...nice for touring around on. Around here (B.F.'s C&V), this is a fun project...just grab a few cold sodas and turn on the radio in the garage! BTW, probably from about 1980+/-, and showing it's age well!

neil thiessen

Thanks so much for the response Cycleheimer, you've given me some good ideas! I'm definitely going to throw on a front brake, I just found it odd that the bike never showed to have one. I'm not sure if the frame is high tensile steel, would there be a label that says so ? This is going to be a fun project , thanks again!

Bikedued

"the Ace" frame teaser pics, if they work? I think I found out a way to outsmart my ancient browser.,,,,BD

realestvin7

Hazzah. They work. Looking good, Dued.

Bikedued

Thanks. I only wish the paint looked as rich as the spot under the shifter/frame pump mounting area. Even more, I wish the frame pump had been on the bike. Oh well, still an excellent score for a buck.,,,,BD

realestvin7

I forget. Did you mention what components were on it and if you were keeping them?

LesterOfPuppets

Not a bike, but an effective bike rack I pulled from the dumpster. Fits 3 bikes real nice.

Bikedued

Oh I'm keeping them, hehe. It's second gen. Dura Ace. Thought to be 1st gen by some, who have never seen the centerpull 1st gen brakes which became Tourney. It has Dura ace FD, brakes, and cranks. The RD is a Crane short cage, because they hadn't made a DA RD
yet. I am looking forward to the first ride.

The wheels that came with it were strange, I must add. Fuji branded clincher single walls, with old logo Campy hubs?? I think they were probably custom built. I do know for sure that they are quite heavy! The original tubular wheels are long gone, and I'd love to recreate them somehow. Thankfully the original DA freewheel is on the rear. It is seriously gummed up, and needs a solvent soak. The Suntour Sprint and Mavic wheels in the before pic will fill in nicely until I can get a set of tubulars going.,,,,BD

realestvin7

Sweet. I'd like to see it built.

Poguemahone

There, I fixed that for you.

Neil, Cycle is otherwise completely correct. It's what we call a fun, no pressure project.

rcschafer

Found this Vitus 979 frame out for the trash on my block (along with a god-awful gaspipe frame that's going straight to the local co-op and a small Wald basket that's going on my mixte's rear rack.)







Looks about the right size for my gf, starting to think it'd make a nice little build... hmm, through-frame rear brake cable routing, how can I work that...

...wait, what's up with the seatstay cluster...?



AGGGHH! Stuck seat tube, cracked seatpost binder. Crap! It's pretty much toast, isn't it? Guess I can scavenge the fork and BB. Oh well.

realestvin7

Scrap it is. Or art. At least you get a fork, stem, BB, and HS out of the mix. What bottom bracket is it? Does it still have the BB cable guide?