Tonight was a pretty good for CL shopping.

I found a bike that's too big for me. A Miyata one ten

Second one... i had been looking for a pair of barcons for awhile, but never found 'a deal' on any. After I finally pieced together a set over a couple months, I find a complete bike with barcons cheaper than the shifters go for on ebay. A late 70s Super LeMans in real good shape(save for the wrong color touch up)

Pictures tomorrow.

Picked up the remains of a Rocky Mountain Snafu at a garage sale today. The frame was beyond repair, the fork and wheels were gone but I got everything else. The BB and cranks will probably go to a friend who asked me about 2 5/8" vs 2 7/8" BB's yesterday (I assume that's 68mm and 73mm). He might also need the V-brake levers since he was trying to use some ancient motorcycle style levers with V-brakes.

The wild San Marco saddle with World Champion colors will probably stay with me

That's quite the assortment of paraphernalia you found there!!!

Here are the bikes from the above post. 1985 One Ten



Mid 70s Centurion. I think it's a Super LeMans. It needs a complete overhaul. It's pretty interesting how some people install fenders



The color is a blue, with a little paerl in it. plenty of chips and scratches



This most be an original saddle. I had another Super Lemans with the same seat.

I think the Centurion would be a great bike, it was their mid level bike which meant it was really decent. The tubeset is from the 70's and tubesets didn't start getting good till the very late 70's and into the 80's, but for it's time it was a good bike.

I had the top of the line Trek TX900 I bought new in 76 that used the best Columbus tubeset and that thing was flexy, not as bad as others I tested though. But when I bought another Trek in 1980, a 412 using Ishwata 022 tubeset that cost less then the TX900, that frame was far stiffer then the much more exotic and more expensive Columbus. This trend continued with the Reynolds 531cs, Fuji VaLite quad butted and especially the Miyata triple butted splined tubeset-that was the best steel tubeset I've ridden for stiffness unfortunately when I bought the 87 Team with that tubeset I got out of racing a month later so I never got to used it for the intended purpose, but my god when I hammered up mountains with that bike it just wanted to fly.

Hey all,
Back for the first time in a while. I've been here but lurking.

Last time I had a Bianchi Axis that I acquired when it was abandoned in our building 3 or 4 years ago. We did another cleanout and this time I inherited a 1984 Trek 420. Looks completely stock. A few minor paint scratches and a shot chain & tires but otherwise pretty good under a liberal coating of dust. Will post pictures soon. I brought it up and wiped it down so as not to contaminate the rest of the house, but not going any further for a few weeks just in case the former owner suddenly realizes he left it blocking a stairwell for two years.

Went on the vintage trek site and this is an 84 but with the frame built in Japan. Unfortunately I think it has the Maillard Helicomatic hub. I am hoping I can just clean it up and run it for a while. Anyone know where I can get that funny little wrench with the bottle opener for these?

It looks a bit tall for me but I may just shove the seat down and ride it a bit then hold it for a trade. I will post pictures as I go.

RSharp

I posted this in another thread, but no one paid it any attention () so I'll try again here. It's only slightly decrepit (shattered fenders, tires flat, rim strip hanging out between the tire and rim, never a good sign!) but incredibly grubby.



There is surprisingly little rust, except for the front rim, which is pretty far gone.

Raleigh Lenton Sports. It has a 1960 AW hub, but I believe the bike is older, probably from 1951.

It did not go unnoticed. I wish I could stumble on one of those, rhm. Insofar as the color is concerned, I beleive I saw traces of blue green paint in the photos from the other thread - though it seems 95% of it has chalked off, or, been covered with the the grimiest-grime I have ever laid eyes on.

I think I would replace that front wheel - depending on what it looks like inside.

Now that is what I call high custom there!!! What chin ring is on that?

Finally filled the "vintage track" hole in my collection
Panasonic track 4000, never mind the coaster brake...I am changing the wheels and cranks.

Nice score TT... You'll be skidding down the sidewalk in no time.

It will be nicer than the conversion I already ride.. maybe when I am not thinking clearly I will take it to hellyer and fall into the center, uh I mean try some practice laps

Got to love that Panasonic track bike, nice score!

Today's score - a pair of Paramounts. 1972 P13 frame in chrome and resprayed blue and a 1988 50th Anniversary in white, built up with a mess of Campy and Shimano. Both my size. The seller raced back in his younger days (and still does, just on modern kit) and had no idea this whole 'vintage bike' thing was a thing. He casually mentioned giving away a Serotta at one point. He tried selling me a set of HF NR hubs w/ tubulars and an 8s Campy tubular wheelset for a very reasonable price, but sadly he decided to not to throw them in with the frames even though I managed to make small talk about how we both graduated from the same University (and where his son attends now) halfway across the country and I was already out of cash.

I certainly don't have the space for more bikes so there will be some tough decisions coming up in the days ahead as to the destiny of these new finds.

Check out local police auctions in your local area, sometimes you can get bikes in lots&alot of times, they're pretty good. One of my old meighbors used to do that, had tons of bikes and parts. He was cool too. Before I bought my Bianchi, I used to always have something happen to my bike. Alot of times, I didnt have $$, and neither did my friends. So, hed work out a deal, or trade off if we didnt have $, if one of us cut hid lawn, hed give that person the part they needed. Clean out his gutters? You got the part you needed. He was one cool dude.

I am still working out some bugs in my digital camera that I performed open hart surgery on and gave it a quick test run last night on some of the things I picked up within the last two weeks ( bear with me there not the best shots as it was getting dark and I was in my garage with the door open), some from my boss and a few things that customers gave me.
First are the wheels and headset I picked up the other day then I picked up a bunch of NOS parts for my Free GT Outlook that I never posted. My boss let me go though a few boxes of RD's that he keeps for parts and spares and said help yourself to what ever you want ( I built up a nice Suntour XC Comp the first 20 min of being in the shop) I picked up like 6 Deerhead RD's that I should be able to get one or two working and a bunch of Suntour Accushift RD's for parts.

I picked up two NOS Suntour tools a GT Cage tool still in the package $7 shipped off of the Bay and a BB/Hub tool from my boss as he had a few extra. The one thing that I picked up is for my wife ( she doesn't know it yet) is a NOS Diamond Back Override Hybrid frameset that I will have built up this winter.

I was given two bike racks that need a little work, a Hollywood 4 bike hitch mounted rack that I am going to do some cutting and welding on to repair overload damage and a Rhode Gear spare tire mount missing a few straps. Last I got a new Schwinn cruiser that was stolen the day after a guy bought it and recovered missing a bunch of parts like the fenders,rack,handle bars ( the grips were there though) and the rear wheel. It was a slow summer as far as picking up anything but so far fall is working out nice.On to the pics which will take a few postings. I also picked up a nice used 8.1MP HD Digital camera ( Like the one we owned but better) with a bunch of different lens and extra batteries to replace the one I worked on for a song just in case I couldn't fix it. Everything here cost me $97 including my camera, I don't count what new parts my boss gave me as I just help out around the shop for them.

Cont,

A few more including the wheel and tires I am going to run on the Gt thanks to Chris in Miami for turning me on to them.

Found a 60's czechoslovakian Favorit F1 frame, and a 60's swedish monark ultra lyx frame. then I found a SR Road Champion Sakae Custom handlebar with matching SR stem. I also got a pair of Weinmann brake levers, and a pair of Shimano brake levers. not bad for a first dump find!

Should be fun to do something with that Favorit..

Oh, does anyone know what BB threads there is on the Favorit? I've heard rumours about italian threads, but you never know..

Wow Glenn, what an impressive haul! :-o
the DB Override is sharp, she's going to love it.
Boy would I love finding a NOS set of better Shimano U brakes! Need to replace my ugly stamped steel/plastic coated Exage that came on my Sierra.

Some times it pays to get up early...

Parted out a Vitus 979 Carbone 3 at the co-op and came away with a nearly full Dura Ace 7400 group with '89 DA Uniglide hubs (I have lots of cogs) laced to tubulars (36 spoke)... crown race was thrashed but other parts are still good and the bike had a Campagnolo bottom bracket (English thread) that was also in good shape.

Thinking I might convert my Cooper to a full Dura Ace group (if everything fits) and see how light she is with tubulars... the 7400 crank is a pretty thing and was looking for a comparable Ultegra square taper crank and some later cassette hubs to lace 32x to some NOS Mavics I have.

Oh yeah... also came with a rear tri spoke (tt wheel).

Must have been a slow day around here...

Picked up my friend's Dawes Kingpin tonight... it was a project he started but never finished as he passed away this summer suddenly and unexpectedly at only 27.

His family decided that they wanted to give me the folder since we were good friends and fellow bike nerds and guess he talked about me a fair bit as being a bad influence when it came to bicycles. He also had a Raleigh Superbe and a Kuwahara much like my UAV as well as a beautiful Trek road bike which we sent back to his family.

I have to admit that the Dawes in nicer than a 20 in many respects as it has standard threading and is a lighter frame and got to thinking that I now have all these Dura Ace parts... I would just have to lace those hubs into 451 rims (unless someone wants to send me hubs and take the tubbies off my hands.)

Talked to a few of our friends tonight and they thought he would have heartily approved of a Dura Ace equipped Dawes... so that is what we are going to do.

^ sounds like a fun project.

I did pick up a free box of parts the other night that included a nice 6500 FD (that I needed for my cross bike!), an older but usable Sakae crankset, a scratched up but working left 6500 STI lever and.......an old Nuovo Record rear derailleur. There were a few other items as well. Due to some mix-ups on my part it took me two days to pick up the parts but they were still just sitting there outside the house in a box. Must have been my lucky day.

Can't go wrong with dura ace

I could also build it up with a C Record group I have... this group is not quite complete though.