TimmyT 

1. That's awesome.
2. My initial reaction was that the back was something to haul goods, not people. In fact, I was thinking of those live seafood boxes. You could haul fish in that thing!

brandenjs

Yea, I'm thinking packing it full of beer and ice. It has a weight limit of 600 lbs.

TimmyT 

You're way ahead of me.

Well, I guess you're hosed. That will only start a party.

Ride it to the local hockey rink to fill up with the zamboni shavings behind the rink, then ride it to the beer distributor.

brandenjs

Now we're talkin' !! It just looked like a lot of fun. I didn't pick it up on Saturday, but I went home and looked it up online (https://www.madsencycles.com/) and saw that they are pretty good quality. The saddle is worth what I paid for it. It looks like someone tagged a curb because the rear wheel has a pretty good dent in it and someone tried to fix it. No big deal. 20" recumbent wheel.

TimmyT 

You might load that up with something not so valuable. It might be completely unstable. Are there any reviews for this thing on the web?

brandenjs

Yes there is. I found a couple of blogs that go over it. The history is pretty cool. I haven't ridden anyone or anything so I'll have to report back after that.

thinktubes 

I honestly thought that was a bike-powered washing machine when I first saw it.

himespau 

That looks like a perfect grocery getter to me. I probably would have picked it up for the Brooks alone (I'm building a mixte for my wife that's going to have a honey b67 on it when I get around to buying one) so the rest would have been a bonus for me..

Hoss Cartright

Yard sale finds... I used to limit my addiction to only Schwinns, but in the past couple of years, I have been grabbing the cherry ones. I don't have a problem revealing the prices. That to me is the story in itself. Usually I pay the asking price if it is fair.

These two Fujis. Both for $25.00




Scored this Georgena Terry for $10.00



Viscount Sebring $5.00



1978 Speedster $10.00




1980s Simoncini Professional, Columbus tubing, all Campy - Didn't steal this one. Paid $350.00 - But it is pretty much new.




1983 Raleigh Prestige - Too tall for me but I ride it anyway. I paid maybe a little too much at $200.00 but it had new Bontrager hardcase tires and is very nice, almost perfect paint, never been dropped. Has a Campy crank-set from a DeRosa




Bridgestone RB-2 - $20.00 - Scratches and abrasions, lots of miles, but complete and decent. Too small for me so I sold it to a friend in Cali.




I traded a motorcycle helmet for this really old Italian Torpado.. Very cool OLD CAMPY. I had it hanging on the wall for a couple of years and sold it on the net for crazy money. (sold for 750.00)

himespau 

that fuji ace is sweet looking.

.Cricket

I found this in the garbage last summer. It is not the nicest bike, but it has been a great learning/project bike for me since I am not worried about screwing up anything. Pretty much everything was frozen up when I found it- covered in thick grease and grime, the hub didn't shift at all, etc.. So I cleaned it all out, replaced all the bearings and am planning on attempting to stud my own tires for winter. Wee!

(The rear fender is just resting there for the pic!)

oldroads

Catch of the weekend, buried in a load I picked up:

velomateo

You could probably get back most of what you spent on that bike, by selling that crank on ebay. Some very good finds/buys. Welcome aboard.

gardnertoo

Picked up two identical (size, colors, components, amount of rust and rot, everything) Shogun Sport mixte bikes propped up at the metal recycle drop area of my local garbage transfer station. I'm not a bike collector or restorer, but I know there's a better way than crushing and melting to recycle these! Frames are straight, paint is good, so I'm planning to donate them to the Portland OR Community Cycling Center so they can find a new rider. Hope I'm not wasting their time with junk? I'll call before I drop them off; if these bikes are farther gone than they want to tackle, maybe they will become my first project. (I'm afraid though that could be the start of a new addiction, I've read a lot of your posts in this thread, LOL!)


Shogun Bikes 001 by gardnertoo, on Flickr


Shogun Bikes 004 by gardnertoo, on Flickr


Shogun Bikes 006 by gardnertoo, on Flickr


Shogun Bikes 003 by gardnertoo, on Flickr

jeirvine 

At the co-op where I volunteer, those two would be most welcome. 90% of what we get are dept store junk mountain bikes. Nice classic japanese road bikes like these are much appreciated, even if they are lower end ones that need a lot of work.

skydog6653

That's exactly what I thought!

gardnertoo

Good to know, thank you.

By the way, that wouldn't happen to be a specimen of this very model I see you riding in your avatar, would it?

Bikedued

Not my catch, but does ANYone know what the heck this is? Or what a Yankee bike is for that matter?,,,,BD


https://houston.craigslist.org/bik/2760691325.html

jeirvine 

Nope, but close - it's a Raleigh Record mixte - probably '75 - being ridden by my girlfriend in the DC Tweed Ride last month. Mixte framed bikes make great gifts for significant others.

rothenfield1

Shogun Trail Breaker II. My wife bought it at the dump while I way away, (I’ve finally gotten her trained). I haven’t researched it, but my impression is that it is an early ‘90s TIB welded entry level cross/MTB.

anixi

That would be "TIG".

frantik

i'd guess mid-late 80s based on biopace, ubrake and geometry

Doohickie

Beautiful bike, but definitely a little later than 1983. The RACING USA logos are shown in 1985 but not 1983.

randyjawa 

It happens at least once every year. I went to the Dump yesterday and guess what I go this time???

Nothing! Yup, this time of year few people in Thunder Bay throw bikes away. Guess they need a rest, too.

Drummerboy1975

So how can you go to the dump and get free bikes? I think at our dump, or maybe I'm think of through metal scrap place, once you cross into their facility, its theory property.