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Originally Posted by tjkwood
(Post 15002146)
Going to pick this up tomorrow - from the photo it looks like a Dawes Galaxy. According to the seller, it has a Brooks saddle (B17?), Bluemels fenders and Milremo pedals. £33 - thoughts?
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Originally Posted by guzziee
(Post 15005302)
Originally Posted by anixi
(Post 15005618)
^wow!
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yeah thats crazy
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Originally Posted by guzziee
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I am starting to get a collection of high end Panasonic built Schwinns: Paramount Series 7, Series 5, Prologue, and a World Voyageur. Been missing a Peloton and a Volare to round out the group. So I picked up this Peloton, even though it was missing quite a few of the original parts (wheels and RD). And it is the wrong size....
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Originally Posted by jet sanchEz
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Took a 2 week break from visiting flea markets, went back today and found these 3 :)
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c1...iee/1photo.jpg http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c1...iee/4photo.jpg http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c1...iee/2photo.jpg |
What a flea market haul! Incredible!!
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(Photos below) A lovely old bike found at a local thrift store that hubby and I, on impulse one lazy afternoon, decided to cruise through to see what was being offered.
As I was walking to the establishment's front door, I glanced at a pile of kids bikes that had been tucked under an overhang, out of sight. I did an abrupt halt and double take as a white decal name leaped out at me from a very sorry older adult bike in the back of the pile. I dropped what I was doing and with both hands tackled the pile of cheap kids bikes to unearth that adult bike. As I pulled it into the sunlight, I realized I'd found a gem in the rough....not only was that elegant old Giant steel bike a piece of beautiful workmanship (research revealed it was mfr'd 17 years ago), but was also my size! Hubby snapped to when I frantically waved him over to me and ordered him "Get it into my car NOW!". The bike was safely stored in the car in a matter of seconds. The thrift store was happy to get their 60% off price for it ($6)...and I came home with a 1996 Giant Nutra that fit me like it was designed with my petite frame as their manufactoring standard. At one time this bike had been much loved - we noticed the once new chain, and once brand new tires (we're talking no miles on them at all) that had sadly dryrotted over the decades, the toe clips, the spotless paint, the perfectly true wheels. The broken shift controls, however, spoke of some rough use by someone (a kid perhaps?) who - we surmise - may have been given the newly tired bike...and summarily broke the delicate shifters. The bike was never fixed, but instead stored away for enough years to gently rust some of the shiny metal parts, and completely dryrot the new tires until the old owner, now realizing the old lady was taking up space and no longer wanted, dumped it at the thrift store to be either rescued...or taken to the landfill. Once home we checked it over carefully, and even with the broken shifters, we took it for a gentle roll down the driveway. It floated with a sweetness and smoothness that astonished us. We saw that all it needed was new tires, new cables and cable covers, some cleaning and TLC, and an appointment with my LBS for modern shifters (sadly the old ones were no longer in production) and the gearing adjusted. Hubby spent the next week happily stripping the entire bike down to the frame, replacing the wheel bearings, the cables, cable housing, grips, plus cleaning, polishing, and waxing every part and checking it over carefully. $150 later for new tires and the LBS attention to new shifters and gearing adjustment, I climbed on the bike and it took off down the road with a grace and speed that brought a delighted grin to my face, and that of my husband. It was AMAZING. I found myself laughing into the wind as that newly renovated bike, all polished and sparkling, flew under me like a Thoroughbred, eager to show me a turn of speed that was simply energizing. The bike is now an honored member of my growing cycle "stable", decked out with a new saddle, mirror, bell, and blinking lights. What a lovely, charming find...and a second chance for a 17 year old grand lady. :) Photos: (Before) Hubby starting to strip down the bike; (After) the Nutra, polished and renovated, as it sits now. (Yes, those are horse drawn carriages in the "after" background. I've been driving since the 70's, and together hubby and I have been driving pairs and collecting antique carriages since the 1980's - they still outnumber the bikes!); and (3rd photo) A set of saddle bags (extra ones from my Endurance tack) that will be my bike carry packs for some long distance summer drives in 2013. http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=286593http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=286594http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=286595 |
+1, love that Randonee! I know the AD is the real gem of the lot, but I'm a pushover for touring bikes...
Originally Posted by wrk101
(Post 15008089)
What a flea market haul! Incredible!!
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Welcome aboard and congrats on your score, those Giants are real workhorses!
Originally Posted by momsonherbike
(Post 15008209)
(Photos below) A lovely old bike found at a local thrift store that hubby and I, on impulse one lazy afternoon, decided to cruise through to see what was being offered.
As I was walking to the establishment's front door, I glanced at a pile of kids bikes that had been tucked under an overhang, out of sight. I did an abrupt halt and double take as a white decal name leaped out at me from a very sorry older adult bike in the back of the pile. I dropped what I was doing and with both hands tackled the pile of cheap kids bikes to unearth that adult bike. As I pulled it into the sunlight, I realized I'd found a gem in the rough....not only was that elegant old Giant steel bike a piece of beautiful workmanship (research revealed it was mfr'd 17 years ago), but was also my size! Hubby snapped to when I frantically waved him over to me and ordered him "Get it into my car NOW!". The bike was safely stored in the car in a matter of seconds. The thrift store was happy to get their 60% off price for it ($6)...and I came home with a 1996 Giant Nutra that fit me like it was designed with my petite frame as their manufactoring standard. At one time this bike had been much loved - we noticed the once new chain, and once brand new tires (we're talking no miles on them at all) that had sadly dryrotted over the decades, the toe clips, the spotless paint, the perfectly true wheels. The broken shift controls, however, spoke of some rough use by someone (a kid perhaps?) who - we surmise - may have been given the newly tired bike...and summarily broke the delicate shifters. The bike was never fixed, but instead stored away for enough years to gently rust some of the shiny metal parts, and completely dryrot the new tires until the old owner, now realizing the old lady was taking up space and no longer wanted, dumped it at the thrift store to be either rescued...or taken to the landfill. Once home we checked it over carefully, and even with the broken shifters, we took it for a gentle roll down the driveway. It floated with a sweetness and smoothness that astonished us. We saw that all it needed was new tires, new cables and cable covers, some cleaning and TLC, and an appointment with my LBS for modern shifters (sadly the old ones were no longer in production) and the gearing adjusted. Hubby spent the next week happily stripping the entire bike down to the frame, replacing the wheel bearings, the cables, cable housing, grips, plus cleaning, polishing, and waxing every part and checking it over carefully. $150 later for new tires and the LBS attention to new shifters and gearing adjustment, I climbed on the bike and it took off down the road with a grace and speed that brought a delighted grin to my face, and that of my husband. It was AMAZING. I found myself laughing into the wind as that newly renovated bike, all polished and sparkling, flew under me like a Thoroughbred, eager to show me a turn of speed that was simply energizing. The bike is now an honored member of my growing cycle "stable", decked out with a new saddle, mirror, bell, and blinking lights. What a lovely, charming find...and a second chance for a 17 year old grand lady. :) Photos: (Before) Hubby starting to strip down the bike; (After) the Nutra, polished and renovated, as it sits now. (Yes, those are horse drawn carriages in the "after" background. I've been driving since the 70's, and together hubby and I have been driving pairs and collecting antique carriages since the 1980's - they still outnumber the bikes!); and (3rd photo) A set of saddle bags (extra ones from my Endurance tack) that will be my bike carry packs for some long distance summer drives in 2013. http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=286593http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=286594http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=286595 |
Tooling up a second frame shop is a fairly expensive proposition and it was nice to have found these listed on a local buy / sell... figure I saved $500.00 on what I would have had to pay for new tube benders in the sizes I require for building racks.
http://www.ravingbikefiend.com/bikep...gidbenders.JPG |
Originally Posted by momsonherbike
(Post 15008209)
(Photos below) A lovely old bike found at a local thrift store that hubby and I, on impulse one lazy afternoon, decided to cruise through to see what was being offered.
As I was walking to the establishment's front door, I glanced at a pile of kids bikes that had been tucked under an overhang, out of sight. I did an abrupt halt and double take as a white decal name leaped out at me from a very sorry older adult bike in the back of the pile. I dropped what I was doing and with both hands tackled the pile of cheap kids bikes to unearth that adult bike. As I pulled it into the sunlight, I realized I'd found a gem in the rough....not only was that elegant old Giant steel bike a piece of beautiful workmanship (research revealed it was mfr'd 17 years ago), but was also my size! Hubby snapped to when I frantically waved him over to me and ordered him "Get it into my car NOW!". The bike was safely stored in the car in a matter of seconds. The thrift store was happy to get their 60% off price for it ($6)...and I came home with a 1996 Giant Nutra that fit me like it was designed with my petite frame as their manufactoring standard. At one time this bike had been much loved - we noticed the once new chain, and once brand new tires (we're talking no miles on them at all) that had sadly dryrotted over the decades, the toe clips, the spotless paint, the perfectly true wheels. The broken shift controls, however, spoke of some rough use by someone (a kid perhaps?) who - we surmise - may have been given the newly tired bike...and summarily broke the delicate shifters. The bike was never fixed, but instead stored away for enough years to gently rust some of the shiny metal parts, and completely dryrot the new tires until the old owner, now realizing the old lady was taking up space and no longer wanted, dumped it at the thrift store to be either rescued...or taken to the landfill. Once home we checked it over carefully, and even with the broken shifters, we took it for a gentle roll down the driveway. It floated with a sweetness and smoothness that astonished us. We saw that all it needed was new tires, new cables and cable covers, some cleaning and TLC, and an appointment with my LBS for modern shifters (sadly the old ones were no longer in production) and the gearing adjusted. Hubby spent the next week happily stripping the entire bike down to the frame, replacing the wheel bearings, the cables, cable housing, grips, plus cleaning, polishing, and waxing every part and checking it over carefully. $150 later for new tires and the LBS attention to new shifters and gearing adjustment, I climbed on the bike and it took off down the road with a grace and speed that brought a delighted grin to my face, and that of my husband. It was AMAZING. I found myself laughing into the wind as that newly renovated bike, all polished and sparkling, flew under me like a Thoroughbred, eager to show me a turn of speed that was simply energizing. The bike is now an honored member of my growing cycle "stable", decked out with a new saddle, mirror, bell, and blinking lights. What a lovely, charming find...and a second chance for a 17 year old grand lady. :) Photos: (Before) Hubby starting to strip down the bike; (After) the Nutra, polished and renovated, as it sits now. (Yes, those are horse drawn carriages in the "after" background. I've been driving since the 70's, and together hubby and I have been driving pairs and collecting antique carriages since the 1980's - they still outnumber the bikes!); and (3rd photo) A set of saddle bags (extra ones from my Endurance tack) that will be my bike carry packs for some long distance summer drives in 2013. http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=286593http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=286594http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=286595 Nice find. Are you potty training your new bike? http://www.bikeforums.net/attachment...5&d=1354489781 |
Wow, SixtyFiver - that is an uncommon thing to see on CL (or anywhere, for that matter).
Are you still working at the frame shop there in Edmonton, and is this purchase part of a new adventure for you? Nice find. |
Originally Posted by canyoneagle
(Post 15008678)
Wow, SixtyFiver - that is an uncommon thing to see on CL (or anywhere, for that matter).
Are you still working at the frame shop there in Edmonton, and is this purchase part of a new adventure for you? Nice find. I was really surprised to find all three of these selling together for an unbelievably good price... my partner wants me to take over rack building and as of tomorrow I can walk into my shop here and have everything I need right at hand instead of having to bend things out at the main shop when I am there. I already have an order for a custom extra-cycle rack, am building a custom rack for the Surly Pug and Moonlander, am designing a rack for the Brompton, and have another simple design in the works that will not look out of place on vintage bikes. This should keep me out of trouble for a while and keep me busy in the winter when other bike work slows down. |
Originally Posted by Sixty Fiver
(Post 15008698)
I am tooling up a second shop here... the main shop is 30 miles out and will still be doing some work there until I find a bigger location here in the city. The main shop has the lathe and some rather massive bending equipment for bigger pieces and figure I will build my own 1 inch bender on the lathe as well as other dies for smaller grades of tubing that need bigger bends.
I was really surprised to find all three of these selling together for an unbelievably good price... my partner wants me to take over rack building and as of tomorrow I can walk into my shop here and have everything I need right at hand instead of having to bend things out at the main shop when I am there. I already have an order for a custom extra-cycle rack, am building a custom rack for the Surly Pug and Moonlander, am designing a rack for the Brompton, and have another simple design in the works that will not look out of place on vintage bikes. This should keep me out of trouble for a while and keep me busy in the winter when other bike work slows down. |
No pics yet, but I found a '75 Raleigh Grand Prix next to a dumpster yesterday. Frame seems OK at a glance, but it's been oddly abused and neglected - pedal spindles welded to the crank arms, the crank cotters apparently installed wrong (crankarms wobble on the spindle), RD bent, chain rusted nearly solid, and strangest to me, the lower jockey wheel is completely rounded off and deformed side-to-side as well.
One oddity I've noted already is what appears to be 120mm rear dropout spacing, and the horizontal dropouts with separate RD hanger make me wonder whether a fixie conversion is in my future. Quick question for those who know Raleighs, would this specimen have the weird Raleigh-threaded BB and/or headset that Sheldon Brown warns about? [EDIT: Frame isn't actually *quite* okay, found that the rear triangle was askew - guessing the frame and the RD and the rear rim all got tweaked in the same incident. Also made me less certain of the original rear hub spacing. Got the stays bent back pretty well by eyeball, need to get out some string and a ruler to make sure it's right. Found an old steel crankarm of mine I can use for removing the crank cotters, but then it occurred to me that maybe AutoZone rents a balljoint press or something of a suitable size to press cotters out without having to destroy them with a hammer.] |
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I picked this up free from the local dump yesterday. A 1988 Peugeot Dordogne tourer with 531 tubing. It's original spec and in great condition.
Don't know why people just throw good stuff like this out, they must have more money than sense :rolleyes: http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=286664http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=286665http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=286666 |
Originally Posted by Gerryattrick
(Post 15009691)
I picked this up free from the local dump yesterday. A 1988 Peugeot Dordogne tourer with 531 tubing. It's original spec and in great condition.
Don't know why people just throw good stuff like this out, they must have more money than sense :rolleyes: http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=286664http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=286665http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=286666 |
Don't know why people just throw good stuff like this out, they must have more money than sense |
Originally Posted by guzziee
(Post 15007620)
Took a 2 week break from visiting flea markets, went back today and found these 3 :)
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Originally Posted by Bikedued
(Post 15009804)
A Vent Noir at a flea market?? That sounds almost too far fetched to be true. Amazing!,,,,BD
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Added 5 this weekend. I bought the trek and the nishiki. The other 3 were given to me. This is getting bad.
http://i.imgur.com/ugkbvl.jpg The Yellow turbo is pretty awesome though: http://i.imgur.com/prenEl.jpg http://i.imgur.com/2t3j1t.jpg http://i.imgur.com/j2ljJt.jpg http://i.imgur.com/uAjD4t.jpg |
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my flea market find from last week- Bianchi Professional equipped with Suntour Superb, and Miche wheels, absolutely awesomehttp://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=286670http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=286671http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=286672http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=286673http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=286674http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=286675The good-Bianchi Professional with all original parts,
-The Bad- Its too big for me!!! -The Ugly The seat post lug is cracked, so no amount of tightening will get it to stay in position. I am going to see what a repair and paint will cost, but it may be destined to be split into tiny pieces for sale on ebay. |
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