ahandley

That has to be one of the cleanest "second-hand bikes" I have ever seen. Nice job,

henryspencer

Hi folks. New to the forum and thought I’d share a few here.

It all begins with a garage sale find: a 1988 Nishiki Altron 7000 with a full SunTour Sprint group for $15. It was light and fast, but extremely uncomfortable with a slightly too-small frame. So I parted it out and sold the frame, but kept most of the components.

Many of those parts wound up on this bike: a Sekai Special from the mid ‘70s. One of my students gave me the frame, and I built it up as a 1x8 porteur-ish sort of bike with the Sprint crank and rear derailer, a newish wheelset from another trash-pick (a Fuji Absolute something or other), and a few VO bits and pieces. This is my daily workhorse.



Another great find that pre-dates these two is a Stella from the early ‘70s. Not sure which one, definitely not an SX-73 because of its low-end parts. The bike was barely rideable: bent steel rims, a crank that folded up on one of the first test rides, death stem and already bent bars. I built it up as a fixed-gear bike for a few years, but then my aging knees protested too much. So it’s now a Grant-Petersenesque sort of an affair, with its too-big frame, moustache bars with cotton-over-cork tape and Silver/Sprint bar-end shifters, a Sugino XD2 that I’m running as a compact double, and SunTour VX front and rear derailers. It’s wrong in so many ways that it’s right—super comfortable for a not-so-fast century.



Finally, a neighbor recently had this “Godeau” frame with 3ttt stem, Profile bars, Super Record shifters, and 600 rear d out with the trash. The frame is a mystery, with some kind of butted tubing and short Campagnolo dropouts. I need to pull it apart and see what it will take to rehab the frame, but it looks interesting to say the least. Any suggestions? He also had a 1972 Gitane Gran Sport out at the curb with some functional components (Huret Allvit, etc.). Still trying to figure out what to do with that one as well. Fortunately they’re both in my size.



Too many others to mention—it’s getting so that I resent buying anything new!

Henry

Gravity Aided

There is a cycle shop called Godeau in Brussels, Belgium . I ran across it in another search.

Sixty Fiver

It looks like it was just taken off the showroom floor...







My friend's daughter found it at a garage sale and he purchased it for *cough*twentyfivedollars*cough and passed it on to me because he knows how much I like old British bikes... I have never seen a drop bar Phillips here and almost never does one find a bike in such pristine condition.

The reach is far too short and I just happen to have some Raleigh Special bars which should solve that and make the bike look even better.

rekmeyata

Clear coat won't stop the rusting, in fact will make it look worse as the clear coat bubbles and fogs up over time, and then adds a gloss to it that is fake looking after your done spraying it.

First clean it with a nonabrasive Scotchbrite pad soaked in full strength CLR, then clean with just a wet rag when done, do this twice; the CLR will stop the rusting but only for a short time. Then spray it with Wurth Rust Guard Clear (you may want to call Wurth because for some reason I can't find it, hopefully they haven't stopped making it because that was great stuff, if they don't make it ask them who makes something similar like Eastwood perhaps?), or as an option if the Murth, or some other similar product is not available you can use PPG Deltron Urethane Clear BUT you'll need to add a flattening agent to it to prevent that gloss look that will just make the bike look horrendous. Using a clear scares me a bit, because if you didn't stop the rust the clear will start to look bad in short order. I know there are products out there for this purpose of stopping and sealing the rust from restarting because rat rod owners do this all the time, you just have to find it.

Let me repeat, whatever you do, do not just spray clear coat over it without first stopping the rust, or the clear coat will go from shiny (or flat if you got a flat clear coat) to fogging to a blistered look in a short period of time of a year or two tops, then the only way to get that clear coat off is to strip the entire frame down and you lost the patina at which point of course you'll have to repaint it.

billnuke1 

I found the Phillips and AD Pathfinder for free during a rainstorm. The Phillips is about 10th in line for a rebuild!

tmh657

Checked on CL this afternoon and saw this at a very attractive price, my size. Not sure of the year but must be later with a unicrown fork. Maybe '89 or '90? 7 speed indexed Suntour GPX. All original with the GPX pedals except someone put Sante brake levers on it. That's not so bad. Besides a little grime looks like it was hardly ridden up close.
My e mail to the seller was, "I will buy it. Call me". He did. I did.

rekmeyata

Nice looking bike, congrats!

thinktubes 

Always loved those red Allezes. Nice pickup!

fiataccompli

I just took in a black Allez on a trade of sort....I like those frames & the 128mm rear spacing is kinda nice in that it easily gives options to go any number of directions with setup. I'm thinking of putting an early 2000s-ish Ultegra 10 group on mine and building it as an all-weather/beater/crit racer of sorts.

sangrena

Hey guys,


I have the opportunity to buy this bike at a good price, I think, ($ 100) the seller says it's a 12-speed competition KHS 1982. I've been searching the internet about this bike but I get nothing on it. any of you know anything about this bike?


KHS bike competition
* Rin 27
* SUNTOUR 7 (12 speeds)
* DIA-COMPE Brakes


thank you very much for your help. -

Blind

I ride an `84 KHS Competition 10-speed, I picked it up as a trade-in at the LBS for $80. The stock components were horrible and the frame is heavier than I would like, but with my height I am extremely limited in finding frames that fit me so it is what it is. If the bike fits you it's worth $100 for sure.



I replaced everything easily replaceable to me, 180mm compact double crankset (not in this pic, but it's a sram external bb all black that I found on amazon for ~$80), 9 speed shimano dura-ace groupset, long reach brakes, swapped to 700c wheels (easton ascent front, mavic super pro on dura-ace hub in rear), prime 3t ergo drop bars, etc. It rides like a whole different bike now, easy to maintain 17.5mph avg pace on 100mile rides, if I could get it lighter it would be perfect, but I doubt I could buy a carbon fork to fit the massive headtube on this monster

sangrena

Beautiful bike Blind =) . the seller says the bike is ready to ride, i will try it this friday to see if the bike fits me, i would like to make some mods on it (seat and handlebars) lets see what happens and if i am able to find some other info about the bike =). thanks for your advice

wrk101

Picked up a couple of basic projects today, a Takara mixte and a Centurion Sport DLX. Both do have cromoly frames, alloy rims, and alloy bars. O.n the other hand, you see turkey levers, steel chain rings, stem shifters.

A lot of bikes moved on this month, so I guess I felt the need to replenish.

Robofunc

Are you autocrossing a Merkur or a Mustang? I can't quite tell.

Blind

That would be my 89 mustang lx notchback, good eye mostly do hpde track days but every few months I do cone dodging too.

Robofunc

Nice. Always wanted to do a track day.

Sixty Fiver

It sure does not feel like a $25.00 bike... and I paid less than that.

I swapped out the Allvit for a Huret Svelto this evening and went for a ride and the shifting improved tenfold and the bike was all but silent save for a little ringing off the front... you just have to love steel cottered doubles for that.

The ride quality rates a 10... you'd have to add a suspension to improve on that, despite a pretty limited low range it climbs very well, and the bike handles beautifully.

Even at the low end (this was an entry level model), Raleigh knew how to make a very decent and really good looking bicycle.

I swapped in the vintage Specials yesterday...

waveydavey

Picked up this '84 Nishiki Cresta (Repco branded) a couple of weeks ago at a local charity shop...only 15 bucks. A nice teal blue with royal blue highlights, Sugino cranks and Suntour derailleurs. Front and rear touring racks, the front one "Nagaoka" brand.
Currently under restoration.......

itskohler

Got this from my dads neighbor for free! Just asked m to change a tire on his ruper old Cannondale mountain bike. It'll make a great commuter I think.





I wish I had taken pictures before I cleaned it up a tad.

Poguemahone

1980s Ross Mount Hood. Found it at the thrift store that years back was the motherlode, but has been dry for a bit now. One of the all chrome ones (duh) in very nice shape. I'm not sure what I'll do with it yet-- it's my size, but I have another one, in lesser shape but pretty cool. Since I found that one in a dealer's junk pile, I have fifty bucks invested in two of them, and the panniers and rack on this one get sold soonish, probably cutting that investment in half.

As I was pulling it out, guy came up and told me it was worth at least five hundred. It looks like BBC has infected another mind. I told him it was worth a bit less... very cool looking bike, though.

Poguemahone

What is it? Looks cool and French... great find, better price.

itskohler

Oops, it's a Motobecane Grand Touring.

oddjob2

Most expensive tire change Mr. Cannondale ever paid for. Those Moto GTs are worth some coin. Does it say so right on the frame, because I thought GT's had triple chainwheels, not doubles? I've got two in the queue, and they both have triples.

oddjob2

Similiar to last week's 1981 Schwinn Super Sport score, this bike had been listed for a few days. I got the seller to take 20% off her ask via email and I went to pick it up today. After I remarket the generator light set and the vintage Cannondale handlebar bag, I think this flip candidate will be a net cost of about $10.00.

Interestingly, Trek and Schwinn both made these single tube mixtes. I think I will use a brown saddle and cork colored bar tape.