The neighbours were having a garage sale and had some BSO's selling for $30 - $40 but this Trek 930 was headed for the trash... the fork has been tweaked a little but replacing that will not be hard and the parts are all in rather good condition.

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+1 on saving that 930.. i have two myself, a '90 and a '95 thats just a frame right now.

great bikes, very versatile.. can do pretty much anything with them and they will last longer than you... except maybe the forks of course :)

Nice Specialissima! My size too.



I rescued a bike today from a life of poor service and decline. I drove an hour in heavy rain, but the price was really low. It's a 74'ish Atala Grand Prix in pretty rough but salvageable shape. I really didn't need another bike project, but this was just interesting enough and I've been intrigued by slacker angle bikes with crazy fork rake lately, it has chromed lugs to boot! It's surprisingly light for a lower end gas pipe bike. The bike has low end Campy Valentino derailleurs, down tube shifters, and Nuovo Tipo high flange hubs with original skewers laced to alloy rims. I'm thinking keeping it as original as possible and just cleaning, polishing, regreasing, etc.
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^Lots to like on that Atala. Chrome socks front and rear, chrome lugs, is it really a "low end" bike? Love those Tipo hi-flange hubs.

Agreed, but one must put that disclaimer to pacify the bike snobs out there ;).

A "cheap" low-end "gas pipe" with "cheap" 501 tubing and "cheap" Capagnolo components is a bit out of budget for most people, new or used. I don't know how much you paid for it, and it's none of my business. But it sure is a great find!

Thanks, lets just say that I'm pretty sure anyone who would be looking to purchase a bike could've afforded this one. I'm no bike snob by any means, I'm happily riding my newly resto-modded Peugeot U08 and don't really own any "grail" bikes (not my thing). That being said, the bike is what it is, a boom era lower/mid level Italian with lots of style and hopefully a Cadillac ride. I'm really psyched to have it and am planning on putting the time and money that it needs into it to preserve it's coolness. It needs quite a bit of love as it seems it's never received the maintenance that it should have. Hopefully I'll be able to work some magic without too much additional expense.

Spotted this Trek Tri series at a local SA. It was at least 20 feet off the floor. 531c tubing, Shimano 600' garage queen condition.

Literally priced too high - couldn't read the tag. Didn't feel like asking.

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I rescued this Canondale from the back of a scrapper pickup truck. I was parked for lunch about 4 blocks away from the scrap yard he was headed to. Most of the time the bikes they have are department store mountain bikes but when I looked down I saw "Cannondale". I was lucky he had the red light. I honked for him to pull over and asked how much for the bike. He asked more than the scrap value but it was well worth it to me I think. I assumed the wheels where 700c but I was wrong. The tiny bike has 650 x 23 tires. Its missing the seat post, pedals, chain and rear derailleur. I have a spare 105 in my parts bin and I should be able to come up with a seat and post pretty easy. Wheels spin smooth, no hops but need to be trued a bit. I hope the grip shifters work. She is a 1993 R700 TT Tri bike, very small. I could not let her get melted. Should be a fun bike to fix up. http://i951.photobucket.com/albums/a...psb7b1dc11.jpghttp://i951.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps193d1f0d.jpghttp://i951.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps0ae1cc21.jpghttp://i951.photobucket.com/albums/a...psc3c6cda9.jpghttp://i951.photobucket.com/albums/a...psb55386e3.jpghttp://i951.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps08063da4.jpg

http://www.vintagecannondale.com/year/1993/1993.pdf

I definitely would have asked. Though, the SA around here (at least in the city) are high even on Wal Mart bikes which seems like the only thing they get now. I saw a Lemond there once 4-5 years ago and it was not even a high end one, for $650. It was the last decent thing they've had that I have seen. Nice vintage bikes never make it to the sales floor anymore. They go out the back door with the employees, to go on CL and ebay for personal financial gain. At least that's my guess.,,,,BD

Ebay has all but ruined the chance of finding nice bikes cheap. Everyone thinks even bike boom ten speeds are worth a mint.

Picked up a taco'd Sirrus for $20. I'm pretty sure it's a 1991. Got a good RX-100 group on it, good stem that I'll probably strip the paint off, Tange-Seiki headset and very nice Sakae Custom bars (and headphones!). The seatpost is already mounted on the new project bike.

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^It's darn shame that Cirrus frame was totaled.

Picked this Elgin up at a rummage sale today. They wanted more money for a Schwinn Le Tour.



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My first real vintage pick-up yesterday thanks to this thread, very new to both the vintage and road sides of the cycling community but I'm really excited to learn more. From what I got with the serial number (E2K9A03) I think it is a 1978 Trek TX500. It seems to be built with a pretty straighforward but decent(as far as I know) Japanese build. 022 Frame tubing, Suntour power shifters, Vx-GT rear derailleur, Seven front, Super Maxy cranks, Shimano 500 brakes with Zeus levers, Zeus front derailleur cable guide, Road Vx hubs and pedals(MKS).
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I know next to nothing about what I picked up and all my searching really didn't yield too much. Anybody have any opinions? I feel for the 20 dollar price it is hard to go wrong.

Well done Sir!!! That could be a very nice bike! This site may help you out:
Vintage Trek - Other Vintage Lightweight Bicycle Resources, bike

Cheers,
Chris

Nice find... do check those GS dropouts as I have found them to be failure prone where they meet the chain and seat stays and suspect there were some casting issues or that they were too light for their intended purpose.

I have replaced a lot of them in my time and they were fitted to quite a few different models... Trek, Miyata, and Kuwahara all used them and they seem to suffer most under loaded bicycles.

Thanks guys! I'll start doing some more homework, nice to know I made a decent pick up. The frame seems to be in very good shape, other than the usual paint chips and a little surface rusting. I'm looking forward to cleaning it up and letting the metallic paint shine.

very nice save, it's crazy that someone would throw something like that out.

Pre-war, I think. Looks pretty sound, too. Nice find!

Replaced consumables and swapped bars. Fun ride.
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New fishing bike, MB-3 garage sale catch...
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Picked up this Alan last night. Mostly Campy C Record, except derailleur and crankset. Too good to pass up. Why it lasted over a day on C/L is beyond me.

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[MENTION=109949]wrk101[/MENTION] - Nice find! looks like 60 or 61 cm.

Picked up at the community tip in Bristol. Should never have sold it.
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Hi everybody!

I had picked up this bike today, could you help me with identification?
It seems like it's a late 80's high-end German bike. It has aluminium wheels (Weinmann), cranks (Shimano Silstar) and sprockets, a 6x2 speed Sachs-Huret Commander shifter (6 speed) with Sachs HT internal shifter (2 speed). Drum brakes, a handlebar with a globe and a bike racer in it, size 630 Continental tires, a huge front light with "Halogen" written on it and it has a 7 character S/N under the saddle.
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