hi guys i found this old sears bike last year in august at a garage sale for $5. the chrome was really rusty looking and everything was seized up. i tore it apart cleaned everything put it back together and my fiance has been riding it since. it's a fun bike and rides great and looks great. try not to pay attention to the front tire to much i am in the middle of trying to make a white wall and it's not finished. i know i didn't find this today but i just joined this forum a couple days ago and seen this thread today and wanted to show it off. if anyone could help me with finding the year and model of this bike it would be greatly appreciated. i know it's not worth much because it's a sears but as i already said it looks and rides great. i will try to find some pictures of it before i gave it an overhaul. sorry for the poor quality of pictures i had to compress them to upload them.
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Some of Sears bikes were made by Steyr. Start a new thread on it and see what comes up.

I just bought an old Schwinn World Sport at a swap meet last weekend- super low mileage, original, flaking sidewall 1989 Schwinn tires, not worn (low miles!) :) and a bunch of cool accessories for $44 bucks.
So I'm not the only crazy one! :thumb:

That is a Steyr made for Sears. The head badge should state that it was made in Austria. The shell of the rear hub should also tell the story. You did a great job cleaning it up.

Well IDK. This may have been saved from the dump but I am wondering why! Tires still hold air and they are original
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Surprised?

For those who can't hear it or won't click on the link, it's "VYE count." It does not rhyme with "discount."

May be why I had so much trouble 'splainen my problem with the kane-crick headset...

"Do you have a problem with a crick in your headset sir?"

thanks for the help guys

Snagged this diamond in the rough last night............. Early 90's Bianchi Volpe. It's dirty and grimy with a little surface rust on the headset, needs the usual consumables but all the mechanicals work great and both rims are true. Paint is a solid 99% and only the Columbus tubing decal is damaged.


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awesome bike how did you acquire it?

The guy that owns the empty lot next door is a wheeler dealer known locally as "Mr. Haney" (not to his face LOL) and sells a lot of kid's bikes, low end MTB's, lawn equipment, boats and the occasional used car or truck, etc. from it. He also does some scrapping and I give him my scrap metal. I've helped him with a few of his bikes and advised him on what to look for when he's buying bikes and he said if he ever came across something like one of my bikes cheap he'd grab it for me. He snagged this one at an auction, it's way too small for me so I'm going to go through it, service all the bearings, replace what needs replaced and shine and detail it to death then flip it. I can't get over the condition of the paint and decals, it is going to clean up beautifully. The white bar tape is even going to clean up nicely, I'm hoping the brake hoods will too but I have a new set of black hoods I think will work if they won't. If it was about 4 inches taller it would be staying and something else would be getting sold.

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Nice catch.:thumb: That should clean up nicely. It never fails to amaze me how people can let nice bikes deteriorate.

1983 620?

I had one exactly like that. They clean up VERY nice. Enjoyed the ride as well but ultimately just a tad small for me.

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Ha, some people might not know who Mr Haney is..
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Yeah, I keep forgetting I was around when they invented dirt LOL. Speaking of, "Mr. Haney" stopped by today and offered me a late 60's or early 70's 23-inch Schwinn Suburban 5 speed men's bike for free, he was going to scrap it if i didn't want it. It was just a little too good to scrap soooo..... :innocent: It's all there and functional except for the tires, the fenders are even straight with no dents or rust. Has a little rust on the chrome parts and the paint is only so-so but the wheels are true, not sure what I'll do with it if anything. I may clean it up, tune it and take care of the tires and tubes then donate it to somebody that needs a bike for exercise because dragging that tank around would definitely be a workout!

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I saw a similar unit, with the original box, at the local auction recently. I was going to jump all over it until I noticed all the wires and sensors were missing from it. Love those Cat Eyes.

Can never have too many groupsets. At least that is what I am telling myself. Recently picked up a Campy Chorus 9 speed groupset including ergopower shifters, sealed bb, chain, brake calipers, crankset, front derailleur and Racing-T rear derailleur. All for $75. At that price I couldn't pass it up so now I have another complete groupset. I must have at 7 or 8 waiting for a frame.

Needs some work and components have some rust issues, frame and TA parts are solid.

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Lovely twin plate fork crown...

I didn't save it from the dump, but I did catch a sweet deal for what would otherwise probably just rot in a garage. Took it for a spin today, man it is fast! It's SO much lighter than my other two and climbs like a beast!

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As advertised

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After a quick test ride

I found this at a swap meet for $44. Original tires, very low mileage, Suntour Accushift. So far, new tires, one tube and an overhaul in progress. It had some nice accessories including a light set and the genuine Schwinn rack. Plus a an all in one tool in the bag.Reconditioning is about half done so far. Getting the sticky crap off from that duct tape was fun. Paint is real nice though.
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Take off into the wind...