That is nice and cleaned up very well. Join the Tweed Ride with a "For Sale" sign hanging from the top tube. I would bet you will get offers.

That Schwinn is pretty. I wish you had before pictures too, the paint looks pretty good.

My wife wants to check out the Tweed Ride so I may just take it along, it's too small for me but I can ride it. Yeah, I wish I had thought to take pictures of it before, it was N-A-S-T-Y looking! I honestly thought the frame was covered in surface rust, turns out it was just brown crud of some sort and the cables were solid rust. The tire beads had rotted away so the tires were rolled off the rims. I asked myself, "What the heck was I thinking?", every time I walked past it. Now I'm asking myself, "Why did I wait so long?" The lower fenders are pretty scratched up but they aren't bent, it still has the factory rear reflector on the fender. The saddle, grips and pedals are all original to the bike and the saddle has no rips, tears or scuffs. The saddle squeaks a little but it's actually quite comfortable on short rides.

My bike shop boss was well known for throwing bikes in the dumpster that belonged to customers!,,,,BD

With that said.....

I am receiving a free Peugeot from a woman on our Sunday bike ride. She needs a freewheel for her bike, and I just happen to have one in nice shape, so I offered a trade. All I know is that it's a road bike, and has DT shifters. With Peugeot, that's usually a pretty good sign. Got my fingers crossed that it might be a PX10 or Competition, maybe a PGN10 or PH501. I have to wait until next weekend to get it, but should be getting pictures sometime this evening.,,,,BD

That thing is rad. I'd ride it till the wheels fall off.

Came complete, one box of small parts, two rusty wheels with cracked flat tires, rusty handlebar with grime encrusted grips, pair of almost grey fenders, rusty crank/pedals and a clean/waxed frame/fork. Isn't that how they all come?

Well got the pictures of the free (or almost free, hehe) Peugeot. I believe it is this model, a 1981 (or close) UO-10. Oddly though, it doesn't have Weinmann brakes. It has Mafac Racers. The Mafac racers, Maillard wheels, and Stronglight 104 cranks have me a little excited. The frame looks to be a little on the small side for me, but if it is the parts will definitely come in handy. The generator light set is a nice bonus, I will have to see which of my bikes deserves it most. .,,,,BD

This light set on my Crested Butte, hmmm.. Sounds like the right choice to me?

https://cyclespeugeot.com/images/1981_UO10.jpg

AAnnndddd.......... it's gone! Sold it tonight to a young hockey player from the local Colonial League team and had a 2nd buyer waiting by the phone to snag it if the hockey player didn't take it. It was on Craigslist less than 48 hours. 45 minutes later my cousin stopped by, saw the '92 Bridgestone MB-6 I have and asked if it was for sale, which of course it was. He's having me change the bars and stem and put a suspension fork on it before he picks it up. Not a bad day on the bicycle front.

Buddy of mine found this at a local flea market, he passed on it and asked if I wanted it. Looks like I'll be getting a rough but original 1983 Trek 850 this weekend .

^^^ Nice bike, nice friend !

I'll trade you an 830 frame for it!,,,,BD

Super SCORE!!!

I picked up this '88 Raleigh Technium Tri-Lite tonight for quite cheap. It is in pretty good shape. It will most likely go to my son's friend. Included is a picture from the ad.

Found this frame in the metal recycling bin, built it up with used parts from the co-op, including roller-cams front and rear. It says 'Novara' on the downtube (REI house brand), and 'XC' on the top tube. Very long chainstays (I can even fit a bottle cage behind the seat tube), and slack, klunker-ish geometry. I sent this pic to REI to see if they could tell me anything about it, and they said they could not find anything like it in their old catalogs. Very comfortable, been commuting on it daily now for a few months.

Very similar to my 1st gen Grizzly ( I think it's a Grizz, anyway )

Recently found a Viscount Aerospace Gran Sports!

Nice Viscount!

Well, I picked up the Peugeot today. It's in pretty decent shape under all the grunge and garage dust. The wheels are true from what I can tell, and the freewheel spins and clicks nicely. Even the hubs turn pretty smooth. I'm going to clean it up as nice as I can, redo all the bearings and cables, then throw a set of Pasela's on it.

I was worried it was too small judging by head tube length, but I forgot they tended to leave a lot of clearance for the fenders and tires, and the head tubes look shorter because of this. It's a 60cm seat tube, with a matching top tube. Hopefully I won't have to change the stem, but it might work. Most of my bikes have a 58-59 top tube. So, now I have a decent condition Peugeot Course, and the bits that are missing shouldn't be too hard to find. Mostly Mafac brake levers. It has 7/8's Exage levers that look like road bike, but the levers look too straight. Some kind of weird hybrid lever I guess?,,,,BD

Just picked up this Holdsworth Cyclone, probably an early 1970s. Too small for me, so this will have to move to a new home.

50cm frame
Reynolds 531with Campagnolo dropouts
Suze high flange hubs
27” rims convex style
SR Crankset
SR pedals
Toeclips with "Holdsworth Campagnolo" straps.
Campagnolo shifters
Campagnolo FD
Suntour V RD
Ideale saddle
Weinmann centerpulls and levers
GB stem
Unknown handlebars
Unknown headset
Bluemel fenders

As purchased


After 15 minute wash and degrease

Came home from work today to find this in front of my garage, Mr. Haney dropped it off for me. Tires are old but still have the nubs on them and are "usable" and everything works like it should. Nothing great but not bad for $10. Didn't recognize the color at first, thought it was more of a Robin's Egg Blue but after I wiped a few spots clean I saw it was the standard blue.

A Suntour V RD? I wonder lf there was a Campy RD originally. Interesting bike.

Picked up this bianchi project 3 with a couple of nice lone peak panniers on a Blackburn rack and what looks like a wine bottle cage for $50 bucks from the local cl

I think that's a Blackburn cage for a 2 liter water/soda bottle.

Looks like it is a Blackburn cage for a 1.5L water bottle, lol. Never seen one before.

I picked up this '86 Bridgestone Mile 112 today. The CL stated "2 men's bikes $50" with no pictures. I contacted the seller and she sent me pictures of the Bridgestone and a Gitane. I passed on the Gitane. Here is a picture she sent me.

I purchased a ladies Raleigh Sport vicariously through a friend. I may not see the bike until Christmas, unless I get down to Richmond before then. She is YAR (yet another Raleigh), and for $25, I could not let it pass.



It seems that lately road bikes are leaving the cave, and 3 speeds are moving in. Gotta love that saddle.