plonz 

I've used this stand for nearly 20 years. Love it! Do yourself a favor and put one of these trays on it. Very handy.

Miele Man

Recently had a beat up aluminium alloy frame MTB given to me. It had a short cage old-school Shimano 105 rear derailler on it. The derailler has that light grey anodizing on it. There was no rear deailler cable housing stop either and the shifters on the one piece straight bar/stem were toast. I switched the bar/stem to a riser stem and a steel drop bar with modified suicide brake levers. The modified brake levers are now minus the auxiliary brake lever but have the shifters from an old pair of downtube shifters mounted there instead. Here's a couple of images with more in the MTB Dropbar Conversion thread. I hose clamped a derailler adjusting barrel to the chaistay to use as a cable housing stop.

! SUMMIT MTB 2 Dropbar 01 by Miele Man, on Flickr

! SUMMIT MTB 2 Dropbar 02 by Miele Man, on Flickr

Brake Lever Mounted Shifter 01 by Miele Man, on Flickr

Brake Lever Mounted Shifter Operation 04 by Miele Man, on Flickr

Cheers

Austj42

Thats a great idea with the modified shifters, may have to try that on my next build with stem shifters!

thinktubes 

Cool, but needs a couple of "Jegs" stickers on it.

ThriftHorse

Hey!

Heres a link to the other thread I started, just casting a broad net. Can anyone tell me if this 1974 frame is cracking or if this is typical paint wear and rust?

THANKS!!

https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vi...aint-help.html

^^other thread

https://postimg.org/image/829xh8nuv

^^frame close-up

https://postimg.org/image/ulo7isold

^^whole bike

rekmeyata

Without actually being there to see the bike in person I would say based on the photos that yes the rust has ate through metal and the frame is compromised.

sloar 

Picked this 460 up really cheap due to a bent fork. I didn't notice the Mavic wheels and Campy hubs till I got it home.

rawly old

Here's my latest score, an '80 P-8 Peugeot super sport for $25. You don't see many with a triple chainring &
the Recorde Du Monde frame is remarkably light & agile. Haven't done a thing to it but add a tube. It was
perfectly tuned.

eom 

1977 Raleigh Grand Prix from LBS dumpster.

Serviced and ready for a new home.

https://flic.kr/p/HM94vr

rekmeyata

What the hell is wrong with that LBS? They could have fixed it up and sold or donated it.

rjhammett

I think many LBS workers think if a bike is old it isn't worth anything. In the dumpster it goes. No appreciation for classics. What a shame.

sloar 

Rummage sale Bianchi for $30

eom 

The are good people, it's just not their business model.

I look at it as a donation.

rekmeyata

You know what that would tell me about an LBS? They're not really bike enthusiasts! So in my opinion that LBS isn't worth anything either so into the dumpster that place would go!!!

rjhammett

I picked up the exact bike last weekend. It is in near perfect condition. I paid a bit more than $30. You have a great find there.

Kdogbikes

Nice pick ups,Sloar.^^ this Fuji fell in my lap. My first go around canti brake vintage roadie.

curbtender

Bikedued

I wish one of those would drop in my lap again. I had a Series IV drop in my lap some years back, but sold it later. WAY too big.,,,,BD

rjhammett

I picked up this Bianchi Sport SX recently for pretty cheap. I gave it a complete overhaul. It will be going to a friend of my son's.

Bikedued

This is 99% of bike shops I have been to. The last straw for one shop was seeing them offer $150 for a 94ish 853 Lemond with full 105 group. It looks like it had never been ridden a single mile. The owner took the offer, while looking dejected and ashamed, believing the employee telling them that's all it was worth. They had a $300 price tag on it before I left the shop. Obviously after the original owner had left though. It's worth nothing unless they can steal it from you and resell it.,,,,BD

Slash5

Yes but no - a retail markup of 100% is pretty common on used stuff. Any time I've tried to sell to a re-seller the offer has been ridiculously low. Look at the flipper threads here.
It was up to the owner to do his research and decide if it is worth taking the easy way out. Much the same as trading in a car.

due ruote 

Found this in someone's curbside pile yesterday. 1990-ish I guess. Kind of a nice little lugged frame with unremarkable parts.

Needs tires and a lot less dirt; otherwise in pretty nice shape.

Andy_K 

I love this modification!

How do you like it in use? It looks awkward, but so did Gevenalle shifters until I tried them.

What did you have to do to get the shifter hardware to mate to the brake lever?

momsonherbike

Update on my "Catch of the Day" posted December 2nd, 2012:
https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vi...l#post15008209

Here is my lovely vintage (1996) Giant lady's crosstrail bike yesterday (July 11,2016) on the General Jubal A. Early ferry with me crossing the Potomac River from Virginia into Maryland for our 34 mile round trip ride on the C&O Canal towpath from Leesburg,VA to Point of Rocks, MD and back.

You will notice a little bit of modern has been added - a 250w e-hub to get me out of traffic fast and accurately. Otherwise, the bike remains a classic, wonderful, smooth ride, no matter if it is electric, or human powered. She performed flawlessly the entire ride and averaged 8.5 mph under my power alone on the trail (which included our stops to photograph and chat with other cyclists/hikers), and 23mph on her own to get me the 4 miles back to my car (in heavy fast traffic) on the paved highway just outside of Leesburg.

So...Happy 20th birthday to my bike. You make me smile each time I mount up, and remember why I love biking so much. It is fun to go interesting places with you...all the time, every time.

Coincidentally, the two of us together = 83 years of age.

Miele Man

It's Me again with yet another almost saved from the dump MTB.

This one cost me $25.00 Canadian and was in ride-away condition. Unfortunately as I was using an X-Acto knife with a brand new blade in it to shave a ridge off the bottom of the left rear brake pad because that ridge was catching under the rim, someone startled me; the blade slipped and the tire got punctured. Fortunately the puncture was only about 1/16" long and I booted it because it was a slit and not a round hole.

The bicycle is a Cro-Moly frameset 21-speed DIAMOND BACK Apex MTB with all Shimano DEORE components. It has thumb-shifters that I love because the left one is ratchet not indexed and the left one can be index or friction with the extra little lever on it. I also like thumb-shifters like this for their simplicity and longevity.

Here are ten images of the bike. Remember the rear tire was NOT flat when I brought it home. Oh the tires are 26" x 1.5 semi-slicks.

IMG_3865 by Miele Man, on Flickr

IMG_3852 by Miele Man, on Flickr

IMG_3855 by Miele Man, on Flickr

IMG_3854 by Miele Man, on Flickr

IMG_3857 by Miele Man, on Flickr

IMG_3858 by Miele Man, on Flickr

IMG_3853 by Miele Man, on Flickr

IMG_3863 by Miele Man, on Flickr

IMG_3864 by Miele Man, on Flickr

IMG_3861 by Miele Man, on Flickr

All I need to do now is put the repaired wheel back on and then give the bike a good cleaning and replace a few cables. This one is going to be a keeper.

If anyone knows about what year this bike is and an approximate original value, I'd be interested in knowing just for curiosity because i am going to keep this one.

Cheers