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thumpism 12-26-16 06:41 PM


Originally Posted by dweenk (Post 19272219)
That is a sweet looking Condor, and for $30 too! I love the chain guard - are the fenders chromed steel?

They might be stainless. If the bike had rust elsewhere I'd have my answer but it's actually pretty clean overall. Just dusty.

Johnny Mullet 12-26-16 08:50 PM

Picked up this GT on a Facebook auction. I was the highest bidder at $5.00............

http://i1272.photobucket.com/albums/...psqcc6hsnw.jpg

Tires, tubes, bottom bracket, bars, and stem from the parts pile later.......

http://i1272.photobucket.com/albums/...psboys6krr.jpg

nesteel 12-26-16 08:54 PM


Originally Posted by Johnny Mullet (Post 19272760)
Picked up this GT on a Facebook auction. I was the highest bidder at $5.00............

http://i1272.photobucket.com/albums/...psqcc6hsnw.jpg

Tires, tubes, bottom bracket, bars, and stem from the parts pile later.......

http://i1272.photobucket.com/albums/...psboys6krr.jpg

Nice. Should make a nice town/commuter bike.

Johnny Mullet 12-27-16 07:05 PM

Currently, it's the only non-Huffy bike I have. It's as light as my Techtra Lite Huffy road bike and has nice curves. Might keep this one...........

http://i1272.photobucket.com/albums/...pslddnwry8.jpg

thumpism 12-27-16 07:22 PM


Originally Posted by thumpism (Post 19272576)
They might be stainless.

Nope, they seem to be as magnetic as the frame tubes and crankarms so probably not stainless. Therefore, they are most likely chrome-plated steel and in very good condition.

rekmeyata 12-27-16 08:36 PM


Originally Posted by dweenk (Post 19272219)
That is a sweet looking Condor, and for $30 too! I love the chain guard - are the fenders chromed steel?

I don't think their stainless, but it's difficult to tell in a picture, but I think I see rust spots which is more consistent with chrome. Note, I said I think I see.

sonatageek 12-29-16 06:24 PM

I trashed picked one of those last year. It is a really nice neighborhood bike and I was able to fit a set of super wide 700x48 tires on it. It became of the rare 'keeper' bikes that have come into my orbit over the past few years.


Originally Posted by Johnny Mullet (Post 19274511)
Currently, it's the only non-Huffy bike I have. It's as light as my Techtra Lite Huffy road bike and has nice curves. Might keep this one...........

http://i1272.photobucket.com/albums/...pslddnwry8.jpg


2cam16 12-30-16 03:00 PM

These two Super Sport mostly frames. Not much left.
http://i65.tinypic.com/t816j7.jpg
http://i68.tinypic.com/2jtmxl.jpg
http://i65.tinypic.com/oa6ttx.jpg
http://i65.tinypic.com/2u9lffp.jpg

xiaoman1 12-31-16 01:16 PM

Saved this from the Salvation Army...not bike related but still requires balance :D.
No paddles or fin so they are next on the "find" list.
Nice and clean almost, as new 59.00 bucks with 5 kicked in for a veterans donation..happy as a clam.
I am getting ready for the winter season here in SoCal and this will compliment my long boards quite nicely. It is just a lot harder to get to Malibu or Topanga.
Happy New Year!
Ben

http://i68.tinypic.com/4r6crt.jpg

dweenk 12-31-16 01:44 PM

:rolleyes:Looks like a great find, but I know squat about boards. Would you list the maker, model, size, and components? It looks mid-Pacific to me, and maybe having a Japanese influence. I would expect SR cranks, Dia Compe brakes, and Suntour derailleurs and shifters were speced on this - probably a plastic saddle (Avocet maybe).:innocent:

billytwosheds 12-31-16 01:54 PM


Originally Posted by xiaoman1 (Post 19281760)
Saved this from the Salvation Army...not bike related but still requires balance :D.
No paddles or fin so they are next on the "find" list.
Nice and clean almost, as new 59.00 bucks with 5 kicked in for a veterans donation..happy as a clam.
I am getting ready for the winter season here in SoCal and this will compliment my long boards quite nicely. It is just a lot harder to get to Malibu or Topanga.
Happy New Year!
Ben
http://i68.tinypic.com/4r6crt.jpg

There's always County Line if you're willing drive a little further up the coast ;)

Also, that sign is from the Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau, usually to mark a historic monument (e.g. old church). Did that come with the SUP?

xiaoman1 12-31-16 02:16 PM


Originally Posted by billytwosheds (Post 19281830)
There's always County Line if you're willing drive a little further up the coast ;)

Also, that sign is from the Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau, usually to mark a historic monument (e.g. old church). Did that come with the SUP?

Aloha Billy,
How do you know about County Line?
I got that from a county worker when they were replacing signs with a newer version the several years ago..they were just trashing a lot of old stuff to make way for the next issue...this one had just came down and was not stuffed in the can yet....I wish I would have got more but no room in the suitcase.
Howzit over there?
Aloha, Ben

markwesti 12-31-16 02:20 PM

Emma Wood reef break .

xiaoman1 12-31-16 02:26 PM


Originally Posted by dweenk (Post 19281819)
:rolleyes:Looks like a great find, but I know squat about boards. Would you list the maker, model, size, and components? It looks mid-Pacific to me, and maybe having a Japanese influence. I would expect SR cranks, Dia Compe brakes, and Suntour derailleurs and shifters were speced on this - probably a plastic saddle (Avocet maybe).:innocent:

dweenk,
If this is for me..Yes it is a Frankenboard....mix of Campagnolo SR and SL (good eye on your part), Suntoure Superbe Finn and Titaium rials....vintage Ideal saddle will soon replace the Avocet. Brakes will be stripped in favor of an upscale hipster fixie track fliflop set-up.
I am trying to maintain its loss of integrity. :rolleyes:
See you on the slopes err I mean waves!
Regards, Ben

billytwosheds 12-31-16 02:33 PM


Originally Posted by markwesti (Post 19281877)
Emma Woods reef break .

aka "Overhead" reef. The rollers that barely rubbed the reef on the outside would be the biggest sets once they unloaded on the sandbars at Emma Wood. Surfed with (next to?) the Malloy brothers and Dane Reynolds there when I was a teen in the late 90's.


Originally Posted by xiaoman1 (Post 19281870)
Aloha Billy,
How do you know about County Line?
I got that from a county worker when they were replacing signs with a newer version the several years ago..they were just trashing a lot of old stuff to make way for the next issue...this one had just came down and was not stuffed in the can yet....I wish I would have got more but no room in the suitcase.
Howzit over there?
Aloha, Ben

Aloha Ben- I grew up in the Ventura County area, so north LA county spots were an option. There are plenty of great spots that break (on the right tide) in the Oxnard/Ventura area. Santa Barbara has a few as well.

Neat sign...but don't let any HVCB employees catch you with it ;)

Cheers,

Billy

markwesti 12-31-16 04:07 PM

Billy! Where ya been ?

xiaoman1 12-31-16 04:12 PM


Originally Posted by markwesti (Post 19282115)
Billy! Where ya been ?

Wondering the same thing..saw a post a short while ago....maybe catching to many big ones on the N.S.:D
Ben

billytwosheds 12-31-16 05:31 PM


Originally Posted by markwesti (Post 19282115)
Billy! Where ya been ?

:)


Originally Posted by xiaoman1 (Post 19282120)
Wondering the same thing..saw a post a short while ago....maybe catching to many big ones on the N.S.:D
Ben

Charge it, brah!

Waiting until spring to head to the North Shore, after the pros and cameras leave. South Shore has been flat, only venturing down there for a dip or to push visitors into Waikiki ripples. Still a blast.

Also hit up the Vans Triple Crown for the contests at Sunset and Pipeline.

http://i.imgur.com/8Kd4haa.jpg?1

Hope ya'll are looking forward to the New Year as much as I am.

xiaoman1 12-31-16 06:26 PM

Aloha Ben- I grew up in the Ventura County area, so north LA county spots were an option. There are plenty of great spots that break (on the right tide) in the Oxnard/Ventura area. Santa Barbara has a few as well

Billy[/QUOTE]

Billy,
Hey I thought is was always Hawaiians on the leftside.:innocent: I go to el porto when I am feeling like I want a BB and have my short board, Topanga's tough with a long board because you can catch'em way out and rid'em in, some folks don't like that: :):
Aloha, Ben

BlueDevil63 01-01-17 05:31 PM

Better pictures when it is in my hands (and after it is built up)

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/259/31...182b6ac9_c.jpg

sloar 01-01-17 06:04 PM


Originally Posted by bluedevil63 (Post 19284226)
better pictures when it is in my hands (and after it is built up)

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/259/31...182b6ac9_c.jpg

nice!

fury413rb 01-04-17 01:50 PM

My Dad and I picked up these of CL in Chicago. Pretty sure the chrome frame is actually a Sports Tourer but it came with the other grey complete ish Superior.

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/i...f/IMG_1634.jpg
http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/i...Render%202.jpg
http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/i...Render%201.jpg
http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/i...f/IMG_1633.jpg
http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/i...f/IMG_1646.jpg
http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/i...Render%203.jpg
http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/i...SizeRender.jpg

PilotFishBob 01-04-17 02:33 PM


Originally Posted by fury413rb (Post 19290964)
My Dad and I picked up these of CL in Chicago. Pretty sure the chrome frame is actually a Sports Tourer but it came with the other grey complete ish Superior.

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/i...f/IMG_1634.jpg

The chrome frame is beautiful, looks in great shape - only thing is that spacer on the rear dropout, are the adjusting screws rusted in / broken off? Regardless, nice score!

3speedslow 01-04-17 02:58 PM

That grey Superior sure has some handlebar funk going on! Great score on both of them. So... who gets which ?

fury413rb 01-04-17 04:10 PM


Originally Posted by 3speedslow (Post 19291176)
That grey Superior sure has some handlebar funk going on! Great score on both of them. So... who gets which ?

Oh man does it have some bar funk... lol Check it out in the open!

So currently I am getting my Dad's old Voyaguer 11.8 chromie (that I rode all thru college) back on the road in a thread in C&V. He is pumped as a chromed Chicago brazed bike was what he wanted to order in 1980 when he worked in the bike shop but obviously they were dead by then.

So really its like him getting the bike he always wanted! By that he gets the chrome Superior/Sports Tourer bike and I just want to do a mild cleanup/refresh on the grey Superior and I'll get that one. Then we can ride chrome Schwinns together and blind everyone on the trail!

I also have a LeTour frame that I found in the garbage about five years ago. I pulled all the components and gave them to a friend working on a varsity. So I guess that counts as a garbage save too! Anytime I see a large frame I go straight for it. We are both about 6'2''-6'3''. I believe it is a 1979 LeTour IV Chicago lugged frame. That one literally was about to get picked up by a scrapper or the garbage man.

Here that one is in all its glory as well.

Grey Superior

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/i...f/IMG_1668.jpg
http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/i...f/IMG_1667.jpg
http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/i...f/IMG_1666.jpg
http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/i...f/IMG_1669.jpg
http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/i...f/IMG_1664.jpg

The LeTour is behind the 11.8 on the hood of my car. Limited garage space to it makes a decent table lol

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/i...b/IMG_1397.jpg

I'll snag a better pic when I get home. I recently pulled it and the 11.8 out of the attic. Cabin Fever project.


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